QAnon-supporting congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene caused a 'screaming match' when she refused to wear a mask at her swearing-in
- Republican freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene left the House floor on Sunday after she was told to put on a face mask, Politico's Jake Sherman reported.
- Sherman wrote than the incident prompted a "screaming match" between Democratic and Republican House floor staff.
- In pictures from Sunday's swearing-in ceremony, Greene could be seen with her mask pulled down while taking pictures and speaking with colleagues on the House floor.
- Greene is well known for her support of the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, which alleges that President Donald Trump is fighting a "deep state" cabal of pedophiles.
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A Republican freshman congresswoman's refusal to wear a face mask on the House floor reportedly prompted a screaming match during the swearing-in of the 117th Congress on Sunday.
Politico reporter Jake Sherman tweeted from the ceremony that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was elected in November to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional district, and one other unidentified Republican were told by House floor staff to put their masks on, and appeared to refuse.
Greene and the other Republican were then seen leaving the House floor, Sherman reported.
"Now, the Republican and Democratic floor staff are in a screaming match on the floor. So this Congress is going great already," Sherman added, not specifying which staff were involved in the argument.
It's also unclear whether this incident happened before or after Greene was officially sworn in.
Greene later posted a video showing her moments after her swearing in, hugging fellow freshman Republican Madison Cawthorn.
—Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 3, 2021
A spokesperson for Greene did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
However, Greene responded to Sherman's tweets with a picture of herself wearing a face mask with the words "Trump Won" embroidered on it, referring to Trump and his allies' belief that he won the 2020 presidential election.
"Well I actually do have a mask," she wrote.
—Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 3, 2021
Other pictures from the day showed Greene with her mask pulled down, including while taking pictures and talking to colleagues on the House floor.
Greene later complained on Twitter about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowing Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore to vote in the election for Speaker of the House, despite Moore's announcing that she had tested positive for COVID-19 six days prior.
Moore tweeted on Sunday that her quarantine was over and that she had been "medically cleared" to travel and work.
The Capitol's attending physician also erected a secure enclosure to allow three congressmen who are quarantining to cast their vote in the House Speaker election.
Pelosi won reelection as speaker of the House on Sunday, though only by a narrow margin.
"Speaker Pelosi changed the COVID rules because she is desperate to cling to the gavel," Greene tweeted.
"No one can attack me about masks when Pelosi is sending Democrats to the floor with positive COVID tests to vote for her for Speaker," Taylor Greene added.
Greene is known for her controversial support for QAnon, a baseless conspiracy theory that alleges Trump is fighting a "deep state" cabal of satanic pedophiles.
Greene has posted numerous QAnon-related messages on social media since 2018, according to Media Matters for America.
However, in August 2020, she told Fox News that had decided to "choose another path" after discovering "misinformation" in the QAnon community. She rejected the label of "QAnon candidate" and said it "doesn't represent me."
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