WASHINGTON — House Republicans have assigned Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, and Paul Gosar, an Arizona Republican, to serve on committees again after Democrats stripped them of that privilege in 2021, according to a member of the Steering Committee of the Republican Party. , who distributes the appointments.
Greene has been assigned to the House Homeland Security Committee, which Republicans will use to focus on border security and investigate Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Last week, a Texas House Republican filed articles of impeachment against the cabinet member. A spokesman for Greene also confirmed his appointment.
Meanwhile, Gosar has been assigned to the House Committee on Natural Resources, where he had served just before his removal, the member said. CNN previously reported the assignments.
In February 2021, the then-Democratic controlled House voted to remove Greene from the House Budget Committee and Education and Labor Committee after his social media posts revealed he was spreading dangerous and racist content. . Conspiracy theories.
The Democratic majority chose to go along with a proposal to remove Greene from their committees after House Republican leaders opted not to take action against Greene. Greene, a freshman lawmaker at the time, had come under fire for expressing support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, accepting calls for violence against top Democrats and suggesting the Sandy Hook and Parkland school shootings were a montage.
Later that year, in November, the House voted to remove Gosar from its two committees, Oversight and Reform and Natural Resources, after he released an animated video showing him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y. , and attacking President Joe Biden. As part of the measure, Gosar was censored, which is considered the harshest punishment against a member of the House, after expulsion.
Incumbent Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., delivered a veiled threat ahead of the vote to impeach Gosar, warning Democrats that if Republicans win control of the House in the 2022 election, the Democrat seats on committees may not be secure.