While grilling Dr. Anthony Fauci during a congressional hearing, the GOP congresswoman was scolded by a fellow Republican lawmaker.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, was scolded by a fellow Republican lawmaker over her remarks on Monday while grilling Dr. Anthony Fauci during a congressional hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Greene has been a vocal critic of Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and launched a contentious line of questioning during the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing Monday afternoon on the origins of COVID-19 and the federal response to the pandemic.
The Georgia congresswoman provoked the ire of her Democratic colleagues by repeatedly addressing Fauci as « Mr. » and saying « You’re not a doctor. » Greene’s controversial questioning was interrupted multiple times by objections by Democratic members of the Oversight’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic who issued « points of order. »
Greene’s remarks also caused her to be reprimanded by the committee chairman, Representative Brad Wenstrup, an Ohio Republican, because of a lack of decorum.
At one point during Greene’s questioning, Representative Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, interjected, asking: « Mr.
