“Republicans are handing the keys of oversight to the most extreme MAGA members of the Republican caucus who promote violent rhetoric and dangerous conspiracy theories,” White House spokesman Ian Sams said in a statement provided to USA TODAY.
Greene, stripped of her committee assignments two years ago by the Democratic-led House following a series of menacing social media posts, was named Tuesday to the Oversight and Accountability Committee.
Greene, Gosar back on committees:GOP-led House reinstates Greene, Gosar on committees after Democrats had removed them
Republicans also reinstated Arizona GOP Rep. Paul Gosar, who had been removed from his committees after being censured in 2021 for posting an anime video that was edited to show him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and attacking President Joe Biden. Gosar was named to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Other hardline conservatives assigned to committees include: Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., was assigned to the Oversight and Accountability Committee, and Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, will remain on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The White House has seized on the influence of Republicans’ far-right wing – which held up Kevin McCarthy’s election as speaker of the House – in a push to make Greene, Boebert and others the face of the party.
“House Republican leaders should explain why they are allowing these individuals to serve on this Committee and reveal transparently once and for all what secret deals they made to the extreme MAGA members in order to elect a Speaker,” Sams said.
— Joey Garrison
Lawsuit accuses conservative activist Matt Schlapp of groping Walker campaign staffer
Send an email
