For Marjorie Taylor Greene, The Civics Lessons Just Keep Coming
Twice in two days, other federal officials school the congresswoman on government
When members of Congress show up everyday at the Capitol, they're supposed to be going to work.
But for far-right Republican Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, apparently it's like going to school all over again.
For the second time in as many days this week, Greene tried to make a snarky comment, only for the object of that snark to school her in how government actually operates.
It began Tuesday on the House floor when Greene attacked Democratic Rep Rosa DeLauro for worrying about a potential government shutdown.
“My Democrat colleague across the aisle —who is 80 years old and has been here over 30 years — just said we’re on the verge of a shutdown. She probably just forgot that a few hours ago she voted for the continuing resolution that will extend the budget and we are not on the verge of a shutdown. So I just wanted to note that for the record,” Greene snapped.
DeLauro, who's represented Connecticut’s 3rd Congressional District since 1991, had to tell Greene that the House vote wasn't the final say on whether the federal spending bill became law.
“It may be that the gentlelady doesn’t know that there is another body attached to the U.S. Congress called the United States Senate, and they have to vote on the continuing resolution. And when they vote on it, we’ll find out what it is that they do with regard to this continuing resolution passed by the House, which, quite frankly, is flawed to a fare-thee-well — flawed to a fare-thee-well in meeting our obligations, both domestic and international,” DeLauro responded. “And by the way, it isn’t a law of the land until the president of the United States signs it. That may be a basic lesson in civics. There is the House, there is the Senate, and there is the president.”
Greene, elected in 2020, got another civics lesson the following day in a committee hearing while questioning a witness, FBI Director Christopher Wray.
She was trying to lecture Wray about terrorism by using some of her prolific posts to social media.
“Well, you know, you — oh, I’m sure you do because the Department of Homeland Security organized with other offices has censored many Americans, including myself,” Greene said.
To which Wray had to explain, “I’m not part of the Department of Homeland Security.”
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