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June 4, 2024

By Zoë Richards, NBC

In a video posted on X, Greene said that Democrats “are still worshipping” Floyd while discussing Trump’s hush money conviction.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives for a weekly GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on Tuesday (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images).

The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday condemned comments made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., accusing Democrats of “worshiping” George Floyd, a Black man who was killed four years ago at the hands of Minneapolis police.

“This is unhinged even for @RepMTG,” the caucus wrote in a post on X. “George Floyd did not deserve to die, and a member of Congress should have the decency to acknowledge his humanity.”

The caucus’ comments come after Greene posted a video on X where she described Floyd as a “convicted felon” whom Democrats are “still worshiping.” It came during a rebuke of Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who suggested during a congressional hearing on the origins of COVID that some Republicans “blindly worship” convicted felons, days after former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

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