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The Daily 202's Big Idea

House Democrats announce vote to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees

The Daily 202's Big Idea

The Washington Post

Politics, News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Plus, prosecutors seek to rearrest Kyle Rittenhouse, and Canada declares the Proud Boys a terrorist group.

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0:00.0

Good morning.

0:03.5

I'm Arjun Singh from The Washington Post, and this is the Daily 202 for Thursday, February

0:08.9

4.

0:09.9

In today's news, prosecutors seek to re-arrest Kyle Rittenhouse, and Canada declares the

0:16.2

proud boys a terrorist group.

0:20.6

But first, the big idea.

0:24.3

Heart is in ranker erupted on Capitol Hill as Democrats cemented their control over

0:28.8

both chambers of Congress in the White House.

0:31.3

With a continuing resolution in hand, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer formally took

0:35.5

the reins of the Senate from now Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

0:39.1

But while the balance of power shifted in the Senate, in Congress's lower chamber, House

0:43.6

Democrats are preparing to hold a vote to oust Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor

0:48.1

Greene today.

0:49.6

The post-Paul Cain and Mike DeBonus report that the same day Democrats announced their vote,

0:54.8

the House's top Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy declined to take action against

0:59.8

Greene over extremist statements made in the past.

1:03.4

Even before setting foot in Washington, Greene generated controversy on the campaign trail

1:07.8

in her home state of Georgia when she shared a picture of herself on Facebook holding

1:12.1

an AR-15 next to the images of representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who were treated

1:17.7

to lead in Ilan Omar in which she pledged to quote, save America in stop socialism.

1:24.8

And controversy continued to follow her.

1:27.3

Past social media comments made by Greene have shown her affinity for debunked far-right

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