WASHINGTON — Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., said Friday she requested to move her Washington office away from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, saying the Georgia Republican “berated” her in the Capitol earlier this month over a mask altercation.
Bush announced her decision to move Friday on Twitter.
An aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the change was “by the direct order of the Speaker upon request.”
“A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media. I’m moving my office away from hers for my team’s safety,” Bush stated.
Politics live updates: Rep. Cori Bush requests office moved away from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media.
I’m moving my office away from hers for my team’s safety.
I’ve called for the expulsion of members who incited the insurrection from Day 1. Bring H.Res 25 to a vote.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) January 29, 2021
Greene responded to Bush on Twitter, saying Bush was “lying” and that it was Bush who berated her, sharing a recording of the interaction.
The video in the tweet shows a maskless Greene speaking into the camera and walking down a hall when someone off camera shouts at her to “put on a mask.”
“Don’t yell at people. You know what? You shouldn’t bring COVID-positive members in here, spreading COVID everywhere. Stop being a hypocrite,” Greene says in the video after putting on her mask.
Cori Bush to move offices after altercation with Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress tunnel
Savannah Behrmann
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., said Friday she requested to move her Washington office away from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, saying the Georgia Republican “berated” her in the Capitol earlier this month over a mask altercation.
Bush announced her decision to move Friday on Twitter.
An aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the change was “by the direct order of the Speaker upon request.”
“A maskless Marjorie Taylor Greene & her staff berated me in a hallway. She targeted me & others on social media. I’m moving my office away from hers for my team’s safety,” Bush stated.
Politics live updates: Rep. Cori Bush requests office moved away from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Greene responded to Bush on Twitter, saying Bush was “lying” and that it was Bush who berated her, sharing a recording of the interaction.
The video in the tweet shows a maskless Greene speaking into the camera and walking down a hall when someone off camera shouts at her to “put on a mask.”
“Don’t yell at people. You know what? You shouldn’t bring COVID-positive members in here, spreading COVID everywhere. Stop being a hypocrite,” Greene says in the video after putting on her mask.
Greene and her staff then continued to criticize Bush on an unrelated issue.
Bush, in a statement, said the incident happened Jan. 13, the day the House impeached former President Donald Trump.
Bush said Greene came up behind her and was “ranting loudly into her phone while not wearing a mask” and that she “called out to her to put on a mask” to which Greene and her staff “responded by berating me.”
