众议院周四批准了一项决议移除四面楚歌的共和党众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林从她的指定委员会。
最终的投票结果是230票对199票,11名共和党人投票支持该决议:伊利诺伊州的代表亚当·金辛格、宾夕法尼亚州的代表布莱恩·菲茨帕特里克、纽约的代表约翰·卡特科、纽约的代表妮可·马利托基斯、密歇根州的代表弗雷德·厄普顿、佛罗里达州的代表卡洛斯·吉梅内斯、纽约州的代表克里斯·雅各布斯、加利福尼亚州的代表金英光、佛罗里达州的代表玛丽亚·萨拉萨尔、新泽西州的代表克里斯·史密斯和佛罗里达州的代表马里奥·迪亚兹·巴拉特。
格林是特朗普未经证实的指控的坚定支持者选举欺诈,已经遭到民主党人的谴责许多共和党人在她今年就职前在视频和社交媒体活动中接受了许多阴谋论。
在CNN回顾的2018年和2019年的帖子和视频中,格林似乎支持针对包括众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)在内的著名民主党人的暴力行为,并暗示桑迪胡克(Sandy Hook)和帕克兰(Parkland)枪击案是在上演“假旗”行动。他们已经被拿下了。
在共和党领导人拒绝让她离开众议院教育和劳工委员会以及众议院预算委员会后,她才被开除在民主党的压力下这样做。周四的投票迫使共和党人公开格林的行为。
格林在投票前的一次演讲中为自己辩护,并对自己过去的一些言论表示遗憾——一些人认为这些言论做得太少,太晚。
“这些都是过去的话,这些东西不代表我,不代表我的地区,也不代表我的价值观,”格林在谈到她过去在社交媒体上的帖子和互动时说。
“我非常感谢这个机会,我会告诉你为什么。她说:“我全心全意地相信上帝,我很感激自己被谦卑下来,被提醒我是个罪人,耶稣死在十字架上是为了原谅我——原谅我的罪。
“今天我非常高兴地告诉你们所有人。我认为重要的是我们所有人都要记住,没有人是完美的。我们都不是,”她说。
格林还说,她相信“9/11绝对发生了”,“校园枪击事件绝对真实,每一个失去的孩子,那些家庭都为此哀悼。”
但她也试图将自己的麻烦归咎于“取消文化”,并将自己的遭遇归咎于媒体,她说,“大媒体公司可以把我说过的、你说过的、我们任何人说过的微小的话,描绘成我们不是的人。”
加州共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡此前谴责了格林的过去言论,但没有采取纪律处分。
佩洛西星期四对记者说,她对共和党领导人决定不将格林从她的委员会中除名“深感不安”。
“那太不幸了,”她说。“你会认为国会中的共和党领导层会对这个机构有某种责任感。”
佩洛西还为她的政党反对格林的行为辩护,并说正是因为共和党的不作为,民主党才在周四晚些时候推进投票。
佩洛西说:“如果我们的任何成员威胁到其他成员的安全,我们将是第一个把他们从委员会中带走的人。”。“就是这样。”
麦卡锡星期二晚上与格林会面,讨论她的委员会任务,甚至召集共和党指导委员会(分配委员会席位)讨论这个问题。但最终,他决定不采取行动。
麦卡锡拒绝了民主党人要求将格林从委员会中除名的呼吁,并指责民主党人拒绝了他将她纳入小企业委员会的提议。
格林没有否认在社交媒体或录制的视频中发表了这些评论,但在推特上发布的一份声明中说,其他人可以访问她的账户。
一些民主党人已经采取措施在众议院谴责格林,甚至将她驱逐出众议院,这将是一个非同寻常的步骤,需要大约70名众议院共和党人的支持。
参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔和参议院共和党人大声批评了这位新当选的众议院议员,麦康奈尔甚至在周一发表了一份罕见的声明,抨击了她的“疯狂的谎言和阴谋论”。
虽然众议院共和党人在很大程度上谴责了格林的言论,但一些议员表示,他们不愿意惩罚格林在当选国会议员之前发表的言论。
据消息人士称,面临强烈批评的格林周三晚间向成员道歉,称她支持卡农阴谋论,并在深夜的一次私人会议上对校园枪击事件发表了评论。她对过去立场的忏悔得到了房间里一些成员的赞赏。
根据会议室的消息来源,这位四面楚歌的国会女议员受到了大约一半与会者的起立鼓掌。
她之前说过她不会道歉,周六在推特上说,“我不会让步。我永远不会道歉。我会永远为人民而战。”
尽管格林私下向同事道歉,但她没有公开为自己的行为明确道歉,尽管两党都呼吁她这样做。
House votes to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments
The House approved a resolution Thursday that removes embattled GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her assigned committees.
