Head of GOP elections in Georgia: Marjorie Taylor Greene “ a party anchor ”

A senior GOP election official in Georgia describes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) As an anchor on the GOP that will hurt her in the future.

“If you have common sense, you know she is a party anchor. It weighs us down, ”Gabriel Sterling told Politico.

Greene, who has supported the QAnon conspiracy theory in the past, has engaged in a number of controversies, including suggesting that the school shootings are false flag operations and that Democratic officials such as the President Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiBiden meets with GOP senators on coronavirus relief on Monday Portman says Republican leaders ‘should stand up’ against Greene’s comments Democrats in Congress are on the wrong side of impeachment policy MORE (D-Calif.) Being murdered.

“Some people are saying maybe Nancy Pelosi will kick her out … Democrats will never kick her out,” Sterling said. “They want her to be the definition of what a Republican is. They are going to give her every opportunity to speak, to be heard and to look crazy – like what came out on Wednesday, the space laser Jew to start fires I mean, I don’t know how far you go down the rabbit hole.

Another conspiracy theory that Greene gave air is that lasers started the California wildfires.

A two-thirds vote in the House would be required to remove her, which is a high threshold.

A spokesperson for the House minority leader Kevin mccarthyKevin McCarthy Republicans scramble to unite ahead of next election cycle President has changed, but Washington doesn’t have Republicans in Iowa and New Hampshire grappling with post-Trump tone MORE (R-Calif.) Called Greene’s comments “deeply disturbing” and said he planned to speak to her this week.

But it seems unlikely, at this point, that enough Republicans will support his impeachment to achieve a two-thirds vote.

Greene said the attacks on her were partisan and vowed to “never back down” in a recent tweet. She also tweeted about a phone call she recently had with the former President TrumpDonald Trump Biden cancels Trump’s last minute attempt to freeze 0.4 billion programs Trump announces new impeachment legal team after reported departures as Republicans strive to unite as next election cycle approaches MORE.

Sterling has become a target of contempt for Trump and his allies after disputing Trump’s false claims about a “rigged” Georgia election and warning that Trump is engaged in a dangerous smear campaign against him and other officials in the United States. Republican state.

“It has to stop,” Sterling said in December of threats state employees received in the wake of Trump’s attacks. “Sir. Mr. President, you did not condemn these actions or this language.”

“These are elections,” he added. “It’s the backbone of democracy, and all of you who haven’t said a damn word are complicit in it. It’s too much.”