CNN’s Acosta Considers Tearing His Own Hair Out After Marjorie Taylor Greene Tells Him She Wants to Serve on the Jan. 6 Commission

CNN’s Jim Acosta joked that he was surprised he hadn’t torn all of his hair out after interviewing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) about her conspiracy theories about the Capitol riot, her hope to serve on the Jan. 6 commission, and how CNN isn’t very nice to her.

Acosta had chatted with Greene as he walked around Capitol Hill, looking for Republican members of Congress. A previous attempt to interview Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) had been unsuccessful, as Brooks repeatedly told him he “didn’t trust CNN to be truthful or honest” and swiftly pedaled away on his bicycle.

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Acosta played the video clip showing him beginning by asking Greene for evidence to back up some of her claims about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, pointing out that many video clips from that day “seem[ed] to show a lot of Trump supporters involved in the rioting,” as well as the arrest records of the rioters so far.

“There’s all kinds of people involved in the rioting — there’s people in black clothes, there’s people in red hats, there’s people in Trump clothes,” replied Greene.

“There are Oath Keepers, there are people from the Proud Boys,” said Acosta, naming two of the right-wing groups whose members have been among the rioters charged with crimes for their alleged actions on Jan. 6.

Greene brought up the conspiracy theories that members of antifa and FBI operatives were involved, and Acosta asked her for evidence.

“Where is the proof the FBI was involved?” he asked. “Where’s the proof antifa was involved? Don’t you owe it to people to produce that proof?”

“I don’t know,” she said. “I didn’t cause the riots, so I certainly don’t owe it.”

“There’s no evidence,” Acosta said.

“Look, look,” Greene insisted. “There are questions that need to be answered.”

“You can ask questions about anything,” said Acosta.

Greene might have “dodged” his questions, Acosta said, but she did “welcome” Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) announcement that she was forming a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, and was hoping to be a part of it.

“Would you like to serve on the committee?” Acosta asked.

“Sure,” answered Greene. “She should put me on the committee. That would be great.”

Greene’s appointment to this committee seems extraordinarily unlikely, as she has continued to insist that former President Donald Trump is not responsible for what happened that day.

“Absolutely not,” said Greene. “He’s not responsible. The people that did the things here, they’re responsible for it.”

“They’re on video saying they did it for Trump,” Acosta pointed out.

“We can go all day long and every single time I’m going to tell you President Trump did not tell the people to riot,” Greene insisted. “He told people to march here peacefully.”

Greene also complained about how CNN covered her. “You guys aren’t very nice to me though,” she said. “You say terrible things about me all the time on your station, so it doesn’t make me feel very welcome or wanted to come, and I’m sure you can understand from my perspective why I would feel that way.”

“Well, there’s been coverage of things that you’ve said,” said Acosta.

Greene replied that there were “things that were never said” when she was a candidate or in Congress, although she didn’t name anything specific. Acosta brought up her comments comparing face mask mandates to the Holocaust, for which she later apologized.

“Do you think maybe it’s time to choose your words more carefully?” he asked.

“I think you need to choose your words more carefully,” Greene retorted. “Do you know why so many Republicans can’t stand CNN because you can’t choose your words.”

Acosta replied that he knew many Republicans who did like CNN, Greene scoffed, and he offered to introduce her to some.

“I’m just wondering if I have any hair left,” Acosta quipped after the video clip ended. “I may have torn it all out.”

He hoped this interview with Green would be the “first of a series,” he said, pressing GOP lawmakers “about these bogus conspiracy theories.”

“We feel like it’s our responsibility to do it, and we’re going to continue to do it,” Acosta concluded.

Watch the video above, via CNN.