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☆ Twitter locks account of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican who promoted QAnon
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc, on Sunday, locked the account of Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a political newcomer known for promoting the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory. Greene promoted online conspiracy theory QAnon in a 2017 video but later backtracked, saying it was not part of her campaign. Twitter suspended tens of thousands of accounts primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after the violence in Washington earlier this month when supporters of Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol. After the attack, Twitter removed Trump’s account, which had 88 million followers, due to the risk of further violence. Trump, who has challenged the validity of Biden’s victory without producing evidence, initially praised his supporters but later condemned the violence.

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☆ Twitter temporarily suspends GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Allan Smith | Allan Smith Is A Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

Twitter suspended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for 12 hours on Sunday, saying that she has repeatedly run afoul of the company's misinformation policy. "The account referenced has been temporarily locked out for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy," a Twitter spokesperson said. Following the riot at the Capitol earlier this month, Twitter has ramped up its crackdown on misleading and false information on its platform. Twitter's civic integrity policy states the company "will label or remove false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election or other civic process." A freshman lawmaker and a vocal supporter of Trump's efforts to overturn the election, Greene has previously expressed sympathy for QAnon, though she has since sought to distance herself.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Donald Trump, Greene, Joe Biden, Sen, Ben Sasse, Kevin McCarthy Organizations: Twitter, Republicans Locations: Georgia

☆ GOP Senator Ben Sasse warned that the QAnon conspiracy theory movement is destroying the Republican Party
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska has warned in an op-ed in The Atlantic that the QAnon conspiracy theory movement is destroying the GOP. Adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory believe, groundlessly, that a cabal of Satan worshipping child abusers control the world. Swaths of the GOP have embraced the movement, and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has openly backed the movement. Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska has warned that the QAnon conspiracy theory movement is destroying the GOP in a blistering op-ed for The Atlantic. Now is the time to decide what this party is about," writes Sasse.

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☆ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was suspended by Twitter for 12 hours not long after she told Trump supporters to 'mobilize' in a deleted tweet
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Connor Perrett | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia known for her promotion of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, was suspended by Twitter for 12 hours, her office said in a statement. On Saturday, Greene tweeted a message that said, in part, Trump supporters should "mobilize and make your voices heard in opposition to these attacks on our liberties." Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, has been suspended from using Twitter for 12 hours, her office said in a press release Sunday. On Saturday, Greene tweeted, and soon after deleted, as archived by ProPublica, a message that called for "all Americans," and notably Trump supporters, to mobilize. "The newly elected Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs," Sasse wrote in The Atlantic.

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☆ ‘Hell, Yes,’ Republicans Are Headed for a Bitter Internal Showdown
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Alexander Burns | Jonathan Martin | ) www.nytimes.com sentiment -0.81 time to read: +1 min

Mr. Trump has talked to advisers about his contempt for Ms. Cheney in the days since the vote and expressed his glee about the backlash she is enduring in her home state. Privately, Republican officials concerned about possible campaigns for higher office by some of the high-profile backbenchers in the House who have railed against the election results and propagated fringe conspiracy theories. Among those figures are Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Andy Biggs of Arizona. All three states have Senate seats and governorships up for election in 2022. Just as striking, a number of mainline conservatives in the House are speaking openly about how much Mr. Trump damaged himself in the aftermath of the election, culminating with his role in inspiring the riots.

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☆ Some Democrats in Congress are worried their colleagues might kill them
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-15 | by ( Benjy Sarlin | Benjy Sarlin Is Policy Editor For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +10 min

One House freshman is pushing to carry firearms on Capitol grounds, and another recounts being armed during the attack, further putting their colleagues on edge. But, Beyer said, the issue "that has the greater emotional impact is the sense that there's perhaps actual physical danger from our colleagues." Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has said she feared for her life, in part because she doubted the motives of unnamed colleagues who were sheltering with her. But she and over 30 other Democrats have signed on to a letter asking authorities to investigate the claim. The article also misstated what chamber of Congress the attacker of a Northern senator before the Civil War was from.

