众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林周末在纽约的一次共和党活动上说，如果她组织了1月6日对美国国会大厦的袭击根据她发布在社交媒体上的视频，“我们会赢”和“它会被武装起来”。
格林河。上周六晚，他在纽约市的纽约青年共和党俱乐部发表了上述言论。
在周一的一份声明中，她说她在开一个“讽刺的玩笑”，并回击了拜登政府的批评。
她在声明中说，“白宫需要了解讽刺是如何运作的。”。"我的评论是在取笑乔·拜登和民主党人."
视频显示她在周六的活动中在舞台上开玩笑，逗得聚集的客人大笑。
在嘲笑她在1月6日的袭击中发挥了作用的想法之前，她开玩笑说她对国会大厦的布局有多不熟悉:“我甚至找不到浴室。”
“然后1月6日发生了，接下来你知道，我和史蒂夫·班农在这里组织了整个事情，”格林说，与会者笑了。“我要告诉你们的是:如果史蒂夫·班农和我组织了那场比赛，我们会赢的。”
随着观众中爆发出欢呼声和掌声，格林补充道:“更不用说，它会被武装起来”——这引起了房间里似乎惊讶的反应。
1月6日的袭击是武装的，许多暴徒带着武器，包括锤子、警棍、熊和黄蜂喷雾，他们试图占领国会大厦，以中断时任总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)输给乔·拜登(Joe Biden)的认证。
参与暴动的官员后来将暴力描述为“屠杀”和“混乱”，100多名警察受伤。
美国国会大厦警官阿奎利诺·戈内尔作证说在去年夏天1月6日的众议院听证会上关于在暴乱中被袭击的事。“我能感觉到自己正在失去氧气，并回忆起对自己的想法，‘这就是我将如何死去，保卫这个入口被践踏，’”他说。
根据司法部和该组织创始人的说法，在袭击之前，誓言守护者民兵组织的成员也在弗吉尼亚州的一家酒店收集了武器最近被判犯有煽动阴谋罪因为密谋阻止选举认证。
白宫周一谴责了格林的言论。
“这种暴力言论是对国会大厦警察、DC大都会警察、国民警卫队以及在国会大厦袭击中失去亲人的家庭的一记耳光。所有领导人都有责任谴责这些危险、令人憎恶的言论，捍卫我们的宪法和法治，”副新闻秘书安德鲁·贝茨在一份声明中说。
格林对1月6日发表评论之际，她在即将到来的共和党领导的众议院的影响力将会上升，少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡希望成为议长，并承诺她将在委员会中占有一席之地。
她是去年被剥夺了她的任务被民主党人和一些共和党人指责，因为她有煽动性、暴力和阴谋性评论的历史。
她当时说，她对自己的一些言论和信仰感到后悔。
Marjorie Taylor Greene says if she ran Jan. 6 Capitol attack, 'We would have won'
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said at a Republican event in New York over the weekend that if she had organizedthe Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol"we would have won" and "it would've been armed," according to video from her appearance that was posted on social media.
Greene, R-Ga., made the comments at the New York Young Republican Club in New York City on Saturday night.
In a statement on Monday, she said she was making a "sarcastic joke" and pushed back against criticism from the Biden administration.
"The White House needs to learn how sarcasm works," she said in the statement, in part. "My comments were making fun of Joe Biden and the Democrats."
Video shows her making jokes on stage at the Saturday event, to laughter from the assembled guests.
Before scoffing at the idea that she played a role in the Jan. 6 attack, she made a crack about how unfamiliar she had been with the layout of the Capitol complex: "I couldn't even find the bathroom."
"Then Jan. 6 happens and next thing you know, I organized the whole thing along with Steve Bannon here," Greene said as attendees laughed. "And I will tell you something: If Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won."
As cheers and clapping broke out in the audience, Greene added: "Not to mention, it would've been armed" -- drawing a seemingly surprised reaction from the room.
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the US Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.
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The attack on Jan. 6 was armed, with many rioters bringing weapons -- including hammers, batons and bear and wasp spray -- as they sought to overrun the Capitol to interrupt the certification of then-President Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden.
Officers at the insurrection later described the violence as "carnage" and "chaos," and more than 100 police were injured.
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell testifiedat a House Jan. 6 hearing last summerabout being attacked during the riot. "I could feel myself losing oxygen and recall thinking to myself, 'This is how I'm going to die, trampled defending this entrance,'" he said.
Ahead of the attack, members of the Oath Keepers militia had also gathered weapons at a hotel in Virginia, according to the Justice Department, and the founder of the groupwas recently found guilty of seditious conspiracyfor plotting to stop the electoral certification.
The White House on Monday denounced what Greene said.
"This violent rhetoric is a slap in the face to the Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, the National Guard, and the families who lost loved ones as a result of the attack on the Capitol. All leaders have a responsibility to condemn these dangerous, abhorrent remarks and stand up for our Constitution and the rule of law," deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement.
Greene's comments about Jan. 6 come as her influence is set to rise in the upcoming Republican-led House -- with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who hopes to be speaker, promising her a spot back on committees.
Greene has made it known that she would like to play a large role on the House Oversight Committee.
She wasstripped last yearof her assignments by Democrats and some Republicans because of her history of incendiary, violent and conspiratorial comments.
She said then that she was regretful over some of what she had said and believed.
