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Sara Jacobs Introduces Censure Resolution, Calls For Marjorie Taylor Greene To Resign

Newly released video of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has increased scrutiny of the GOP congresswoman. Two Democrats have called for her to be expelled from Congress while Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized the House GOP leadership for its support of Greene.
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Newly released video of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has increased scrutiny of the GOP congresswoman. Two Democrats have called for her to be expelled from Congress while Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized the House GOP leadership for its support of Greene.
Saying she knows what can happen when rhetoric advocating violence is allowed to go unchecked, San Diego Democratic Congresswoman Sara Jacobs has co-sponsored a censure resolution against Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

In the first month of her first term in the House of Representatives, Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-San Diego) has co-sponsored legislation to censure another first-term congresswoman.

Jacobs and fellow Democrat Nikema Williams of Georgia drafted the legislation to censure Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and also call on her to resign. Before the 2020 election as well as afterward, Greene has posted racist videos on Facebook, harassed survivors of the Parkland High School mass shooting and called for violence against elected Democrats, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

In an interview with KPBS Midday Edition on Monday, Jacobs said that she personally felt safe in the Capitol, but she believes it is important to hold public figures accountable for their words.

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A censure resolution requires a simple majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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