The Republican, who was previously removed from the committee due to his controversy along with Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) in 2021, has been assigned a role on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee along with the Homeland Security Committee after a vote by the House. GOP Steering Committee.
Reid did not have Greene’s reinstatement and found several Confederates in his appointment during the show on Wednesday.
“This is the end of the rebellion, as if Jefferson Davis were made chairman of the Senate Oversight Committee or assigned to the United States Senate or the House of Representatives,” Reid said.
“It puts, literally, the Confederacy in charge of the union.”
New York Times columnist Charles Blow, one of Reid’s guests on the show, did not compare Greene to Davis, but lumped Greene into “an empty shell of a man.”
“I’m not a Jefferson Davis fan, but Marjorie Taylor Greene is no Jefferson Davis,” Blow said. “Marjorie Taylor Greene is just a hollow shell of a person who believes, and really believes, that the theater gets attention and attention gets her money and money makes her powerful in the party…