Kind of like church, only it wasn't

Rep. Taylor Greene Day was lousy with scriptural reference

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 230-199 to remove freshly-minted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Q-Georgia, from her committee assignments. That 230 vote included 11 Republicans.

Perhaps the most damning testimony about Greene came from Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, who solemnly walked around House chambers a blow-up of a Facebook post from Greene the candidate (see below).

Much of the rest of the day’s language could have been lifted from the Methodist worship book.

In a 10-minute speech where she pleaded her case, Greene, who was removed from the labor and the education and labor committees, said that people were trying to “crucify” her. Coming from someone who lists in her Twitter profile the word “Christian” before “wife” and “mother,” Greene most likely understands the gravity of that word, but may not understand that slinging it around as a means of gaining sympathy is tacky. Wearing a “free speech” face mask on the House floor, Greene also said:

I believe in God with all my heart and I’m so grateful to be humbled, to be reminded that I’m a sinner and that Jesus died on the cross to forgive me for my sins. And this is something that I absolutely rejoice in today to tell you all and I think it’s important for all of us to remember none of us are perfect, none of us are. And none of us can even come close to earning our way into heaven just by our acts and our works but it’s only through the grace of God.

She was joined in her reference to the divine, in no particular order, by:

• U.S. Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, who garbled a verse from Matthew (7:3) about the Democrats removing the mote from their eyes before they sought to remove the speck from the eyes of the Republicans. Points for trying, but we need to take the points back for co-sponsoring a bill to remove Rep. Ihan Omar from her committees.

• Rep. Omar, D-Minn., who vigorously suggested that members swear an oath of office on a Bible which they do not follow (and most likely don’t read, though that’s my addition, not hers).

• Republicans who insisted Greene already apologized behind closed doors (apology being an important step In repentance), but in her speech in front of the House, no apology was forthcoming. Instead, she compared the U.S. media to QAnon. She said she was proud of herself and what she’s made of her life. She said she wasn’t political, but researched the world of politics using Google.

After Iowa Rep. Steve King questioned why white supremacy is considered a bad thing, House Republicans leaders voted in 2019 to remove him from his committees. He lost his primary in 2020.

So what’s in store for the stripped-down Greene? A lot of free time. Maybe she’ll spend more time on Google. Or a book. A book would be nice.