Does Marjorie Taylor Greene Want Her Committees Back? 'Hell No' She Tells Gaetz on Podcast

Controversial U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene told Matt Gaetz that she wouldn't take back her stripped committee assignments if offered, during a visit to the Florida congressman's newly-launched podcast on Thursday.

"Hell no—Far more effective on the outside," the Georgia Republican said. "We're far more effective on the outside instead of sitting there on Zoom committees where Democrats don't wear pants."

"I would never waste one second on a useless committee," she added.

The Democrat-controlled House took the unusual move of stripping Greene of her committee assignments, which included a post on the influential Education and Labor Committee, in February because of her controversial views on the 2020 presidential election and guns, as well as incendiary comments that appeared to support violence against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats.

The unprecedented vote was 230-199, with 11 Republicans joining with all Democrats to back the resolution after the GOP caucus gave Greene a verbal rebuke but refused to act on her assignments.

Greene has claimed that deadly school shootings were staged and has supported other conspiracy theories about the government.

Gaetz, another controversial figure in Congress and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, has been touring the country with Greene to promote a Trump-aligned message they've dubbed "America First."

"It's just so important for me, for my own mental health, to get out of Washington and to get out into the country and to be with the people we fight so hard for," Gaetz told Greene in Thursday's podcast episode. "That's something I look forward to with you."

Gaetz, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct, launched his podcast, Firebrand with Matt Gaetz, with a video component on Thursday. He previously hosted a podcast called Hot Takes with Matt Gaetz.

A spokesman for Gaetz told Newsweek the new show "is a longer series that now includes a video component available on all social media platforms outside of just Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc."

During the inaugural episode of his new show, Gaetz praised Greene for her efforts after she was stripped of her committees.

"You have redefined the role of a member of Congress," the Florida Republican said. "I don't know if the ink was even dry on your election certificate before the Democrats removed you."

Greene said her goal is to motivate the Trump base and Republicans who feel like outsiders amid Democratic control of the U.S. House, Senate and White House.

"This is our country—we just have to take it back," she said. "They can't cancel us, because we refused to be canceled."