.thereidout Blog: A lawsuit filed in Georgia alleges the Republican's actions in support of Capitol rioters disqualify her from serving in office.
resembles a lawsuit filed against Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., in January, which also cited the the 14th Amendment’s language prohibiting people who have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from serving in Congress.
Voters in both cases are being represented by Free Speech for People, a Texas-based advocacy group. A federal judge dismissed the Cawthorn lawsuit earlier this month, but the organization is seeking an appeal. In the Greene case, the lawsuit alleges the conspiracy theory-pushing Republican “voluntarily aided and engaged in an insurrection to obstruct the peaceful transfer of presidential power” through her actions before, during and after the Jan. 6 attack.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican, attends at a news conference outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C.The lawsuit cited, among other things, Greene’s 2019It also pointed to ain which Greene spoke about not allowing the peaceful transfer of power after then-President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and in which she told people to"show up" on Jan. 6, the day rioters attacked the Capitol.
“You can’t allow it to just transfer power peacefully like Joe Biden wants and allow him to become our president because he did not win this election,” Greene claimed in the video, adding the election is “being stolen, and the evidence is there.”
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