Despite flailing her hands within inches of the face of Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York during a confrontation outside the U.S. Capitol building on May 17, attention-seeking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia labeled him as “aggressive” and riled up her MAGA supporters with what Bowman called a “bullhorn to put a target” on his back.
The two lawmakers were arguing outside the Capitol building in Washington about embattled Rep. George Santos of New York, and the exchange was caught on video shared by The Hill.
Greene repeatedly got in Bowman’s personal space and waved her hand in his face while he protested that Santos be expelled from Congress due to his fraud and money laundering indictments.
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“Save the party,” he said. “No more QAnon, no more MAGA, no more debt ceiling nonsense,” prompting Greene to reply, “Impeach Biden.”
The following day, Greene said she felt threatened by Bowman while claiming he has a history of being aggressive.
“What concerns me about Jamal Bowman is he has a history of aggression, not just towards others, but towards me in particular, and I am very concerned about it,” she said at a news conference where she announced she is introducing articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden. “But I will tell you what’s on video, Jamaal Bowman, shouting at the top of his lungs. Cursing, calling me a horrible name, calling me a white supremacist, which I take great offense to.”
Greene’s incendiary remarks did not end there, and she compared being called a white supremacist to being…
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