Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) on Thursday for using Democratic lines used by Black Lives Matter supporters that accuse House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) of being a “white supremacist.”
Greene claimed she would not be voting for Scalise to be the next speaker of the House, throwing her support behind House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) instead but said she still likes Scalise and rejected the allegations that he was a white supremacist.
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“I’m supporting Jim Jordan for Speaker. I’m not supporting Scalise. I like Steve Scalise, and as I said, I want him to beat cancer, and he should be focused on that,” Greene said in a series of posts to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
She continued, “What I do think is an unfair and quite frankly disgusting attack is members of our conference using Democrat talking points. Using the same lines of attack that Democrats use against every single Republican, every single election, every single day, in these halls of Congress to attack Steve. He isn’t a White Supremacist. We all know that. He’s a good man.”
I’m supporting Jim Jordan for Speaker. I’m not supporting Scalise. I like Steve Scalise, and as I said, I want him to beat cancer, and he should be focused on that.
What I do think is an unfair and quite frankly disgusting attack is members of our conference using..
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— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) October 12, 2023
Greene’s thread included a clip of Mace speaking to CNN on Wednesday, where she said she would refuse to support Scalise due to him speaking at a controversial event over 20 years ago. Scalise has since denounced the group and said he was unaware of the group’s beliefs at the time and was booked to the event by a member of his staff.
“I’ve been very vocal about this in the last couple of days — I personally cannot, in good conscience, vote for someone who attended a white supremacist conference and compared himself to David Duke,” Mace said. “I would be doing an enormous disservice to the voters I represent in South Carolina if I were to do that.”
Greene said Mace’s comments gave ammunition to the Left to attack half of the Republican conference in the House because more than 100 conservatives in the House had voted for him in a nominating session on Wednesday afternoon.
“Support who you want. But when we have a member of our conference using Democrat BLM lines to attack a guy for Speaker that more than 100 of our own conference supports, you’re now saying half the conference supports a white supremacist and giving Dems ammunition against half our conference,” Greene posted. “I want a speaker we can all unite behind and one that reflects what our Republican voters want. They want an agenda like President Trump’s.”
Although Scalise is the Republican nominee, he does not have enough support to secure the speakership yet, due to a handful of Republicans stating they would vote for Jordan instead.
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The lower chamber has been without a speaker since last week, when Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted as House speaker in a vote that saw eight Republicans join all Democrats in voting against him. Until a new speaker is elected, the House is unable to carry out any legislative activity.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Mace’s office for comment.
