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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward and Gustaf Kilander

White House calls Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Jan 6 comments a ‘slap in the face’ of law enforcement

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The White House issued a furious response to far-right Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose remarks to a gala crowd in New York City about January 6 were a “slap in the face” of law enforcement and of the families of victims, according to a statement from the administration.

A crowd of far-right influencers, white nationalists, neo-fascist activists, and extremist European figures mingled with Republican members of Congress and allies of Donald Trump at a black-tie event in New York City, where Ms Greene suggested rioters “would’ve been armed” had she organised the attack.

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