The final vote tally was 230-199 and 11 Republicans voted in support of the resolution: Reps. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, John Katko of New York, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, Fred Upton of Michigan, Carlos Gimenez of Florida, Chris Jacobs of New York, Young Kim of California, Maria Salazar of Florida, Chris Smith of New Jersey and Mario Diaz Balart of Florida.
Greene, a vocal supporter of Trump's unsubstantiated claims of electionfraud, has been condemned by Democrats and many Republicans for embracing numerous conspiracy theories in videos and social media activity before she took office this year.
In posts and videos from 2018 and 2019 reviewed by CNN, Greene appeared to endorse violence against prominent Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and suggested that the Sandy Hook and Parkland shootings were staged "false flag" operations. They have since been taken down.
The move to boot her from the House Education and Labor Committee, as well as the House Budget Committee, came after Republican leaders refused to remove her themselves following pressure from Democrats to do so. The vote Thursday forced Republicans to go on the record over Greene's conduct.
Greene defended herself in a speech ahead of the vote and expressed regret over some of her past remarks -- which some viewed as doing too little, too late.
"These were words of the past and these things do not represent me, they do not represent my district and they do not represent my values," Greene said of her past posts and interactions on social media.
"I am beyond grateful for this opportunity, and I'll tell you why. I believe in God with all my heart, and I am so grateful to be humbled, to be reminded that I'm a sinner, and that Jesus died on the cross to forgive me for -- to forgive me for my sins," she said.
"This is something I absolutely rejoice in today to tell you all. I think it's important for all of us to remember, none of us are perfect. None of us are," she said.
Greene also said that she believes "9/11 absolutely happened" and "school shootings are absolutely real and every child that is lost, those families mourn it."
But she also attempted to blame "cancel culture" for her troubles and the media for how she's come across, saying, "big media companies can take teeny, tiny pieces of words that I said, that you have said, any of us, and can portray us into someone that we're not."
Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has previously condemned Greene's past remarks but stopped short of taking disciplinary action.
Pelosi told reporters Thursday she is "profoundly disturbed" that Republican leaders decided against removing Greene from her committees.
"That's just so unfortunate," she said. "You would think the Republican leadership in the Congress would have some sense of responsibility to this institution."
Pelosi also defended her party for acting against Greene and said it's because of Republican inaction that Democrats were moving ahead with the vote later Thursday.
"If any of our members threatened the safety of other members, we'd be the first ones to take them off a committee," Pelosi said. "That's it."
McCarthy met with Greene Tuesday night over her committee assignments and even convened the GOP Steering Committee -- which assigns committee seats -- to discuss the issue. But in the end, he decided against taking action.
McCarthy rejected Democrats' calls for Greene to be stripped from the committees and faulted Democrats for rejecting his proposal to instead place her on the Small Business Committee.
Greene has not denied making the comments on social media or in recorded videos but said other people had access to her accounts in a statement posted to Twitter.
Some Democrats have introduced measures to censure Greene on the House floor, and even expel her from the chamber, which would be an extraordinary step that would require the support of roughly 70 House Republicans.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have loudly criticized the freshman House member, and McConnell even issued a rare statement Monday blasting her "loony lies and conspiracy theories.
While House Republicans have largely condemned Greene's comments, some members have said they are reluctant to punish Greene for comments made before she was elected to serve in Congress.
Greene, who has faced intense criticism, apologized to members late Wednesday night for supporting QAnon conspiracy theories and for her past comments on school shootings during a private late-night conference-wide meeting, according to sources. Her expression of contrition for past positions was appreciated by some members in the room.
The embattled congresswoman received a standing ovation from approximately half of the conference, according to a source in the room.
She had previously said she wouldn't apologize, tweeting Saturday, "I won't back down. I'll never apologize. And I'll always keep fighting for the people."
Despite the private apology to her colleagues, Greene has not explicitly apologized for her conduct publicly, despite bipartisan calls for her to do so.
ABC News' Benjamin Siegel contributed to this report.