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GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed Democrats for “how dumb they are” for trying to strip her of House committee assignments as Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar accused Republicans who have threatened to do the same to her of attempting to “distract” from not holding Greene accountable for her inflammatory rhetoric.

Greene, who was elected in November to represent a congressional district in northwest Georgia, lashed out at Democrats after the House Rules Committee voted to remove her from the Education and Budget Committee.

The full House is expected to vote Thursday afternoon on the recommendation.

Greene said if the Democrats succeed, they will only give her the time to launch a national campaign to push for conservatives to be elected to the House.

“How stupid they are,” Greene told the Washington Examiner. “They don’t even realize they’re helping me. I’m pretty amazed at how dumb they are.”

She said she would promote candidates in the 2022 primaries and support former President Donald Trump in his post-White House plans.

“Oh no, it doesn’t hurt me at all. I think it’s going to give me more time on my hands, I think, which is fantastic because then I can gain more support, I can help really get Republicans running in these primaries and elections in 2022,” she said.

“I can help President Trump, whenever he comes out with his plan, which I’m excited to do,” Greene added in the interview before House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) declined to punish her during a meeting with the Republican caucus.

She has already been on a fundraising tear because of the controversy, raising $300,000 in the past week, and continues to push her supporters for more donations as she remains in the headlines.

Greene has come under fire for social media comments in which she described the mass student shootings at Parkland, Fla., and Sandy Hook, Conn., as staged and suggested that planes did not crash into the Pentagon on 9/11, as well as expressing support for a number of conspiracy theories circulating in QAnon circles.


  Greene, who was elected in November to represent a congressional district in northwest Georgia, lashed out at Democrats after the House Rules Committee voted to remove her from the Education and Budget Committee. AFP via Getty Images Greene, who was elected in November to represent a congressional district in northwest Georgia, lashed out at Democrats after the House Rules Committee voted to remove her from the Education and Budget Committee. AFP via Getty Images

At the same time, a group of Republicans are backing a measure to remove Omar, of Minnesota, from her committee assignments because of past inflammatory statements, including one that suggested the pro-Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) pays off members of Congress to support Israel, and another saying that Jewish Americans have dual loyalty.

Omar, in a statement, said Republicans are just trying to shift the spotlight from Greene to her.

“The House Republican Caucus, instead of holding her accountable, is now fanning the flames. Republicans will do anything to distract from the fact that they have not only allowed but elevated members of their own caucus who encourage violence,” Omar said.

“It’s time to stop whitewashing the actions of the violent conspiracy theorists, who pose a direct and immediate threat to their fellow Members of Congress and our most fundamental democratic processes,” she said.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who joined the effort with fellow GOP Reps. Brian Babin and Ronny Jackson of Texas, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina and Jody Hice of Georgia, said Greene made her comments before she was elected and pointed out that Omar made highly “offensive” remarks as well, after she was in office.

“Look, if it’s good for the goose, it’s good for the gander. Maybe what should happen is you let Republicans take care of our own and you Democrats take care of your own,” Biggs said on Fox News.

Omar, who has been a longtime critic of Israel, sparked bipartisan backlash in 2019 when suggested that politicians supporting Israel were paid off by AIPAC, infamously stating, “it’s all about the Benjamins.”

She also drew accusations of anti-Semitism when she questioned the loyalties of Jewish Americans between America and Israel.

“I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is OK for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country,” she said.

The House passed a resolution condemning “anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism and other forms of bigotry” in the wake of her comments, but refused to name her or explicitly condemn the comments she made.

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