In an attempt to clean up an already tarnished Republican party, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) condemned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for participating in a white supremacist event last week.
McCarthy was asked by reporter Jake Sherman if he still stood by the conspiracy-preaching lawmaker from Georgia after she appeared as a featured speaker at a white nationalist conference over the weekend.
“Last week I was just in Israel,” McCarthy said. “When I come back I see two colleagues who went and participated with a group that has a leader that many times gives anti-Semitic views, and led a chant for Putin. For me it was appalling and wrong.”
While McCarthy did condemn Greene, he went on to accept her explanation that she didn’t know that conference host Nick Fuentes was a white nationalist.
Though, he then added that Fuentes introductory speech where he praised both Putin and Adolf Hitler should have been enough for her to walk away.
“I think with that introduction, you should’ve walked off stage,” he said. “This is unacceptable.”
NEW. I just caught up with @GOPLeader on MTG, Gosar attending a white supremacist rally.
He said he plans to meet with @RepMTG this week.
“This is unacceptable.” pic.twitter.com/rw3U2MY50j
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) February 28, 2022
