House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that she is concerned about threats against members of Congress and suggested that “the enemy is inside the House of Representatives.”
Pelosi said Congress will likely have to pass a bill that provides more money to be spent on the safety of members in light of recent threats from the days since the January 6 Capitol uprising.
“We will probably need a supplement for more security for members when the enemy is in the House of Representatives, a threat that worries members in addition to what is happening outside,” Pelosi said.
When asked to explain what he meant by “the enemy is inside,” he replied, “We have members of Congress who want to carry weapons on the ground and have threatened violence against other members of Congress.”
ABC News contacted Pelosi’s office for further clarification on which members he was referring to, but did not return immediately.
His comments come after Republicans have tried, in recent days, to bring guns to the floor of the house, despite the addition of a metal detector to the chamber door. Some Republicans overlook the metal detector.
CNN’s KFile, in a report on its online activity, said Republican Party Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., Allegedly “liked” a comment on her life-threatening Facebook page in 2019 of Pelosi and other Democrats.
ABC News cannot confirm the “likes” because the posts have been published.
Greene was also recently assigned to the House Education and Work Committee despite her support for conspiracy theories that claim shootings were organized at mass schools in Sandy Hook and Parkland.
Pelosi, D-California, took over the Republican leadership for giving Greene that committee job.
“What worries me is the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives that is willing to ignore, ignore these statements, assigning it to the Education Committee when it mocked the murder of young children at Sandy Elementary School. Hook, when the teen murder of Marjory Stoneman Douglas was mocked, ”Pelosi said.
“What could they be thinking? Or is it thinking too generously of a word for what they might be doing,” he added. “It’s absolutely scary.”
House Republican minority leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, has also said he will hold a “conversation” with Greene about his support for those who threaten social media posts. It is unclear if the two have spoken yet.
Asked for comment Thursday, Greene said in a statement provided by his office: “Democrats and their spokespersons in the fake media will not stop at anything to defeat conservative Republicans. They will come after me because I am a threat to to their goal of socialism They come after me because they know I represent the people, not the politicians.
“They come after me because, like President Trump, I will always stand for conservative values,” he continued. “They want to get me out because I represent people. And they absolutely hate it.”
He did not answer any questions about a report that agreed with a post on social media saying the Sandy Hook school shooting took place.
In a previous statement posted on Twitter, Greene did not deny that he liked the posts and responded to the comments, but claimed that many people have directed his Facebook page.
Representative Jimmy Gomez, D-California, announced Wednesday his plans to introduce a resolution calling for Greene’s expulsion from Congress for his posts on social media.
“As if that wasn’t enough to amplify the conspiracy theories that the 9/11 attacks were internal work and the mass shooting was carried out at Douglas Marjory Stoneman High School, a series of Recent media reports have now confirmed that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had previously supported posts on social media calling for political violence against House Speaker, members of Congress and former President Barack Obama “Gomez said in a statement Wednesday.
“This defense of extremism and sedition not only demands immediate expulsion from Congress, but also deserves a firm and clear condemnation of all his Republican colleagues, including the leader of the House minority.” Kevin McCarthy, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, his very presence in office poses a direct threat to elected officials and staff serving in our government, and it is with his security as well as the security of institutions and public officials across the country, I call on colleagues in the House to support my resolution to immediately remove Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from this legislature, ”he said.
It would take two-thirds of the House vote to oust Greene for her removal from the House. This would require approximately 70 Republicans to vote with all Democrats on Gomez’s move. It is unlikely to happen.
Earlier Thursday, House Education and Labor Committee chairman, Democratic Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., Condemned Republican leadership for assigning Greene to its committee.
He refers to a March 2019 video in which Greene can be seen after David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, on a sidewalk in front of the Washington, DC Capitol, repeatedly asking why defends gun control laws. Greene tells Hogg, “Why do you support red flag weapons laws that attack our Second Amendment rights?
“House Republicans have nominated someone for this committee who claimed the murder of 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax. House Republicans have appointed someone from this committee who claimed to have organized the murder of 14 students and three teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, “Scott said.” House Republicans have appointed someone from this committee who persecuted and denied a 17. An old survivor of a mass shooting in the school and later celebrated this behavior by posting it on social media.Republicans in the House have appointed someone from this committee who has publicly supported the violence. against elected officials, “Scott said in a statement, referring to Greene.
“House Republicans made that appointment and Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy has to explain how someone with that background represents the Republican Party on education issues. He is sending a clear message to students. , parents and educators on Republican party views, “he said.
Benjamin Siegel of ABC News contributed to this report.