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BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 07:46 AM Mar 8

Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatened With Removal During State of the Union

Source: Newsweek

Published Mar 08, 2024 at 2:21 AM EST


Marjorie Taylor Greene was threatened with removal from Congress for donning a "Make America Great Again" hat, which she refused to take off despite being urged to do so by the Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Republican hardliner was wearing a red blazer and a MAGA hat on the House floor while trying to get President Joe Biden's attention as he made his way through representatives to deliver his State of the Union speech.

The House of Representatives does not actually have a rigid dress code for its members, though until 2019 it had, for 181 years, implemented an 1837 rule that banned hats on the floor. The lifting of the ban, which included any kind of head coverings, was celebrated by Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat and a Muslim wearing a headscarf.

But, as a general rule, government buildings like Congress shouldn't be used for "the conduct of campaign or political activities," according to House rules. Greene's MAGA hat could easily be considered a prop for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-threatened-removal-state-union-1877162

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Threatened With Removal During State of the Union (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Mar 8 OP
The GOP is so special they never have to follow the rules. Irish_Dem Mar 8 #1
Oh, just for current & former Military? KS Toronado Mar 8 #3
Calculated decision to let MTG stay. no_hypocrisy Mar 8 #2
Howler monkey BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #4
Now you're insulting howler monkeys surfered Mar 8 #11
True BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #13
She'll receive a sternly-worded letter. sop Mar 8 #5
Which will Rebl2 Mar 8 #32
Low class bdamomma Mar 8 #6
How did Biden respond to her interruption(s)? TheRickles Mar 8 #7
He whipped out a button with Laken Riley's name on it BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #8
Nice! Thanks. TheRickles Mar 8 #9
He gave her exactly what she wanted... 2naSalit Mar 8 #14
He neutered her OTT neuroticism right before our eyes BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #15
Indeed! 2naSalit Mar 8 #16
He got intimdated into it. The Grand Illuminist Mar 8 #23
No BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #25
What leads you to believe he was intimidated? Torchlight Mar 8 #26
He treated her just like you would have a two year old trick or treater littlemissmartypants Mar 8 #12
He knew it was coming and handled it like a boss IronLionZion Mar 8 #21
and beyond -- DoBW Mar 8 #33
One more time. twodogsbarking Mar 8 #10
Empty Greene has that pose down perfectly FakeNoose Mar 8 #29
I like women, but not this one. twodogsbarking Mar 8 #30
Whenever my late, great mom saw something particularly tacky, catbyte Mar 8 #17
Why is this not a blatant violation of the Hatch Act? And prosecutable? (or does it only apply to the Executive Branch) Scalded Nun Mar 8 #18
Hatch Act is just for the Executive Branch BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #20
She is totally classless, but it would be silly to sanction her for "electioneering" onenote Mar 8 #22
But in this case BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #24
There will come a day when old people will say, "I can even remember when MTG was just an abbreviation ........ jaxexpat Mar 8 #19
She is just a cheap and tacky attention seeker; and it worked. Chainfire Mar 8 #27
It might work for the "short term" BumRushDaShow Mar 8 #28
I was listening to a bdamomma Mar 8 #31
They should've thrown her arse out to make an example of how incivility is to be treated onetexan Mar 8 #34
Threats, threats, threats. malthaussen Mar 8 #35
She looked the part. A dumb as F..K maga with her red outfit and ugly t shirt. It's getting so it's beyond the sell date PortTack Mar 8 #36

no_hypocrisy

(46,245 posts)
2. Calculated decision to let MTG stay.
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 07:53 AM
Mar 8

She would have received more mileage for vociferously exiting if she were physically forced off the Floor.

BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)
8. He whipped out a button with Laken Riley's name on it
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 08:34 AM
Mar 8


And directly addressed the howler monkey about Riley's death. Then he demanded they pass the border bill that the Senate had crafted.

2naSalit

(86,871 posts)
14. He gave her exactly what she wanted...
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 09:50 AM
Mar 8

Took her thunder and she'll still complain about it for days.

Please, everyone, give US, not just Joe, a Congress who will address this shit and get us moving forward. We're running out of time on the extinction clock and we have to contend with this fucking brick wall of imbecilic obstruction.

BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)
15. He neutered her OTT neuroticism right before our eyes
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 09:53 AM
Mar 8

And I hope that some Democrat will put in a Censure motion for her overt violation of the House Rules next week.

BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)
25. No
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 11:04 AM
Mar 8

Obviously since he already had a button ready to display, he was not only going to address the whiny baby head on and shut her down, but then use the moment to once again excoriate the House, that she is a member of, for their hypocrisy and even their insulting of one of their own in the Senate (Lankford) for crafting a solution that passed the Senate, but was being blocked in the House strictly to score political points. I.e., he called out their refusal to do any work to solve a problem.

catbyte

(34,499 posts)
17. Whenever my late, great mom saw something particularly tacky,
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:01 AM
Mar 8

she'd say, "My, that's classy with a capital K" and I was often puzzled but after seeing that pathetic trainwreck, I know exactly what she meant, lol.

Scalded Nun

(1,243 posts)
18. Why is this not a blatant violation of the Hatch Act? And prosecutable? (or does it only apply to the Executive Branch)
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:22 AM
Mar 8

BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)
20. Hatch Act is just for the Executive Branch
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:31 AM
Mar 8

but the House has guidelines/codes to avoid partisan electioneering like she did there.

onenote

(42,794 posts)
22. She is totally classless, but it would be silly to sanction her for "electioneering"
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:45 AM
Mar 8

After all, the Democratic members chanted "Four More Years" at various points in the speech, which also sounds a lot like partisan electioneering.

BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)
24. But in this case
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:57 AM
Mar 8

it has been more a "dress code" thing. The baseball cap emblazoned with "45" on the side, is verboten.

I.e., until recently, the wearing of hats was not permitted in the chamber and they made an exception for head scarfs (for Ilhan Omar since she is Muslim). Just like in the Senate, they had an "understood but unwritten" dress code, until Fetterman came in with the shorts, and then they codified a specific dress code.

jaxexpat

(6,864 posts)
19. There will come a day when old people will say, "I can even remember when MTG was just an abbreviation ........
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 10:30 AM
Mar 8

.....for meeting, now it's a universal meme for pettiness, ugliness and classlessness."

BumRushDaShow

(129,737 posts)
28. It might work for the "short term"
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 11:27 AM
Mar 8

but we have seen several like that come and go (see Caribou Barbie and batshit crazy Bachmann... with Bobo Boebert most likely on her way out soon).

malthaussen

(17,219 posts)
35. Threats, threats, threats.
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 01:37 PM
Mar 8

I for one am getting damned tired of all the toothless "threats" and "warnings" that are given to Mr Trump and his ilk. I'm sure they're very scared -- when they aren't laughing and doing as they please.

-- Mal

PortTack

(32,813 posts)
36. She looked the part. A dumb as F..K maga with her red outfit and ugly t shirt. It's getting so it's beyond the sell date
Fri Mar 8, 2024, 03:25 PM
Mar 8
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