The Marjorie Taylor Greene thread.

[mgidm86]

I'm not so sure the noose is tightening.

We've got reports in the liberal media that some GOP Representatives were involved in the planning of Jan 6. I'm sure that they will respond that they were planning a peaceful protest against the stealing of the election (which is now GOP orthodoxy) and that

• The protest was peaceful
• And if not, ANTIFA were responsible for the violence

I suspect that will allow plausible deniability. The House doesn't want a large number of their colleagues facing legal problems.



She also reflects the current view of the majority of the GOP. It's the "others" who are the outliers now.


I don't think he's in any actual danger.

I doubt that. She isn't seen much on Fox, from what I hear. The few people I know who look at Fox had never heard of her until I mentioned her. She is not status quo and I think her true fans are very few.

I'm wondering if at some point the adults in the Republican room will start to silence these morons. Maybe if the next election is a disaster they will come to their senses. I don't think Trumpism is a good long term strategy. Of course I'm relatively sane. They seem to be waiting to see what happens.

Pfft ya well I can hope anyways. Hard to tell what's going on really because, like I said, I'm fairly sane.

 

[Norman Alexander]

I'm not so sure the noose is tightening.

Well, public exposure has certainly made them jittery. If you mean legal restraint then I think we are agreeing from different directions. They will indeed try to escape any noose by the simple expedient of tossing the useful idiots to the baying mob while they flee, even if only metaphorically.

We've got reports in the liberal media that some GOP Representatives were involved in the planning of Jan 6. I'm sure that they will respond that they were planning a peaceful protest against the stealing of the election (which is now GOP orthodoxy) and that

• The protest was peaceful
• And if not, ANTIFA were responsible for the violence

I suspect that will allow plausible deniability. The House doesn't want a large number of their colleagues facing legal problems.

Could be. We have already seen this tactic being rolled out. It's going to be as well received as the Twoofers of 9-11: There will be a few die-hard cross-eyed proponents but the majority of everyone else will look askance. The House may not want large numbers of members with legal problems, but a having a few might be palatable to "keep up appearances". The noisome troublemakers will be those few.

She also reflects the current view of the majority of the GOP. It's the "others" who are the outliers now.

Trump Party. I'm suspecting a majority of the original GOP conservatives are coming round to the Cheney viewpoint that they can be deeply conservative but not in any way entertain this stupid 2020 election ****.

I don't think he's in any actual danger.

He's not a politician, so he is going to be a much easier sacrifice to the (so-called) baying mob.

 

[The Don]

I doubt that. She isn't seen much on Fox, from what I hear. The few people I know who look at Fox had never heard of her until I mentioned her. She is not status quo and I think her true fans are very few.

IMO her views exactly match those of the mainstream GOP

• Election was stolen - check
• Overturn the election by force - check
• Liberal deep state - check
• They're coming for your guns - check
• They're oppressing Christians - check
• They're baby killing monsters - check
• Qanon conspiracies - check

In fact the only thing that springs to mind that separates her from the herd is that I don't recall her being openly racist - I may simply have missed it though

I'm wondering if at some point the adults in the Republican room will start to silence these morons. Maybe if the next election is a disaster they will come to their senses. I don't think Trumpism is a good long term strategy. Of course I'm relatively sane. They seem to be waiting to see what happens.

Who are these adults, and where have they been hiding ?

The exemplar is apparently Liz Cheney who is in a minority (of one ?) by being prepared to say that Biden won fair and square, admitting that Jan 6 actually happened and being prepared to be critical of the Jan 6 insurrectionists. IIRC she has been marginalised and shunned by the rest of the GOP in the House.

Any adults have received the message loud and clear. If you are in a safe "Red" state or district, your biggest risk to your career is being primaried by someone even more Trumpist than you. There's no incentive to behave like an adult even if you're inclined to do so (and I doubt whether there are many so are so inclined).

