Republicans support Marjorie Taylor Greene and vow to fight Democrat action

Democrats have demanded that the GOP leadership remove Marjorie Taylor Greene, from committee assignments because of her history of using social media to endorse outlandish conspiracy theories and violent, racist views (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

House Republicans said they will stand by controversial congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and will fight a Democratic push to remove her from a number of committees.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy condemned Marjorie Taylor Greene’s past remarks questioning school shootings, but he criticised a Democratic drive to oust the Georgia Republican from her committee assignments as a “partisan power grab”.