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Last week, eleven Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments (see Democrats Just Stripped Marjorie Taylor Greene of Her Committee Assignments, and Republicans Have a Choice to Make). This came in response to her spreading conspiracy theories prior to running for office, mostly on platforms like Facebook. Greene did apologize and renounce her belief in Qanon, for example, but it wasn’t enough, nor was it ever going to be enough.
One of the Republicans who voted to punish Greene in such an unprecedented way was Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida. And while I’m sure Gimenez is a perfectly nice guy who is influenced by the fact that he’s in a swing district, his reasoning behind his vote perfectly encapsulates what being a sucker looks like.