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☆ 30% of Republicans have 'favorable' view of QAnon conspiracy theory, YouGov poll finds
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Charles Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

A YouGov survey of 1,500 US citizens found that 30% of self-identified Republicans have a favorable view of "QAnon." QAnon is a baseless far-right conspiracy theory that claims President Donald Trump is secretly fighting a "deep state" cabal of satanic pedophiles and cannibals. A December NPR/Ipsos survey found that 23% of Republicans believe in the baseless conspiracy theory. A new poll from YouGov found that around 30% of self-identified Republicans have a favorable view of QAnon, the baseless far-right conspiracy theory that claims President Donald Trump is secretly fighting a "deep state" cabal of satanic pedophiles and cannibals. But according to the survey, 30% of GOP voters who say they have a positive response to the conspiracy theory, which represents a sizable bloc of the party.

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☆ Democratic congressman tests positive for COVID-19 one day after House speech supporting impeachment
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Grace Panetta | ) www.businessinsider.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York announced he had tested positive for COVID-19 one day after he spoke in favor of impeachment on the US House floor. Four Democratic members of Congress, including Espallait, and two spouses of members have tested positive for COVID-19 in the week following the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol. Over 100 lawmakers sheltered in a secure location in the Capitol while law enforcement worked to quell the insurrection. Democratic congressman Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York announced he had tested positive for COVID-19 one day after he spoke in favor of impeachment on the US House floor. "I am following guidance from my physician and quarantining at home after having tested positive for COVID-19," Espaillat tweeted on January 14.

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☆ GOP politicians lost tens of thousands of followers after Twitter purged QAnon accounts. Here's who lost the most.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Angela Wang | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

GOP elected officials lost thousands of Twitter followers over the weekend, as the company cracked down on QAnon accounts in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill riots. 94% have lost followers since January 6th. They and other banned accounts, Twitter explained, were "engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content at scale and were primarily dedicated to the propagation of this conspiracy theory across the service." The vast majority of Republican officials lost followers after Twitter began purging QAnon-related accountsInsider analyzed the Twitter followers of 248 GOP congressmen and state governors, using data collected from Social Blade. Business Insider performed the same analysis on the Democratic caucus' Twitter accounts and found that 93% lost no followers over the weekend.

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☆ Republicans continue to defy metal detectors as Capitol security ramps up
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Allan Smith | Allan Smith Is A Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +1 min

Matt Fuller, a reporter for HuffPost, recorded at least 12 GOP lawmakers either side-stepping the metal detectors or setting them off and continuing on to the House floor. They included Reps. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and Louie Gohmert of Texas. Rep. Louie Gohmert sidesteps the magnetometer, shaking his head and waving off the police. Many of the soldiers slept on the Capitol floor overnight. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., goes through a new metal detector at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 12, 2021.

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☆ House Republicans scoff at new security measures in place at the US Capitol less than a week after Trump provoked a violent insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

A number of House Republicans sparred with Capitol police Tuesday over new security measures that were implemented in the wake of the Capitol siege on January 6. Reporters at the Capitol building saw GOP lawmakers — including Reps. Lauren Boebert, Louie Gohmert, and Steve Scalise — scoffing at the newly installed metal detectors at the US Capitol. A number of House Republicans are flouting the new security measures put in place at the Capitol building in the wake of a violent insurrection attempt on January 6, according to reporters covering Capitol Hill. After pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol building last week, Capitol police implemented new safety protocols, including newly installed metal detectors and mask requirements. Aside from those who argued with Capitol police, GOP freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon supporter, complied with the new security measure.

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☆ The Capitol insurrection seems to have caused a superspreader event among lawmakers. Some Republicans refused to mask up.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Aylin Woodward | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

Some representatives now consider that lockdown a superspreader event, an instance in which an infected person passes the coronavirus to a disproportionate number of others. That situation prompted "a COVID superspreader event," she said — a circumstance in which one person infects a disproportionately large number of others. A superspreader event, then, refers to any instance in which an infected person passes the virus to more people than that average. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called the ceremony a superspreader event. Jayapal told The Cut that Republican lawmakers "still refused to take the bare minimum COVID-19 precaution and simply wear a damn mask in a crowded room during a pandemic — creating a superspreader event on top of a domestic terrorist attack."

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☆ House Republicans put divides over Trump's culpability on clear display
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

SEE NEW POSTSHouse Republicans put divides over Trump's culpability on clear display As the debate unfolded on the U.S. House floor ahead of the vote to impeach President Trump for inciting last week's riots that engulfed the Capitol, the growing divide within the Republican caucus over the president's actions was on clear display. Many Republicans mounted little defense of the president, in stark reversal from last year’s impeachment debate. He continued: “A vote against this impeachment is a vote to validate the unacceptable violence we witnessed in our nation’s capital." He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding," McCarthy said on the House floor before the impeachment vote. Matt Fuller, a reporter for HuffPost, recorded at least 12 GOP lawmakers either side-stepping the metal detectors or setting them off and continuing on to the House floor.

