Consultant Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, condemned GOP Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar for taking part in a far-right "white supremacist" occasion, whereas additionally criticizing Republican leaders for failing to shortly "resign" their actions.

Greene attended and spoke on the America First Political Motion Convention (AFPAC) in Florida on Friday whereas Gosar appeared and spoke by way of video hyperlink. Nick Fuentes, who the anti-defamation league describes as a "white supremacist," based AFPAC in 2020 and has even trolled different right-wing occasions, equivalent to these organized by Turning Factors USA and CPAC.

Throughout Friday's occasion, Fuentes remarked: "Now they are going on about Russia and Vladimir Putin is Hitler—they are saying that is not a very good factor." He and the viewers then laughed loudly earlier than he added, "I should not have mentioned that!"

Fuentes went on to steer the viewers in chants in favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Can we give a spherical of applause for Russia?" he requested the attendees who cheered for Russia's chief.

On Saturday, Cheney blasted the occasion in addition to Inexperienced and Gosar for taking part. She took intention at Republican Get together leaders for failing to right away condemn the occasion and the GOP lawmakers determination to take part.

"As Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rep Paul Gosar converse at this white supremacist, anti-Semitic, pro-Putin occasion, silence by Republican Get together leaders is deafening and enabling," the Wyoming congresswoman wrote in a Twitter submit, together with a video of Fuentes' remarks.

"All People ought to resign this rubbish and reject the Putin wing of the GOP now," Cheney mentioned.

Greene sought to distance herself from Fuentes when confronted by journalists with CBS Information concerning the occasion on Saturday. "I do not know Nick Fuentes. I've by no means seen him converse. I've by no means seen a video. I do not know what his views are," she insisted.

"I went to speak to them about America First insurance policies and I talked to them about what's vital for our nation going ahead," she mentioned. The Georgia Republican went on to sentence Putin and his ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

"With reference to Russia, Putin is a assassin and he ought to by no means have invaded Ukraine. What he's doing is totally flawed. I stand with our NATO member allies and I am utterly towards this battle. All the things that he is doing is flawed. He is killing individuals time and again so I am staunchly towards it and I am staunchly towards Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine," she mentioned.

Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. Ukrainian forces are at the moment combating again towards the Russian invasion because the U.S. and Western European allies implement vital monetary sanctions towards Moscow and Putin straight. NATO members are additionally offering humanitarian and deadly aide to Ukraine.

"I'm not going to play the guilt by affiliation sport during which you demand each conservative ought to justify something ever mentioned by anybody they've ever shared a room with. I am not going to be drawn into that. I am solely chargeable for what I say. So ask me about my speech. I talked about God and Liberty," Greene mentioned in a press release emailed to Newsweek on Saturday.

Gosar, who represents Arizona, beforehand attended an AFPAC occasion final 12 months. "White individuals based this nation. This nation would not exist with out white individuals. And white persons are completed being bullied," Fuentes mentioned straight after Gosar spoke at that occasion, the Southern Poverty Regulation Heart (SPLC) reported. SPLC described AFPAC as a "far-right extremist" occasion.

ADL wrote in a June 2021 weblog submit that Fuentes "has made a lot of racist and antisemitic feedback below the guise of being provocative and ironic." The group described the far-right activist as "a white supremacist chief and organizer and podcaster who seeks to forge a white nationalist various to the mainstream GOP."

Gosar and Greene
Consultant Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) criticized Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and Consultant Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) for attending a white supremacist occasion on Friday. Above, Gosar and Greene smile at one another throughout a information convention on the U.S. Capitol on December 7, 2021 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Photos

Different Republicans expressed outrage as nicely.

"I'm going to play it. You spoke to a white supremacy group. You're defending your presence there. If this was not bizarro world, you'll be the one censured and excommunicated from the GOP. You'll lose in the end, similar to Putin. And other people will curse your identify," Consultant Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, tweeted about Greene.

"It's appalling and outrageous that a member of Congress would share a platform with a person who has actively unfold antisemitic bile, mocked the Holocaust and promoted harmful anti-Israel conspiracy theories," the Republican Jewish Coalition mentioned in a press release. "This has completely no place within the Republican Get together."

Newsweek reached out to Gosar's spokesperson for additional remark, however didn't instantly obtain a response. Newsweek additionally contacted a spokesperson for Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, for remark.