Politico: Playbook
Washington,
February 5, 2021
GOP’S QANON DRAMA FAR FROM OVER: Rep. JIMMY GOMEZ (D-Calif.) told reporters Thursday he still plans to force a vote to evict Rep. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE (R-Ga.) from the House — a step too far for Democratic leaders wary of the precedent it would set. “I’m waiting, now, waiting for the right time but I’m committed to bringing it up, and I said that to leadership that there needs to be a vote sooner rather or later on this but I’m gonna do it,” Gomez said right after Greene’s semi-apology and before the House voted to strip her of her committee assignments. Gomez can force an expulsion vote on his own because it’s considered a “privileged” matter in House parlance.
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