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☆ GOP Rep. wears 'censored' mask while speaking on House floor
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Nbc News | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +8 min

SEE NEW POSTSGOP Rep. wears 'censored' mask while speaking on House floor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has repeatedly refused to wear a mask on the House floor, including last week before the Capitol riots, showed up for Wednesday's vote wearing a mask that said the word "censored" on it. Share this -To resounding applause, Rep. Newhouse becomes 6th House GOPer to support impeachment Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., said on Wednesday he would vote yes on impeachment, joining the five other House Republicans who have said they will vote to impeach the president. He continued: “A vote against this impeachment is a vote to validate the unacceptable violence we witnessed in our nation’s capital." He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding," McCarthy said on the House floor before the impeachment vote. Matt Fuller, a reporter for HuffPost, recorded at least 12 GOP lawmakers either side-stepping the metal detectors or setting them off and continuing on to the House floor.

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☆ Opinion | The Second Impeachment: ‘President Trump Betrayed His Country’
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com sentiment -0.77 time to read: +2 min

This is, after all, how Mr. Trump has always treated everyone he has used and abused over the past 40 years. “Use ’em up and throw ’em away.”Sandi CampbellSiler City, N.C.To the Editor:On Monday, President Trump met with Vice President Mike Pence for over an hour. But as I read her call for impeaching President Trump, I can only say that she said it best of all. Maribeth SandsConcord, Calif.To the Editor:“G.O.P.’s ‘1776 Moment’: How Lawmakers Fanned the Flames of the Riot” (news article, Jan. 12) makes clear that several Republican representatives should join President Trump in the impeachment dock. President Trump richly deserves impeachment, but if the Democrats take impeachment proceedings beyond Jan. 20, the media and the public will be forced to focus on Mr. Trump for weeks or even months.

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☆ Analysis: 'He could never tell the truth:' Trump's presidency was kneecapped by his lies
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Analysis Brian Stelter | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com + 0.00 time to read: +8 min

President Trump's business is being hobbled . Trump's war on the nation's news media, his war on truth, his war on REALITY ultimately caused him to become the first US president to be impeached two times. Carlson also claimed that Trump voters have been "redefined as domestic terrorists" in the past week. One of her first guests, Ben Domenech, said that voting for impeachment was akin to telling Trump voters, "CNN's right about you." Some Trump voters are embarrassed by the past week's events, but many are still fully on board the cliched "Trump train."

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☆ Opinion | How the Republican Party Could Break
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

With this sense of persecution in the background and the Trump family posturing as party leaders, the voter-fraud mythology becomes a litmus test in many congressional elections, and baroque conspiracy theories pervade primary campaigns. Either way, under these conditions that party could really collapse or really break. The collapse would happen if Trumpists with a dolchstoss narrative and a strong Q vibe start winning nominations for Senate seats and governorships in states that right now only lean Republican. Alternatively, a party dominated by the Trump family at the grassroots level, with Greene-like figures as its foot soldiers, could become genuinely untenable as a home for centrist and non-Trumpist politicians. But if Biden governs carefully, if Trump doesn’t go quietly, if MAGA fantasies become right-wing orthodoxies, then the stresses on the Republican Party and conservatism could become too great to bear.

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☆ 3 members of Congress have tested positive for COVID-19 after sheltering together during the Capitol insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Grace Panetta | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

Three Democratic members of Congress have tested positive for COVID-19 since the Capitol insurrection and riots on January 6. Three Democratic members of Congress have announced that they've tested positive for COVID-19 in the days following the January 6 insurrection of the US Capitol, when over 100 members of Congress had to shelter together in a secure location for hours. Here are the members of Congress who have tested positive:Rep. Brad Schneider of Illinois said he tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, six days after the insurrection. of Illinois said he tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, six days after the insurrection. of Washington announced that she tested positive in an interview with New York Magazine's Rebecca Traister published Tuesday.

