Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Rep., engaged in a shouting match Friday on the steps to the U.S. Capitol. They traded barbs about abortion and conditions at the border.
As the Democrats were promoting “Building Back Better for Women”, they exchanged barbs with Reps. Debbie Dingell (Michigan) and Betty McCollum (Minnesota), as the freshman Republican was photographed for publicity. This is a play on President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” campaign.
”You should all be ashamed,” Greene said while gesturing to the Democrats. Dingell responded that Greene is the one who should be ashamed.
”You know what? Killing a baby up until birth is a lack of civility. It’s called murder,” Greene said. ”Hey, how about the border down there? Lack of civility? How about lack of laws, or protecting and upholding our Constitution?”
The exchange, seen in a series of video clips on Twitter, included Dingell waving her finger at Greene, who was stripped of her committee assignments by the Democrat-controlled House for statements that helped ”fuel domestic terrorism.”
”You should practice the basic thing you’re taught in church: Respect you neighbor,” Dingell bellowed.
Greene fired back: ”Try being a Christian and supporting life.”
The altercation came on after The House passed an abortion bill that would remove virtually all state-level restrictions to abortion, voting 218-211 in a party-line vote.
It is unlikely that the measure will pass the Senate. To overcome a filibuster, it would require 10 Republicans. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who supports abortion rights, already stated she would vote against it.
”Killing babies up until birth, are you kidding me right now?” Greene yelled at the Democrats. ”Why don’t you stand with women?”
Bryan Metzger, the Business Insider reporter, said that the confrontation started when Greene challenged a group of Democratic representatives, which included Dingell, Melanie Stansbury, Chrissy Houlahan, Pennsylvania, and Ilhan Omar, Minnesota.