Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Tuesday said the party should move away from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as House GOP leaders discuss how to handle her.

“I think we should have nothing to do with Marjorie Taylor Greene, and think we should repudiate the things she said and move away from her,” Romney told reporters.

Greene, a first-term lawmaker, has emerged as a growing headache for GOP leadership amid a string of controversies about past remarks.

A supporter of the pro-Trump QAnon movement, Greene has supported Facebook posts calling for the execution of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top Democrats; she has endorsed false and hurtful conspiracy theories that the 9/11 terrorist attacks and mass school shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla., were hoaxes. 

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is expected to talk with Greene as soon as Tuesday.

The public focus on McCarthy’s response is growing after Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a blistering statement on Monday condemning Greene and warning that her embrace of conspiracy theories is a “cancer” to both the Republican Party and the country.

Asked if he was surprised by McConnell’s comments, Romney said it was important for the Republican Party to “separate ourselves from the people in the wacky weeds.”

“If we don't, then our opposition tries to brand us with their image and with their point of view, which has been detrimental to any party that doesn't do that,” Romney said.

Romney previously criticized Greene after she disclosed that she has spoken with former President Trump, whom she has the support of.

“Lies of a feather flock together: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense and the 'big lie' of a stolen election,” Romney tweeted.