Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, berated a journalist and slammed the media for focusing consideration on the January 6, 2021 assault towards the U.S. Capitol, saying it occurred "one time."

NBC Information included the quote from Greene in an article revealed Sunday. The GOP congresswoman then retweeted a part of a thread shared by NBC Information journalist Scott Wong, wherein he included a quote from the lawmaker.

In Wong's report, he quoted Greene as saying: "The American persons are fed up with this over-dramatization of a riot that occurred right here on the Capitol one time." The journalist famous that the Republican stated Individuals are extra involved about inflation, excessive fuel costs and safety and the southern border with Mexico.

"They're sick and bored with January 6—it is over, OK?" Greene stated.

The GOP consultant retweeted Wong's article and shared a video clip of their temporary interplay when she responded to his query.

"Each week the press asks Republicans divisive questions on one another like this, attempting to get me to say one thing dangerous or criticize @GOPLeader. Then solely report a twisted sound chew of our phrases. I am not taking part in the sport anymore," she stated.

Within the clip, Wong will be heard asking Greene if she thinks it was a mistake for Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy, a California Republican, to "take away" all the Republicans he'd appointed from the Home choose committee investigating the occasions of January 6, 2021. The lawmaker responded by saying what Wong quoted her as saying.

Greene then continued, describing the Capitol assault as "horrible" and "a horrible expertise." The Republican stated she "hated it" and likewise lamented that a few of the alleged rioters are "rotting in jail pre-trial." She advised the journalist to go and "go to" these individuals.

Newsweek reached out to Consultant Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat who chairs the Home choose committee, and Consultant Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican who's the vice chair, for remark.

Polling carried out from January 10 to 17 by Pew Analysis Heart confirmed that a majority of Individuals imagine the "correct amount" or "too little" consideration has been given to the Capitol riot. Thirty-one p.c stated "too little" consideration whereas a 3rd (33 p.c) stated the "correct amount" of consideration was paid to the occasions of January 6, 2021. Solely 35 p.c stated that the assault towards the federal legislative department of presidency was getting "an excessive amount of" consideration.

A whole bunch of supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol simply over 15 months in the past in an obvious effort to forestall the formal certification of President Joe Biden's Electoral Faculty victory. The riot got here shortly after Trump urged a big crowd at a close-by rally to "combat like hell" to save lots of their nation—following months of spreading false claims that Biden's win was fraudulent.

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GOP Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia, complained that the media focuses an excessive amount of consideration on the January 6, 2021 assault towards the U.S. Capitol. Above, Greene speaks to supporters of former President Donald Trump on March 26 in Commerce, Georgia. Megan Varner/Getty Photos

Through the riot, some Trump supporters threatened to "grasp" Vice President Mike Pence. Some additionally voiced a want to hurt or kill different prime lawmakers, together with Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, and Senator Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican. At the least 140 Capitol cops had been injured within the violence, whereas 5 officers died—together with those that died by suicide within the aftermath of the violence.

As of mid-March, not less than 800 individuals had been charged in connection to the riot. In the meantime, the Home choose committee investigating the occasion continues to interview witnesses because it makes an attempt to unravel what occurred on that day, in addition to the efforts of Trump and his allies to overturn Biden's election victory.

"It is completely clear that what President Trump was doing, what a variety of individuals round him had been doing, that they knew it was illegal," Cheney advised CNN on Sunday, commenting on the choose committee's progress.

The Wyoming Republican defined that "what we've got seen is a large and well-organized and well-planned effort that used a number of instruments to attempt to overturn an election."