She Ll Do Whatever Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Her To Do

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Rep. Adam Schiff blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for promising to remove three Democrats from their committee posts if elected chairman. McCarthy has set his sights on removing Rep. Ilhan Omar, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, who sit on the House Intelligence Committee, according to USA Today. “I will keep that promise,” McCarthy said Sunday on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” after reporter Maria Bartiromo asked if he would “keep” the removal of Omar, Schiff and Swalwell from the committees. Schiff responded to McCarthy’s potential venture on a Sunday episode of ABC’s “This Week.” “Well, I suspect she’ll do whatever Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to do. She’s a very weak leader of this conference, which means she’ll defer to the wishes of the lowest common denominator, and if that lowest common denominator wants to turn people away from committees, that’s what they’re going to do,” Schiff said. In order for McCarthy to become Speaker of the House next year, replacing Nancy Pelosi, he will need to win 218 votes in the House. The effort is likely to prove challenging given the narrow margin of victory for Republicans this midterm season. Some Republicans criticized McCarthy — including Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who said McCarthy was “aligning with the insurgents” and Rep. Liz Cheney, who called McCarthy “the leader of the pro-Putin wing.” Neither Kinzinger nor Cheney will be in Congress next year. Green supports McCarthy’s efforts, calling it “bad strategy” for Republicans to go against him. Under his leadership, he has said he will bring her back to the committees despite her far-right ideologies. Schiff, who is also on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, continued, “There’s going to be chaos with the Republican leadership. And, unfortunately, the crazy caucus has grown among the Republicans.” Reps for McCarthy and Schiff did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.