Topline Hours after CNN’s KFILE reported Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called for high-profile Democrats to be executed in old Facebook posts, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) strongly condemned the comments and promised to have a “conversation” with the freshman lawmaker, but did not signal whether Taylor Greene would face punishment. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) holds his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol … [+] June 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. In the wake of remarks by President Donald Trump that he would accept compromising information about a political opponent from a foreign power, McCarthy said that he would support legislation proposed by Democrats that would require people to report to the FBI if they are approached with offers of that information. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts “These comments are deeply disturbing and Leader McCarthy plans to have a conversation with the Congresswoman about them,” Mark Bednar, a spokesperson for McCarthy, told Axios in a statement. In one Facebook post from 2018 dug up by CNN, Greene replied to a user who asked how they can “hang” former President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), saying the “stage” was being “set” and that i… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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