MTG Votes Against Mourning 50,000 Killed in Turkey-Syria Earthquakes

• Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday voted towards mourning the 50,000 useless within the Turkey-Syria earthquake.
• She and her GOP colleague Thomas Massie have been the 2 lawmakers who voted no on the matter.
• The decision additionally honored humanitarian help staff who’ve helped earthquake victims.

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was one in all two Home Republicans who voted towards mourning the 50,000 individuals killed within the lethal earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Greene and her GOP colleague, Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, have been the 2 nays on a Home decision on the Turkey-Syria earthquakes. The invoice, H.R. 132, was launched by South Carolina Republican congressman Rep. Joe Wilson on February 17.

In line with the invoice’s abstract, the Home decision “mourns the lack of life” in Turkey and Syria after the quakes. 

“The decision additionally (1) applauds the work of humanitarian help and rescue staff on the bottom; and (2) condemns the efforts by the Assad regime of Syria to take advantage of the catastrophe to evade worldwide strain and accountability, together with by stopping the United Nations from offering help via border crossings between Turkey and Syria,” the abstract reads.

Greene and Massie have been the 2 nays within the roll name vote held on February 27. Even her colleagues, Reps. Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz — who’re recognized for his or her controversial views — voted sure. The invoice handed 414 to 2. 

Greater than 50,000 individuals have been killed after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6. Over 160,000 buildings collapsed or have been severely broken within the catastrophe, Reuters reported. The UNDP additional estimates that greater than 1.5 million individuals have misplaced their properties within the quake.

Greene has not made many public statements on the earthquake however did tweet concerning the catastrophe.

“Praying for Turkey and different international locations struggling via lethal earthquakes. Hundreds are feared useless,” the congresswoman tweeted on February 6.

It is unclear why Greene selected to vote towards the invoice, but it surely may need one thing to do with Wilson’s rationale for introducing the decision within the first place.

Wilson said in Congress on Monday that the congressional invoice was a message to the “conflict felony Putin” that delaying humanitarian help to the area is “despicable.” Wilson’s speech referenced a diplomatic row in February when the UN’s help to Syria was held up by Russia.

Greene has taken a reasonably pro-Russia stance on the Ukraine conflict. On Monday, she tweeted that it is “unconstitutional” for President Joe Biden to assist Ukraine as a result of it’s “not a NATO ally nor a democracy.” In April 2022, Greene was among the many six GOP Home members who opposed a invoice meant to protect proof of conflict crimes by Russia.

Representatives for Greene and Massie didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark.