“These stupid cowards want the government to take away guns and the rights of parents to defend their children in schools,” Green wrote in her video, which shows the congresswoman leaving the Capitol surrounded by a group of activists who they ask questions about gun violence. “You have to be an idiot to think that gun control will create a utopian society where criminals are disarmed and obey the law,” Greene states. An official with the progressive group Voters of Tomorrow said he was the person who was kicked in the video. “Did he literally tweet the video of him kicking me?” Marianna Pecora, deputy communications director for the progressive group Voters of Tomorrow, tweeted in response to Greene’s video. In the video, Greene can be seen stepping on Pecora’s leg as the younger woman walks in front of her before pressing her leg down on Pecora to make room for her to walk. A man next to Green told Pecora, “You can’t impeach a member of Congress.” Green told the group of activists to move to a country without the Second Amendment if they are concerned about gun safety. “You should move to some country where they don’t have guns,” he said. Green called an activist a “coward,” saying he’s “scared of legal gun owners who want to protect their kids at school.” “I support people protecting themselves with their guns,” the spokeswoman said, adding that she believes gun-free zones are “what causes people to die.” Posthumous pardon for George Floyd rejected by Uber’s Texas board investigating possible network breach after hacker taunts A woman said she was in Boulder, Colo., during the 2021 shooting at a grocery store there, asking Green, “Shouldn’t Americans have the right to go to the grocery store?” “Americans should have the right to protect themselves,” Green responded. The Hill has reached out to Greene and Pecora for comment on the incident.
