Texts show Greene urged Meadows to have Trump ‘calm people’ on Jan. 6: report
by Mychael Schnell - 04/25/22 1:57 PM ET
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Jan. 6, 2021, urging him to tell President Trump to “calm people” as rioters were storming the Capitol building, according to new text messages obtained by CNN.
Greene told Meadows that she thought there was an active shooter in the Capitol.
“Mark I was just told there is an active shooter on the first floor of the Capitol Please tell the President to calm people This isn’t the way to solve anything,” Greene texted Meadows, according to CNN.
In a separate message, Greene told Meadows that she did not believe the individuals storming the Capitol were “our people,” instead suggesting that they were members of Antifa dressed as Trump supporters — a claim was popular among GOP figures in the aftermath of the riot and has since been labeled false.
“Mark we don’t think these attackers are our people. We think they are Antifa. Dressed like Trump supporters,” Greene wrote.
The messages between Meadows and Greene are one of more than 2,000 texts CNN obtained that were sent or received by Meadows between Election Day 2020 and President Biden’s inauguration.
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