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By Giulia Carbonaro
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Marjorie Taylor Greene was threatened with removal from Congress for donning a "Make America Great Again" hat, which she refused to take off despite being urged to do so by the Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Republican hardliner was wearing a red blazer and a MAGA hat on the House floor while trying to get President Joe Biden's attention as he made his way through representatives to deliver his State of the Union speech.
The House of Representatives does not actually have a rigid dress code for its members, though until 2019 it had, for 181 years, implemented an 1837 rule that banned hats on the floor. The lifting of the ban, which included any kind of head coverings, was celebrated by Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat and a Muslim wearing a headscarf.
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But, as a general rule, government buildings like Congress shouldn't be used for "the conduct of campaign or political activities," according to House rules. Greene's MAGA hat could easily be considered a prop for Donald Trump's 2024 campaign.
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Talking on RSBN while still wearing the MAGA hat, Greene said she was approached by the Sergeant at Arms who told her to take the hat off. "I said I'm not taking the hat off. I refuse to take it off," she said. At the Sergeant at Arms' explanation that it was "about decorum," Greene said she told him she understood and she was willing to pay a fine, face a warning "or do whatever" but she was not going to remove the hat.
"He said, 'Well, you're going to have to leave or we're going to take you out,'" Greene said.
"I was like, You can hold me out of here. Go ahead and try it, but I'm not going to take this hat off. And I told them, 'I'm elected by my district, this is the People's House, I will wear this hat, I will wear it here on the House floor because my district supports President Trump, support 'Make America Great Again' policies and support me wearing this hat,'" she added.
After being prompted by RSBN's host, Greene confirmed that she was threatened with being removed from the House floor.
Newsweek contacted Greene's spokesperson and the Office of the Sergeant at Arms for comment by email on Friday early morning.
It's the second time that Greene made a scene during Biden's State of the Union address. In 2023, she made headlines for yelling and heckling during the president's speech while wearing a conspicuous white fur coat.
On Thursday, the Georgia Republican tried to have a direct conversation with Biden, telling him to "say her name"—that of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was allegedly killed by an undocumented migrant.
While Biden appeared to brush off Greene, he later mentioned Riley in his speech, saying that she "an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal"—a term that's commonly used in a disparaging way, mainly by conservative Republicans.
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