Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) (L), Representative Cori Bush (D-MO).
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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her staff allegedly “denied” House Democrat Cori Bush of Missouri, who said Friday she is moving her office away from Greene “for the safety of my team “.
Bush also said in a tweet that the Georgia Republican “targeted me and others on social media.”
Bush, referring to the deadly January 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, noted that he “has called for the expulsion of members who incited insurgency from day one.”
Following this invasion, Bush had introduced a resolution directing the House Ethics Committee to investigate whether any lawmaker attempting to overturn President Joe Biden’s election victory “violated the oath of office” and “should be sanctioned, including the withdrawal of the House of Representatives “.
Bush’s statement implied that Greene should be included in the proposed investigation. Both Greene and Bush are newly elected representatives who were sworn in in Congress earlier this month.
Greene and Bush’s spokesmen did not immediately respond to CNBC’s requests for comment on the Missouri Democrat’s statement on Twitter, nor for additional details about the alleged altercation.
An aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, confirmed to NBC News that Bush’s office had been reassigned. “This room assignment change was by direct order of the president,” the assistant told NBC.
Bush and Greene have offices located on the same floor of the Longworth House office building, one of three buildings for members of the house on Capitol Hill.
Greene has expressed support for the pro-Trump radical conspiracy theory QAnon, whose believers in some cases had encouraged the Capitol explosion, which left five dead.
Greene has received additional incidents recently after he reportedly attacked a survivor of the Parkland school shooting and liked posts on social media calling for violence against Democrats.
On Wednesday, an information team at NBC’s affiliate, WRCB, was removed from a town hall event and threatened with arrest after attempting to ask Greene a question.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, criticized Greene and the “absolutely horrible” decision by top House Republicans to nominate Greene to the House Education Committee.
“What could they be thinking? Or is it thinking a word too generous for what they might be doing?” Pelosi said at a news conference Thursday.