ToplineHours after CNN’s KFILE reported Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called for high-profile Democrats to be executed in old Facebook posts, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) strongly condemned the comments and promised to have a “conversation” with the freshman lawmaker, but did not signal whether Taylor Greene would face punishment. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) holds his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol ... [+] June 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty ImagesKey Facts"These comments are deeply disturbing and Leader McCarthy plans to have a conversation with the Congresswoman about them," Mark Bednar, a spokesperson for McCarthy, told Axios in a statement. The minority leader has yet to say whether Greene will face similar punishment—expulsion from committees, or censure—and did not immediately respond to Forbes’ request for comment Wednesday. Chief Critic“She is not a Republican,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said of Greene on Twitter.

Source: Forbes January 27, 2021 15:44 UTC