Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Democrats failed to defend House from Capitol rioters

Extremist Republican says in book not one Democrat was willing to stay to defend the chamber' but claim rejected as patently false'

In a new book, the extremist Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claims no Democrats stayed in the House chamber on January 6 to help defend it against rioters sent by Donald Trump to block the certification of Joe Biden's election win - a claim one Democrat who did stay labeled patently false".

Greene's book, MTG, will be published next week. The Guardian obtained a copy.