Greene defends calling Democrats 'pedophiles': 'They support grooming children'

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is defended her calling Democrats "pedophiles," and she doubled down when pressed on the issue, leaving the interviewer momentarily silent. 

CBS "60 Minutes" correspondent Lesley Stahl asked Greene in an interview aired Sunday about what she called her "over the top" comments such as claiming that "Democrats are a party of pedophiles."

"I would definitely say so," Greene responded. "They support grooming children."

Stahl replied: "They are not pedophiles. Why would you say that?"

Said Greene" "Democrats ... even Joe Biden, the president himself, supports children being sexualized and having transgender surgeries. Sexualizing children is what pedophiles do to children."

Stahl paused, then said, "Wow. But my question really is" Can't you fight for what you believe in without all that name-calling and without the personal attacks?"

The second-term Georgia lawmaker said: "Well, I would ask the same question to the other side, because all they've done is call me names and insult me non-stop since I've been here."They call me racist. They call me sen, anti-Semitic, which is not true.  I'm not calling anyone names. I'm calling out the truth basically."

Greene followed up on her remarks Monday on Twitter.

"I’ll say it again: sexualizing children is what pedophiles do to children," she posted. "You’re either fighting to stop it or you support it. There is no in between."

Madeleine Hubbard is an international correspondent for Just the News. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram.