House Removes GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Committees

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 5 February 2021

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Only 11 Republicans vote to punish Rep. Greene. Impeachment managers call on Trump to testify at his upcoming trial, but Trump refuses. It is still unclear whether he will be subpoenaed or not. A Texas woman is facing new charges in the Capitol riot; in a livestream, she allegedly detailed that Pelosi’s office door was broken down. Arrest records show 20+ women were charged in the Capitol riot. Sen. Cruz and Sen. Hawley keep their committee seats despite vote challenge and rhetoric that inspired the Capitol riot. Johnson & Johnson is asking the FDA to authorize its one-dose Covid vaccine. Dr. Fauci: if authorized, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be available in March. Sen. Rand Paul was chastised for going mask-less on the Senate floor today. Voting technology company, Smartmatic, sues Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell for $2.7 billion. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.7	Out front next, the breaking news, the House just voting to remove Marjorie Taylor Green
0:35.8	from two key committees,
0:43.1	all but 11 Republicans supporting Green despite her fringe conspiracy theories and her very dangerous rhetoric.
0:47.9	Plus impeachment managers calling on Trump to testify in his trial next week, his legal team refusing.
0:50.0	So will Trump be subpoenaed?
0:51.9	And tempers flaring in Washington.
0:56.1	Senator Sherrod Brown taking on Rand Paul for not wearing a mask on the Senate floor.
0:59.1	You have to watch this one happen. Let's go out front.
1:05.9	And good evening. I'm Erin Burnett. Out front tonight, the breaking news. She's out.
1:12.1	Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green has officially been removed from both the education and budget committees,
1:18.4	those key committees. But only 11 Republicans made a move for her to lose that position.
1:23.3	Only 11 Republicans holding her accountable for her fringe conspiracy theories and dangerous rhetoric. These 11 Republicans include Adam Kinsinger and Brian Fitzpatrick.
1:28.0	They joined 219 Democrats who voted to strip Green from her assignments on the education and budget committees.
1:35.5	So let me just do the math for you.
1:37.7	What that means is that 199 Republicans looked the other way when it came to punishing Green for her bigoted and deranged
1:45.3	comments and views. They represent nearly every state. They include Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney,
1:50.7	the number three House Republican. These elected officials gave Green and these comments,
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