No matter how disastrous the election might be, they'll still get 45% of the House and Senate and they'll be resoundingly Trumpist. If Sinema and Manchin get their way, there's a real risk that Biden will get nothing achieved and the GOP may win back both houses.

Pfft ya well I can hope anyways. Hard to tell what's going on really because, like I said, I'm fairly sane.

It seems from this side of the pond that there are very few people like you in today's GOP.

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

IMO her views exactly match those of the mainstream GOP

• Election was stolen - check
• Overturn the election by force - check
• Liberal deep state - check
• They're coming for your guns - check
• They're oppressing Christians - check
• They're baby killing monsters - check
• Qanon conspiracies - check

In fact the only thing that springs to mind that separates her from the herd is that I don't recall her being openly racist - I may simply have missed it though



Who are these adults, and where have they been hiding ?

The exemplar is apparently Liz Cheney who is in a minority (of one ?) by being prepared to say that Biden won fair and square, admitting that Jan 6 actually happened and being prepared to be critical of the Jan 6 insurrectionists. IIRC she has been marginalised and shunned by the rest of the GOP in the House.

Any adults have received the message loud and clear. If you are in a safe "Red" state or district, your biggest risk to your career is being primaried by someone even more Trumpist than you. There's no incentive to behave like an adult even if you're inclined to do so (and I doubt whether there are many so are so inclined).

No matter how disastrous the election might be, they'll still get 45% of the House and Senate and they'll be resoundingly Trumpist. If Sinema and Manchin get their way, there's a real risk that Biden will get nothing achieved and the GOP may win back both houses.



It seems from this side of the pond that there are very few people like you in today's GOP.

I can't find any really current figure but back in the Spring it was "only" 53% of Republicans believe Trump is the "true president’". So they are not all deludedinsane. Just the majority.

 

[bruto]

I can't find any really current figure but back in the Spring it was "only" 53% of Republicans believe Trump is the "true president’". So they are not all deludedinsane. Just the majority.

In a quick and inattentive glance, I read that stricken-out last word as deludarians. It suddenly occurs to me that the lack of such a word in our language might be unfortunate.

 

[Lurch]

In a quick and inattentive glance, I read that stricken-out last word as deludarians. It suddenly occurs to me that the lack of such a word in our language might be unfortunate.

Deludarian. I like it!

 

[MRC_Hans]

Deludarian. I like it!

I will consider it as a name for my next game character.

Hans

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

I'm busy designing a passport for Deludaria. They will be available on-line for $500(US) shortly.

 

[Stacyhs]

I love Deludarians! Can we just call them Dels for short?

Adam Kinzinger, who is also among the sane Republicans (has that become an oxymoron yet?), announced he will not be running for re-election.

 

[Regnad Kcin]

I love Deludarians! Can we just call them Dels for short?

Adam Kinzinger, who is also among the sane Republicans (has that become an oxymoron yet?), announced he will not be running for re-election.

He’s nothing but a DINO.

 

[Stacyhs]

MTG steps in it again:

Marjorie Taylor Greene supports letter from a 'non-violent' Capitol rioter who was filmed attacking an officer and saying he punched his head five times

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene retweeted a letter on Saturday from a Capitol rioter, who wrote that he was a "non-violent" participant on Jan. 6 despite footage showing him assaulting an officer that day.

The letter's author, Nathaniel DeGrave, wrote that he "never assaulted anyone" and that his goal at the Capitol was to film a documentary with his camera crew, per a Twitter thread posted by criminal defense lawyer Brad Geyer.

Greene's retweet of DeGrave's letter appears to endorse him. "There are no words. I will be back at that jail this week," she wrote, referring to the facility where DeGrave is being held.

In his letter, DeGrave wrote that the paramilitary gear and body armor he wore on Jan. 6 was a costume for his documentary.
"The surveillance footage shows absolutely no signs of assault, and despite attempts by media companies to get it released to the public, the government has denied it," wrote the 32-year-old from Nevada.

