Basket in hand, Guam Del. Michael San Nicolas escorted Guam National Guard members to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office after she mistakenly called the U.S. territory a foreign country.
San Nicolas led dozens of soldiers to Greene’s office on Monday as a symbolic reminder that Guam has been a U.S. territory for 122 years and delivered a basket of Chamorro Chip Cookies, a staple dessert enjoyed by residents of the island, along with a book about the history of Guam, according to video footage from the Hill.
“I think it would be really great [to see Greene],” Nicolas can be heard saying to Greene’s staffers, who told him the Republican congresswoman was not available at the moment. It is not clear whether Greene met face to face with Nicolas, a Democrat.
Guam Rep. Michael F.Q. San Nicolas and members of the Guam National Guard visited the office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she falsely called the U.S. territory a foreign land. pic.twitter.com/3M3L0BkJZ1
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The “cookie diplomacy” visit was prompted by Nicolas after footage emerged last week of Greene apparently denying Guam’s status as a U.S. territory during remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida on Feb. 27.
“I’m a regular, normal person. And I wanted to take my regular, normal person, normal, everyday American values, which is: We love our country. We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not for … China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam, whatever, wherever,” Greene said at CPAC.
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After Nicolas heard her remarks, he vowed to stop by Greene’s office to teach her more about the geography, culture, and history of the island.
“Congresswoman Greene is a new member, and we will be paying a visit to her and delivering delicious Chamorro Chip Cookies as part of our ongoing outreach to new members to introduce them to our wonderful island of Guam,” he said last week.
Since she was sworn in this year, the representative from Georgia has attracted scrutiny for her past controversial remarks, including her past support for QAnon.
Despite a public apology from the House floor in which Greene said she regretted believing the “misinformation, lies, [and] things that were not true in these QAnon posts,” she was stripped of her committee assignments in February after House Democrats, along with a handful of Republicans, voted to remove her.
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Guam’s National Guard, which was established in 1980, performs a variety of duties similar to the mainland Army National Guard, such as ground defense, disaster relief, and control of civil unrest.
Thousands of National Guard troops were called into Washington, D.C., after the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Some are expected to stay through the spring.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Greene’s office but did not immediately receive a response.