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☆ Pro-Trump Republican freshmen who joined Josh Hawley's election crusade should worry us
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-10 | by ( Seth Masket | Seth Masket Is A Professor Of Political Science | Director Of The Center On American Politics At The University Of Denver. He Is The Author Of | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

Some eight Republican senators and 139 Republican House members objected to the Electoral College vote confirming President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. It prolonged and drew attention to a process that, for nearly every presidential election, has served as a rubber stamp. It served as a chance for Republican members to signal their fealty to Donald Trump above all else. Greene alleged that there was fraud or mismanagement in her home state's presidential election — but that her own vote tally remains accurate. Not long ago, calling for the overturning of a presidential election was seen as a risky activity.

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☆ The Capitol Hill physician is warning lawmakers they may have been exposed to COVID-19 during the siege on the building
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-10 | by ( Connor Perrett | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus while they sheltered during Wednesday's insurrection at the US Capitol. In a letter to lawmakers, Dr. Brian Monahan, the Capitol's attending physician, wrote that sheltering House members "may have been exposed to another occupant with coronavirus infection." Some House lawmakers were captured on video refusing to wear a face mask while they took shelter when the pro-Trump mob stormed the building. Monahan also advised House lawmakers to get tested for COVID-19 next week "as a precaution." Several lawmakers were seen in a video shared Friday by Punchbowl News refusing to wear face masks while lawmakers were sheltering in close quarters.

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☆ Following an outbreak of violence at the Capitol on Wednesday, some GOP lawmakers who planned to object to the Electoral College certification of the election now say they've changed their minds
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

A group of Republican lawmakers said they planned to object to certifying the Electoral College vote on Wednesday during a joint session of Congress. But following a violent siege on the Capitol that caused Congress to evacuate, some GOP party members have reversed course. Kelly Loeffler and Steve Daines, and GOP Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, said they now plan to vote in favor of certifying electoral votes. Following a violent siege by supporters of President Donald Trump at the US Capitol on Wednesday, some Republican lawmakers who had planned to object to certifying the Electoral College vote have changed their positions. "I have decided I will vote to uphold the Electoral College results and I encourage Donald Trump to condemn and put an end to this madness," she said.

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ET Live Updates: Inside the Capitol Republicans Object to Biden’s Win; Outside, Protesters Breach Barricades The House and Senate began a lengthy debate over President-elect Joe Biden’s victory as Republicans lodged their first objection to accepting the election results. Credit Credit... Erin Schaff/The New York TimesChaos in Washington as protesters breach barricades at the Capitol while Republicans object to accepting Biden’s victory. Republicans were also eyeing Georgia and Pennsylvania, battleground states Mr. Biden won, for likely objections. The rally began on an off-note when Mr. Trump started talking but his microphone wasn’t working. “Mike Pence has to agree to send it back,” Mr. Trump told the crowd, prompting chants.

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☆ 5 things to watch for in Georgia's monumental Senate elections
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( Alex Seitz-Wald | Alex Seitz-Wald Is Senior Digital Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

WASHINGTON — The stakes are clear, but the outcome is a toss-up in Georgia’s twin Senate runoff elections Tuesday that will determine control of the Senate and the launch trajectory of President-Elect Joe Biden's incoming administration. Both parties have pulled out all the stops in the monumental clash between Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue. Here are five things to watch as polls close at 7 p.m. At Monday's rally, Loeffler vowed to challenge the certification of Biden's Electoral College win in the Senate on Wednesday. Most observers expect both races to break the same way, but anything is possible and Democrats need to win both seats to flip the Senate.

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☆ The first QAnon backer in Congress endorsed Sen. Kelly Loeffler, citing her commitment to discredting Biden's election win
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

At a rally in Dalton, Georgia, on the eve of the Georgia Senate runoffs, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called on voters to back GOP candidate Kelly Loeffler. Greene praised Loeffler for pledging to object to Joe Biden's election victory being certified. As she seeks to drive up turnout from the GOP base, Loeffler has courted far-right figures such as Greene and has backed Trump's election conspiracy theories. QAnon-supporting Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene joined President Donald Trump at a rally in support of GOP Senate candidate Kelly Loeffler on the eve of Georgia's crucial Senate runoffs. Greene is the first open backer of the QAnon conspiracy theory to be elected to Congress, and is one of the the most adamant backers of Trump's election fraud claims.

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☆ The first QAnon backer in Congress endorsed Sen. Kelly Loeffler, citing her commitment to discrediting Biden's election win
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-05 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

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