But videos of DeGrave recorded by other rioters and collected by ProPublica, show that he attacked a Capitol officer after he donned a mask covering his entire face.

According to the documents, he and two others traveled to Washington DC with two knives, walkie-talkies, protective vests and body armor, motorcycle jackets, shin guards, helmets, a face mask, and a gas mask. They also considered bringing guns and ammo with them but decided not to.

"They just breached the Capitol building. That's it bro. It's game time. We all armored up, we got a gas mask," DeGrave said on Jan. 6, in a video documented by the court.

"It's Dr. Death and it's about to go down!" he later says in the video.
Greene's office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

https://www.businessinsider.com/mar...etter-from-non-violent-capitol-rioter-2021-11

 

[The Don]

MTG steps in it again:

https://www.businessinsider.com/mar...etter-from-non-violent-capitol-rioter-2021-11

Will she suffer any negative consequences ?

 

[eerok]

Will she suffer any negative consequences ?

She'll look like a fool, but it's just another day ending in Y.

 

[Regnad Kcin]

“There are no words.”

Here’s one: moron.

 

[newyorkguy]

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene retweeted a letter on Saturday from a Capitol rioter, who wrote that he was a "non-violent" participant on Jan. 6 despite footage showing him assaulting an officer that day.

We live in the age of alternate facts. As Mr. Giuliani described it:

He rejected Chris Cuomo’s assertion that “facts are not in the eye of the beholder."
"Yes, they are," Giuliani said. "Nowadays they are." Politico link

 

[Crossbow]

In the past, this was undoubtedly true. However as the noose tightens on those at the top, they will be more than willing to throw the willing dupes to the sharks in order to escape themselves. MTG is definitely not a Mensa type, and i expect she will be one of the many sacrifices the conspirators will be willing to make. Especially as she is also a loudmouth blabbering moron who could screw up everything completely by accident.

Also, I gather it takes time and considerable process to achieve a jail cell for contempt of Congress. So Bannon is trying to run out the clock. But he hasn't yet stopped the game so his ass is still deeply in jeopardy. Frankly, I expect him to find a reason soon to take a sudden and unexpected and lengthy vacation in some country that has no extradition treaty with the USA.

I sure do hope that you are right about that noose tightening.

Unfortunately, I still have quite a few doubts that the top people who really deserve the noose will actually face anything so terribly serious.

After all, that stupid, idiotic, lying POS George W. Bush got away with mass murder, torture, and all sorts of other crimes after he started the Iraq War. And if Bush can get away with his terrible crimes, then I expect that Trump and his top lackeys will also get away with their terrible crimes.

 

[JoeMorgue]

Will she suffer any negative consequences ?

Yeah sure right after Trump, Bannon, and everyone else does.

So no, never.

 

[Stacyhs]

Will she suffer any negative consequences ?

Just being laughed at.

I do think that there are some GOP who are embarrassed by her and think her a fool but they are too cowardly to say so. It might make Dear Leader upset if they do.

 

[Trebuchet]

I sure do hope that you are right about that noose tightening.

Unfortunately, I still have quite a few doubts that the top people who really deserve the noose will actually face anything so terribly serious.

After all, that stupid, idiotic, lying POS George W. Bush got away with mass murder, torture, and all sorts of other crimes after he started the Iraq War. And if Bush can get away with his terrible crimes, then I expect that Trump and his top lackeys will also get away with their terrible crimes.

Bush's problem was primarily his trust in Liz Cheney's dad, along with Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz. He's simply not all that bright.

 

[Stacyhs]

Bush's problem was primarily his trust in Liz Cheney's dad, along with Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz. He's simply not all that bright.

I agree. He was led around by the nose by those jerks.

Liz must have gotten ethics from her mother because she certainly didn't get them from "I shot you in the face so you need to apologize" Daddy.