[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 610 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 610

            Censuring Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2023

 Ms. Balint submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                        the Committee on Ethics

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                               RESOLUTION


 
            Censuring Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly fanned the flames 
        of racism, antisemitism, LGBTQ hate speech, Islamophobia, anti-Asian 
        hate, xenophobia, and other forms of hatred;
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly debased the 
        memories of thousands of victims of the terrorist attacks on September 
        11, 2001, by perpetuating conspiracy theories to shift blame and 
        responsibility for the mass murder;
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly assaulted the 
        foundation of our democracy by perpetuating conspiracy theories related 
        to the January 6 attack on the Capitol which sought to halt the peaceful 
        transfer of power;
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly called for violence 
        against elected representatives and their families;
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly espoused 
        antisemitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories, including through 
        inflammatory evocations of the Holocaust;
Whereas, on May 20, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that the 
        mask mandate in the House of Representatives was akin to Jews being 
        ``put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany'';
Whereas, on May 25, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted that, 
        ``Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi's 
        forced Jewish people to wear a gold star'';
Whereas, on February 26, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared at 
        a White nationalist event that was condemned by the Republican Jewish 
        Coalition as ``appalling and outrageous that a Member of Congress would 
        share a platform with an individual who has actively spread antisemitic 
        bile, mocked the Holocaust and promoted dangerous anti-Israel conspiracy 
        theories'';
Whereas, on September 1, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a 
        tweet comparing President Joe Biden to Adolf Hitler that said ``Joe 
        Biden is Hitler. #NaziJoe has to go'';
Whereas, on September 1, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted 
        another tweet of a doctored video showing President Biden speaking with 
        audio of Hitler, swastikas in the background and a mustache akin to that 
        of Hitler;
Whereas, on July 21, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that if 
        she was ``in charge'' she would ``kick out every single Chinese in this 
        country that is loyal to the CCP. They would be gone'';
Whereas, on December 19, 2021, while at a Turning Point USA conference, 
        Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to Asian Americans as 
        ``yellow people'', a slur that has been historically used to malign the 
        Asian-American community in the United States;
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has a history of perpetuating 
        LGBTQ hate speech, including through her use of offensive posters in the 
        halls of congressional office buildings beginning on February 24, 2021;
Whereas, on November 22, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted 
        that an LGBTQ California State Senator was a ``communist groomer'', an 
        offensive slur that has been used to stoke fear and incite hatred of 
        LGBTQ Americans;
Whereas, on March 7, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene again referred 
        to members of the LGBTQ community as ``groomers'' and spouted anti-trans 
        rhetoric on the Floor of the House of Representatives;
Whereas, on June 1, 2023, the first day of Pride Month, Representative Marjorie 
        Taylor Greene tweeted a photo showing an anti-trans poster that she had 
        displayed in the hall outside of her congressional office;
Whereas, on February 22, 2019, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a 
        video on Facebook claiming that Muslim-American Members of Congress were 
        not ``really official'' because they didn't take the oath of office on 
        the Bible;
Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico reported that Representative Marjorie Taylor 
        Greene repeatedly engaged in Islamophobic rhetoric and suggested that 
        Muslim Americans do not belong in the United States Government;
Whereas, on May 10, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to 
        fellow Muslim-American Members of Congress as the ``Jihad Squad'';
Whereas, on November 30, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene yet again 
        referred to fellow Muslim-American Members of Congress as the ``Jihad 
        Squad'';
Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico reported that Representative Marjorie Taylor 
        Greene referred to Black Americans as ``slaves to the Democratic Party'' 
        and said that they should be proud to see Confederate monuments;
Whereas, on June 17, 2020, Politico further reported that Representative 
        Marjorie Taylor Greene stated in a video, ``I know a ton of White people 
        that are as lazy and sorry and probably worse than Black people'';
Whereas, on May 18, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene compared being 
        called a White supremacist to a person of color being called the ``N-
        word,'' a vile racial slur;
Whereas, on January 28, 2021, a video of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
        resurfaced in which she used a harmful and offensive slur targeting 
        Americans with disabilities which the National Down Syndrome Society 
        called ``heartbreaking and unacceptable'';
Whereas, on November 1, 2018, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene denied the 
        attacks on September 11 saying there was a ``so-called plane that 
        crashed into the Pentagon'' and that ``It's odd there's never any 
        evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon'';
Whereas, on November 17, 2018, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene peddled a 
        vile antisemitic trope when she claimed that wildfires in California 
        were caused by space lasers operated by members of the Jewish community;
Whereas, on August 17, 2020, a video of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene 
        resurfaced in which she stated that the mass shooting at a country music 
        festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, where 60 people were murdered, was 
        perpetuated in order to pass anti-gun legislation;
Whereas, on January 19, 2021, Media Matters published a screenshot of a Facebook 
        comment from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene where she 
        emphatically agreed that the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas 
        High School, where 17 students and teachers were murdered, was a false 
        flag event;
Whereas, on January 21, 2021, Media Matters published a screenshot of a Facebook 
        comment liked by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene that claimed 9/11 
        was ``done by our own Gov'', to which she responded ``That is all 
        true'';
Whereas that same comment liked and agreed to by Representative Marjorie Taylor 
        Greene further claimed that the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary 
        where 26 people, including 20 precious children were murdered, was 
        staged;
Whereas, on September 3, 2020, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted an 
        image of herself holding a gun next to images of three Members of 
        Congress with a caption encouraging ``going on offense'' against them;
Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN reported on posts, comments and likes made by 
        Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from 2018 and 2019 in which 
        Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene liked several posts and comments 
        on Facebook demonstrating her support for the execution of several 
        Members of the Democratic Party including Speaker of the House Nancy 
        Pelosi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and President Barack Obama;
Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN further reported that Representative Marjorie 
        Taylor Greene liked a Facebook comment in January 2019 that stated, ``a 
        bullet to the head would be quicker'' in reference to the removal of 
        Speaker Nancy Pelosi;
Whereas, on January 26, 2021, CNN also reported that deleted videos showed 
        Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene calling for the execution of 
        Speaker Nancy Pelosi and stating that she was ``a traitor to our 
        country, she's guilty of treason'' and should ``suffer death or she'll 
        be in prison'';
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has perpetuated the ``big lie'' 
        related to the 2020 Presidential election by espousing conspiracy 
        theories and by threatening and inciting violence;
Whereas, on October 26, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene downplayed 
        the actions of those who participated in the January 6 attack on the 
        Capitol and said ``if you think about what our Declaration of 
        Independence says, it says to overthrow tyrants'';
Whereas, on November 4, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene went to 
        visit those incarcerated related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol 
        in what she referred to as ``the patriot wing'' of the D.C. Jail;
Whereas, on November 10, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to 
        those who participated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol as 
        ``political prisoners of war'';
Whereas, on December 10, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that 
        if she had organized the January 6 attack on the Capitol, ``we would 
        have won. Not to mention, it would've been armed'';
Whereas, on July 19, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene displayed 
        graphic pornographic images during an official committee hearing that 
        she claimed depicted a member of President Biden's family;
Whereas, on July 19, 2023, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene sent an 
        official press release and posted to her official congressional website 
        public hearing commentary featuring graphic pornographic images she 
        claimed depicted a member of President Biden's family; and
Whereas Members of Congress have promised to always have the back of 
        Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene no matter the extent of her vile 
        and hateful behavior: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene be censured;
            (2) Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene forthwith present 
        herself in the well of the House of Representatives for the 
        pronouncement of censure; and
            (3) Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene be censured with 
        the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
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