Post by ck4829 on Mar 9, 2022 18:57:34 GMT
Kevin McCarthy reaffirms pledge to give Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar committee assignments again after they attended a white nationalist conference
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reaffirmed on Wednesday that GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona — both of whom recently spoke at a white nationalist conference in Florida — would still be allowed to sit on House committees if Republicans retake the majority.
McCarthy previously made the pledge in November, musing at the time that the pair may be given "better committee assignments" than they previously had.
On Wednesday, when asked by reporters about the meetings, McCarthy said he'd had a meeting with Greene but not Gosar, and that the congresswoman agreed not to attend events held by the group in the future. But he declined to outline any repercussions for their attendance, stating "my conversations with my members are exactly that."
Asked by Insider if he stood by his pledge to return Greene and Gosar to committees in light of how he dealt with King, McCarthy doubled down.
www.yahoo.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-reaffirms-pledge-marjorie-180354945.html
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reaffirmed on Wednesday that GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Paul Gosar of Arizona — both of whom recently spoke at a white nationalist conference in Florida — would still be allowed to sit on House committees if Republicans retake the majority.
McCarthy previously made the pledge in November, musing at the time that the pair may be given "better committee assignments" than they previously had.
On Wednesday, when asked by reporters about the meetings, McCarthy said he'd had a meeting with Greene but not Gosar, and that the congresswoman agreed not to attend events held by the group in the future. But he declined to outline any repercussions for their attendance, stating "my conversations with my members are exactly that."
Asked by Insider if he stood by his pledge to return Greene and Gosar to committees in light of how he dealt with King, McCarthy doubled down.
www.yahoo.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-reaffirms-pledge-marjorie-180354945.html