Rep. Andy Biggs, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus in the House, stepped up to defend Marjorie Taylor Greene against Democrats who are trying to remove her from committee assignments:
The Democrats’ moves to strip Congresswoman Greene of her committee assignments for thoughts & opinions she shared as a private citizen before coming to the House is unprecedented and unconstitutional, & these steps are a dangerous slope for our nation. https://t.co/35Gpk1Ndgo
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) February 3, 2021
Here’s more on what he said:
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs defended Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Tuesday amid a Democratic plan to strip the controversial Georgia congresswoman of her committees.
“Since taking back the House majority in 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democrat conference have led the most radical agenda in our nation’s history, stopping at nothing to overthrow and undermine the Trump presidency and to demonize fellow Republicans in Congress,” Biggs said in a statement. “They seek to silence and discontinue conservative voices, while expanding their progressive, anti-American schemes. The Left is aided by their allies in the mainstream media, who issue hours and binders of propaganda from their ivory towers.”
The Arizona Republican noted Democratic lawmakers who have made provocative statements in the past but were never punished the way the Democratic Caucus has demanded Republican members be sanctioned for their own divisive remarks. Lawmakers listed by Biggs include Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
The dependable Rep. Jim Jordan, who also sits on the Freedom Caucus, defended Greene as well:
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, a fellow Freedom Caucus member, also defended Greene, telling the Washington Examiner about the Georgia congresswoman, “What they’re trying to do is wrong. I’m focused on the attack that we’re seeing today on the First Amendment and this whole cancel culture.”
I wish Kevin McCarthy had more backbone like Andy Biggs. As I’ve said in the past, I do like him. But these incidents of caving to Democrats (and some Republicans like McConnell) over controversial issues like this tell us a lot about him.