Tom Malinowski: “When we talk about unity, let's remember we were united last October when the House came together almost unanimously to…”

“When we talk about unity, let's remember we were united last October when the House came together almost unanimously to condemn QAnon in a resolution that I had introduced. We said that QAnon was fanning the flames of anti-Semitism, that the looney lies it was spreading online would lead to people being killed in the real world. But then yesterday, Mr. McCarthy, the minority leader, said something that mystified me. He cited that resolution as a reason not to remove Representative Greene from her committee. We had already condemned QAnon, he suggested, so why would we need to do anything else? It is like saying: We condemned bank robbery last year. We don't need to actually stop any bank robbers this year. How could almost 400 of us say that QAnon is a threat and then when we see someone who has spent years spreading the same conspiracy theories, the same anti-Semitism, the same calls for violence, someone who 3 days ago called her critics pedophiles--not 2 years ago; 3 days ago--then say that person should be given all the privileges of a Member of the House? Mr. Speaker, if you condemn QAnon, that means you have to fight it. If you believe that these conspiracy theories are dangerous, you have to separate yourself from the people who are spreading them.…”