Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, speaks during a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., US, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Senate leaders are intensifying a two-prong effort to pass legislation to address mass shootings,working to put the recently negotiated gun safety framework into legislative text by weeks end. Photo: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Bloomberg
A judge in Atlanta has rejected an appeal by a group of voters and affirmed the Georgia secretary of state’s decision that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is eligible to run for reelection.
Georgia Administrative Law Judge Charles Beaudrot. Courtesy photo
The five voters from Greene’s district sought to have her removed from the ballot, saying that she played a significant role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted Congress’ certification of Biden’s presidential victory. That was a violation of a rarely invoked provision in the 14th Amendment against insurrection or rebellion, they argued.
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