<p><img src="https://static1.businessinsider.com/image/60917653f22c6b00185db912-2000/marjorie%20taylor%20greene.jpg" border="0" alt="marjorie taylor greene" data-mce-source="Erin Scott-Pool/Getty" data-mce-caption="Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is seen with her face mask pulled down as she speaks with a colleague on the floor of the House on January 3, 2021 for the swearing in of the new Congress." data-link="https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-with-her-trump-won-face-mask-news-photo/1230413627'adppopup=true"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene got into a heated Twitter exchange on Tuesday, exposing the deep anger still roiling the ranks of Congress since the January 6 Capitol riot.</p><p>Gallego said the freshman Georgia Republican, who's embraced a host of far-right conspiracy theories, was aligned with the Capitol rioters after she called her Democratic colleagues "the enemy within" in <a href="https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1388974656200249344">a tweet</a>.</p><p>"I was trying to figure what type of pen to stab your friends with if they overran us on the floor of the House of Representatives while trying to conduct a democratic transition of power," Gallego said. "So please shut your seditious, Qanon loving mouth when it comes to who loves America."</p><p>Gallego, a Marine combat veteran from Arizona, <a href="https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1346904274924613641">helped his colleagues</a> with their gas masks as pro-Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol in January. He also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/marine-veteran-rep-gallego-sheltered-media-during-capitol-assault-2021-1">provided shelter in his office to several journalists</a> after they were denied entry into a safe room.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Democrat policies are destructive and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericaLast'src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmericaLast</a>.<br><br>Dem shutdowns killed 100s of thousands of small businesses.<br><br>Dem open borders grow cartel business to $400 million per month.<br><br>And Democrat funded BLM/Antifa riots have cost BILLIONS in damage.<br><br>Democrats are the enemy within.</p> Marjorie Taylor Greene(@mtgreenee) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1388974656200249344'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I was trying to figure what type of pen to stab your friends with if they overran us on the floor of the House of Representatives while trying to conduct a democratic transition of power. So please shut your seditious, Qanon loving mouth when it comes to who loves America. <a href="https://t.co/NycvFNHkJ9">https://t.co/NycvFNHkJ9</a></p> Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1388990532253220864'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>In response, Greene accused Gallego of seeking attention, called him a "coward," and questioned his masculinity.</p><p>"While you were hiding with your little pen, brave Republican MEN were helping police hold the door, so that ALL of us could get out safely. Coward," she wrote.</p><p>Gallego then argued there were "many heroes" in the Capitol on January 6, but accused Greene of being one of the "many insurrectionist trying to destroy Democracy [sic]."</p><p>The Democrat ended the exchange by saying he didn't have time for a Twitter feud because he was too busy with legislative work, which he added Greene "wouldn't know about" because she was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/house-strips-marjorie-taylor-greene-of-committee-assignments-2021-2">stripped of her committee assignments</a> just a month after being sworn in to office.</p><p>"I would tweet back and forth with you but I have 2 committee assignments and a bill of mine is being marked," he tweeted. "That we means it's passing out of committee. (But you wouldn't know about that)."</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ruben-gallego-mocks-marjorie-taylor-greene-coward-qanon-democrats-gop-2021-5#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/doomsday-prepper-million-dollar-condo-converted-missile-silo-2019-3">Inside a $3 million doomsday condo that can sustain 75 people for 5 years</a></p>
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