GOP torn as Greene speaks to far right amid 'Putin!' chants

They'll censure Liz Cheney but let this idiot keep shooting her mouth off and carouse with white supremacists. Am I missing something?

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Yet it’s unclear whether Greene will face any further reprimand or rebuke for what is now an ongoing pattern of startling behavior. McCarthy had previously suggested the Georgia congresswoman, who is now barred by Democrats from committees, would enjoy a promotion i f Republicans take control of the House.

It all shows the difficulty Republican leaders have combating the party's drift toward Trump-style authoritarianism and embracing right-wing extremism.

“This may be a chance to burn out the cancer of the Republican Party — those that are, you know, Putin sympathetic,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., a former military pilot who broke with his party over the Trump presidency.

But he worries that McCarthy and other GOP leaders will stop short of kicking Greene out of the party. “He won’t because she has power, let’s be honest, but I’m embarrassed by it.”

The scrutiny over the congresswoman, who remains an outlier on Capitol Hill, comes as most of Congress is largely unified in its condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and its support of Ukraine. Ahead of President Joe Biden's first State of the Union address, the invasion has proven to be a rare moment of common ground amid Democrats and Republicans as the U.S. defends the Western-style democracy.

This is not the first time Greene, of Georgia, has broken the norms of political behavior by associating with extremist groups, espousing conspiracy theories or musing about violence against politicians she disagrees with. Shortly after taking off in 2021, the House voted to strip the new lawmaker of committee assignments over her views and actions, in a largely party-line vote.

“For me, it was appalling and wrong,” McCarthy told reporters at the Capitol late Monday.

Asked to elaborate Tuesday as cameras were rolling during a press conference at the Capitol, McCarthy demurred, declining further response, as other Republican leaders and lawmakers stood by. “There’s no place in our party for any of this,” he had said.

McConnell offered no public comments, but said in a statement from his office: 'There’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism.”...

She spoke at the America First Political Action Conference and said she did not know they were white supremacists. Did she? I don't know what is in her head or her knowledge base. I do remember her saying that Democrats failed to condemn the violence and looting of last summer after Pelosi said this on the floor of Congress, "We support peaceful demonstrations. We participate in them. They are part of the essence of our democracy. That does not include looting, starting fires, or rioting. They should be prosecuted. That is lawlessness." The fact that McConnell and McCarthy both condemned what she did tells me a great deal about her speaking there.