House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy defended Freshman GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Wednesday evening, saying she made controversial remarks before she was elected to Congress. House Democrats moved to oust controversial Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from two committees as GOP leader Kevin McCarthy condemned her past statements but indicated he’ll take no action to punish her. The Rules Committee of the Democratic-controlled House on Wednesday sent a resolution revoking Greene’s committee assignments to a floor vote on Thursday. No Republican sought a roll call to put their opposition on record and it was approved by the panel on a voice vote. The move was initiated by Democrats to pressure Republicans to take action against Greene, but McCarthy said they instead were creating a distraction that risked raising political tension. McCarthy said he offered to reassign Greene, who represents a district in northwest Georgia, to the Small Business Committee rather than the Education and Labor Committee, but that Democrats rejected it. In an earlier statement, McCarthy said that Greene’s past remarks “on school shootings, political violence, and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories do not represent the values or beliefs of the House Republican Conference.” Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake