Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s rhetoric reached new levels of absurdity when she attacked Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) during a hearing at the Capitol.
Georgia Republicans completely undermined the proceedings of the House Committee on Homeland Security by accusing Swalwell of having “sexual relations with Chinese spies.”
The claim is a wild distortion of Swalwell’s cooperation with the FBI’s investigation of alleged spy Christine Fang. The Chinese national is a political supporter of Swalwell, and there is no evidence that he and the MP have a personal relationship.
Immediately, Rep. Daniel Goldman (DN.Y.) asked Greene’s comments to be stricken from the record. Republicans voted to table the measure and let Greene continue her tirade, however.
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Next, Greene targeted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, claiming his department was responsible for increasing fentanyl deaths among young people.
After Mayorkas told Greene that his department was “fighting” drug traffickers, he called her a “dus.”
“You are killing America with your policies,” he added.
By then, the Republicans’ patience was wearing thin.
Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) ruled that his Republican colleague had violated the rules of decorum and ordered him to strike the words from the record.
“It’s pretty clear that the law of your country can’t impugn a person’s character,” he told Greene. “Identifying or calling a liar is not acceptable in this committee, and I made the decision that we attack those words.”
Recently, Greene defended a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine. On Twitter, he said the arrest was part of a conspiracy against “white, male, Christian[s]”the “anti-war.”
Watch the full hearing below. Greene’s speech begins at the 2:01:00 mark.