[56] By the time she was sworn in in January 2021, Greene reported having moved to Rome, also firmly in the 14th. [144][333] In turn, McCarthy called some of Greene's comments "deeply disturbing". [187], In July 2021, Greene dismissed the COVID-19 variants, including the Delta variant, saying, "no one cares". [312][313] The website Snopes found the video uploaded by Guttenberg and others was the second incident in which Greene targeted Hogg. This must be done perfectly or liberal judges would let them off. Other. [160] After Greene called masks "oppressive", National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Anthony Fauci responded that her stance was "very disturbing" given the data on the seriousness of the outbreak. Asked about her use of the word "retard" to refer to individuals with the syndrome, Greene said: "I guess it was a slang word. [69] On the day after her runoff victory, Trump tweeted his support for her, calling her a future Republican star. WebContact. "[192], Greene is a supporter of former president Donald Trump; on January 4, 2021, she called for the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Georgia to be decertified. "[396], On February 9, 2022, while discussing the police guarding the Capitol building, Greene called them "gazpacho police", confusing the cold Spanish soup with the Gestapo. "[253] The document also stated the caucus would "work towards an infrastructure that reflects the architectural, engineering and aesthetic value that befits the progeny of European architecture. [298], In a 2017 video posted to Facebook, Greene expressed doubt that the perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, a large-scale incident she believes was intended as an attack on the right to bear arms, acted alone. "[237], In May 2022, Greene claimed that straight people would go extinct within less than two centuries due to LGBT-inclusive educators, calling them "trans terrorists". On Facebook and Twitter, Greene suggested the plan might be "Biden's mark of the beast", a reference to the Book of Revelation, echoing a far-right conspiracy theory that getting vaccinated is equivalent to pledging allegiance to the devil. [228][229], On February 24, 2021, Greene tried to block the Equality Act while it was being debated on the House floor,[230] saying that it would "destroy God's creation" and "violate everything we hold dear in God's creation". Fred Upton, one of the 13, said that he received over 1,000 calls, including death threats, after Greene publicized their office phone numbers on Twitter. [316] Greene went on to claim without evidence that the shooter was in the same Discord server as the teen accused of carrying out the 2022 Buffalo shooting and that there was a third party who "groomed" both young men, adding that there were suggestions that this groomer was a former FBI agent. [172][18][173] Greene said she incurred a second fine of $2,500 after she again entered the House floor without a mask, and she dubbed Pelosi "Speaker Maskhole" in response. For more than eight months, John Cowan has been something of a lone voice in northwest Georgia, warning fellow [259][260], In February 2022, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized Greene for attending the America First Political Action Conference, saying there was no place in the party for "white supremacists or anti-Semitism". She said she no longer had a connection with QAnon and mentioned having found "misinformation". We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not for China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam whatever, wherever. [196], During a speech at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, Greene adamantly opposed foreign aid, saying: "I wanted to take my regular, normal person, normal, everyday American values, which is: We love our country. [311], In January 2021, a Greene staffer threatened to have WRCB-TV reporter Meredith Aldis arrested after Aldis tried to ask Greene a question at a town hall event about her harassment of Hogg. In another Facebook post later in 2018 she wrote: "I am told that Nancy Pelosi tells Hillary Clinton several times a month that 'we need another school shooting' in order to persuade the public to want strict gun control. [126] On March 19, Gomez formally introduced his resolution to expel Greene, with the support of 72 Democrats and no Republicans. [49] When visiting the offices of Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, Greene falsely claimed that they were not "official" representatives because they were sworn in to Congress on the Quran. 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[342], As controversy grew about her previous comments, Greene removed her old social media posts[347] and spoke before the House Republican Conference on February 3, 2021, to state that her social media content did not reflect who she is, prompting a standing ovation. [308][309] Greene called Hogg, who advocates gun control, "#littleHitler"[15] and, in a 2019 interview with a gun-rights group, denounced him as an "idiot" who is trained "like a dog". Help me raise $50,000 today and send a message", "Ilhan Omar hits out after Marjorie Taylor Greene uses her face in fundraising push", "McCarthy meets with Rep. 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Republican, father of son with DS confronts Rep. Greene over offensive word", "CrossFit Is Finally Fed Up With Marjorie Taylor Greene", "FEC complaint accuses Marjorie Taylor Greene of violating election law", "Marjorie Taylor Greene Appeared in a Super PAC Ad Asking for Money. [304] A QAnon-related conspiracy theory claimed that Ginsburg had died years earlier and that Democrats used a body double to conceal her death so they could hold onto her Supreme Court seat during Trump's presidency. [211], In 2023, Greene was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. MARJORIE Taylor Greene allegedly cheated on her husband with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and the manager at her gym. [47] In the videos, Greene said that she wanted Omar and Tlaib to instead be sworn in on the Bible and accused them of supporting Islamic law. Trust The Science!". [222][223] Greene criticized the 13 House Republicans who voted for the bill as "American job and energy killers" and derided them as "China-First and America-Last". [355][356], The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Republican Jewish Coalition condemned Greene's statements. It helps us to feed people, it keeps people alive. 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Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees, punishing far-right provocateur for violent, racist rhetoric", "Marjorie Taylor Greene launching 'America First' caucus pushing for 'Anglo-Saxon political tradition', "Cori Bush explains moving her office away from Marjorie Taylor Greene as GOP congresswoman slams 'Democrat mob', "The emerging far-right 'no' caucus in the House", "Some Democrats in Congress are worried their colleagues might kill them", "An emboldened extremist wing is flexing its power in a leaderless G.O.P. [74][75][76] SBA filings declared Taylor Commercial expected to save 12 jobs with the funds. [95], In the days after the election, Greene made deceptive claims that her husband Perry's Floyd County voting record revealed voter fraud, writing on social media that when her husband went to vote early, he was told he had received an absentee ballot despite not requesting one. An curved arrow pointing right. At the same event, Greene claimed that the virus was Fauci's "experiment". [214][215] She said: "The government will never tell me how many guns I can own, and how many bullets I am allowed to fire if someone were to attack me or my kids". They say 13 is unlucky for some, and controversial Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene certainly made the wrong call when she posted the phone numbers of
