'Step down': Marjorie Taylor Greene blows up at GOP rep over help for new moms in Congress
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) looks on, ahead of President Donald Trump delivering remarks on tariffs, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Two fervent supporters are fighting for Trump’s favor in the House. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is slamming Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) for voting with Democrats to advance a Tuesday resolution allowing new parents in Congress to vote by proxy.
The week-long spat reached a new level today when Greene demanded Luna resign with a string of insults, according to the Daily Beast. Greene tweeted:
“Poor Anna, you are being used by the Democrats to bring back proxy voting when you are clearly, in your own words, against people receiving taxpayer funded paychecks working from home,” Greene wrote on X. “In the 117th Congress (you weren’t with us yet because you had lost your election) Speaker Pelosi allowed proxy voting. And it became the Democrats greatest tool to accomplish their agenda.”
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“Serving in Congress is a privilege, not a career choice,” Greene added. “If you need a job with better perks like maternity leave, then step down and allow someone else to serve in your place.”
That vote, with the help of Luna and nine other House Republicans, nabbed a rare win for Democrats this week by bringing the vote against proxy vote to a halt and sending Republicans home for the week. The vote revealed Republican’s thin House majority as well as the fleeting power of Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) to whip Republicans together.
Greene argued that some Mom’s may not be fit for politics or some jobs specifically because they are moms.
“As a mom, I know all about seasons of life. If you aren’t capable of doing the job your constituents sent you to do, then you should step aside and let someone else do it,” she ranted on X, which drew rancor from other mothers.
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“So are you saying if a woman in Congress has an unplanned pregnancy, she needs to step down? Really? This is what we teach our daughters? We can’t take a few weeks?” demanded one post.
Luna responded on X today asking why a vote-by-proxy opponent like Greene would vote by proxy while on "vacation" in 2022. She also attached Greene’s December 19, 2022 request to vote by proxy to House clerk Cheryl Johnson.
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