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Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
"We'll probably need a bigger budget to keep MPs safe when the enemy is inside the House."
The enemy within - an allusion that is probably also aimed at her: Marjorie Taylor Greene.
She moved into the House of Representatives for the first time for the Republicans through the election in November: The 46-year-old is known for her unconditional loyalty to ex-President Trump and her conspiracy stories.
As a new MP, she is now in the focus of criticism: A video appeared on her YouTube channel showing how she was following David Hogg in March 2019.
Hogg is one of the survivors of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
In 2018, 14 students and three adults died in the massacre.
Marjorie Green
“David, why are you supporting the Red Flag laws?
(Red flag laws allow weapons to be stolen from mentally ill or convicted people - editor's note) If Scott Peterson, the school officer, had done his job right, then Nikolas Cruz wouldn't have killed anyone in your school - or at least some protected.
Why do you support laws that attack our right to gun ownership?
Sad.
He has nothing to say because there is nothing to say. "
In the House of Representatives, Greene's statements are now causing harsh criticism:
Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker
“What I'm concerned about is that the Republican leadership willfully overlooked or ignored these statements.
And then they put Greene on the education committee even though she makes fun of killing young children at Sandy Hook Elementary School or Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (in Parkland)?
What did they think?
That is still too nicely phrased.
It's horrific. "
But that's not all: Greene is said to have liked comments in 2018 and 2019 calling for the murder of US Democrats.
And she is said to have spread the conspiracy narrative that Hillary Clinton was part of a pedophile ring.
Greene is following in the footsteps of her great idol with this destructive rhetoric: Donald Trump.
He has not made any public statements since he left the White House - but MPs like Green are all the louder.
Her person will also show how much Donald Trump's legacy has had in the Republican Party.