Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Rep. Richard McCormick (R-Ga.) became “physically aggressive” with her last month during a recent meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), according to a report.
Greene complained to the House speaker last week that his Georgia Republican colleagues “grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him” after the two lawmakers introduced competing resolutions to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib in November, according to CNN.
McCormick claimed he was only trying to “encourage” Greene after he opposed his resolution of censure and the House brought it up, but he didn’t take it well, and he quickly apologized.
“I understand why there was a lot of raw emotion following the censure vote since the censure was presented and I was approved. My intention is to encourage Rep. Greene by making a friendly gesture,” McCormick told the outlet. “I said to him, ‘at least we can have an honest discussion,’ which he said he didn’t appreciate. For that I immediately apologized and have not spoken to him since then.”
Greene reportedly accused her Georgia male co-worker of grabbing her shoulder and shaking her. AP
Greene and McCormick did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The private meeting between Johnson and Greene is part of the new speaker’s attempt to manage growing tensions in the GOP conference, according to CNN, and Johnson has also been in touch with McCormick, hearing his side of the story.
Greene’s impeachment resolution accused Tlaib of “leading a rebellion in the United States Capitol,” engaging in “antisemitic activities” and “sympathizing with terrorist organizations.”
McCormick insisted he tried to be “friendly” with Greene. AP
He withdrew the resolution after McCormick, one of 23 House Republicans who voted against it, introduced a narrower resolution – another likely to pass – accusing Tlaib of promoting a “false narrative” around the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, defending the attack . as “opposition” to the “apartheid state” and used the slogan “from the river to the sea” in a video posted on social media – a phrase widely seen as a call to exterminate Jews. state.
“I think he got his ego bruised by all his callers and his own constituents,” Greene said of McCormick after he introduced the competing resolution.
“It’s not about Rich McCormick, nobody cares about Rich McCormick,” he added. “Most people don’t know that he’s doing this, most people think it’s my resolution.”
McCormick’s resolution passed 234-188, with four voting members present.
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