Marjorie Taylor Greene claims white supremacist label is same as N-word

Far-right Republican congresswoman makes remarks after confrontation with Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman

The far-right Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene told reporters being called a white supremacist was the same as a Black person being called the N-word.

Speaking on Thursday about a confrontation outside the Capitol the day before with the Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman, Greene said: “Jamaal Bowman [was] shouting at the top of his lungs, cursing, calling me a horrible … calling me a white supremacist which I take great offense to that.