Romney: Marjorie Taylor Greene a ‘moron’ for speaking at white nationalist event

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, members of Congress who spoke at a white nationalist event in Florida this week, are "morons" with no place in the Republican party, Mitt Romney said on Sunday.

"I'm reminded of that old line from the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid movie," the Utah senator and 2012 presidential nominee told CNN's State of the Union.

"One character says, 'Morons. I've got morons on my team.' I have to think anybody that would sit down with white nationalists and speak at their conference was certainly missing a few IQ points."

Greene, from Georgia, and Gosar, from Arizona, spoke at the America First Political Action Conference, or AFPAC, organised by the far-right activist Nick Fuentes. Greene defended her attendance, saying she did not know Fuentes or endorse his views.

Calls for the censure of the two Republicans, familiar from previous instances of extreme behaviour, rang out again on Saturday.

Ammar Moussa, a spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee, said: "In any other world, Greene speaking at a white supremacist conference where attendees have defended Vladimir Putin and praised Adolf Hitler would warrant expulsion from the caucus, to say nothing of her advocacy for violence and consistent antisemitism is disgusting.

"Quite simply, the longer [House Republican leader] Kevin McCarthy gives Marjorie Taylor Greene an unfettered platform and promises to elevate her, the more complicit he is."