Social media users are expressing outrage after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took the Speaker chair during a House session on Wednesday following a proclamation from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to name her “Speaker Pro Tempore for the day.
“I hereby appoint the Honorable Marjorie Taylor Greene to act as Speaker Pro Tempore on this day. Signed, Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House of Representatives,” the clerk read as Greene walked into the chamber.
“The House is in order,” Greene declared as she brought down the gavel.
The clip of Greene quickly went viral on Twitter, and users had a lot to say about it.
“Kevin McCarthy literally giving the Speaker’s gavel to Marjorie Taylor Greene is a perfect microcosm of the MAGA Republican Majority,” one user wrote.
“The cost of Kevin’s leadership. This is disgraceful,” another replied.
Others called McCarthy’s action, “sick” and “an abomination.”
Check other reactions below.
Kevin McCarthy literally giving the Speaker’s gavel to Marjorie Taylor Greene is a perfect microcosm of the MAGA Republican Majority. pic.twitter.com/nNRAMHiPPu
— Parker Butler (@parkerpbutler) March 8, 2023
Utterly disgraceful…
— Rehabilitated Republican (@Matthewtravis08) March 8, 2023
Greene is grotesque.
— Pastel De Nata (@PasteldeNata19) March 8, 2023
That’s an abomination.
— Melanie 🌻 (@MikeTango22202) March 8, 2023
I think all Democrats should just march out anytime a insurrectionist or election denier is sitting in the Speaker's chair.
— Bill Vayens (@wvayens) March 8, 2023
The cost of Kevin’s leadership. This is disgraceful.
— Sue Crean (@SueCrean) March 8, 2023
Laughing stock of the world. We await the turn of Moe, Larry and Curly and then Abbott and Costello can have a go
— Shane Hunt (@Rhymingoz) March 8, 2023
That makes me sick
— Kellie Pinel (@khpdlane) March 8, 2023
