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The Marjorie Taylor Greene thread.

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mgidm86 said:
Yes, those lawmakers are livin' like Jesus I tell ya (except for the non-Christian ones)!

They have to claim to be religious to get elected in this stupid country. A belief in nonsense is a requirement.
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It would make for an interesting study to determine in which nations a professed practice of religion is a requirement for the highest office or offices. I suspect the bulk would be classed theocracies or developing. Most of the developed, 'western' democracies certainly place much less emphasis on religion's role in the State, putting in practice one of Democracy's necessary tenets, that there be a clear separation.

The US is warped in this regard. I mean, the WH hosts 'prayer breakfasts'. And in a really twisted conjoining, Trump had that whackadoodle, Paula White, as the Administration's 'spiritual advisor.' A goddamned clown show, this backwards, primitive, and ultimately hypocritical adherence to a Sky Daddy they claim is shepherding the anointed Chosen among nations, to placate the decidedly non-Christian 'Christians' who chafe for Gilead.
 
Lurch said:
It would make for an interesting study to determine in which nations a professed practice of religion is a requirement for the highest office or offices. I suspect the bulk would be classed theocracies or developing. Most of the developed, 'western' democracies certainly place much less emphasis on religion's role in the State, putting in practice one of Democracy's necessary tenets, that there be a clear separation.

The US is warped in this regard. I mean, the WH hosts 'prayer breakfasts'. And in a really twisted conjoining, Trump had that whackadoodle, Paula White, as the Administration's 'spiritual advisor.' A goddamned clown show, this backwards, primitive, and ultimately hypocritical adherence to a Sky Daddy they claim is shepherding the anointed Chosen among nations, to placate the decidedly non-Christian 'Christians' who chafe for Gilead.
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Umm, Australia has an unspoken rule that leading politicians cannot be irreligious, or the "wrong" religion. Protestant is best, although Catholic is acceptable. But anything else, especially the religion of "being female" and being non-white and being atheist, is a no-no. Our first female prime minister found this out. She is atheist and progressive as well, and so was the target of particularly nasty invective from our recalcitrant right-wing scumbags of all stripes.

The UK has made progress on this, I'm glad to see. They allow subcontinental fascists into positions of power now.
 
slyjoe said:
Marj introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.

She was quickly reminded she voted AGAINST the bill to award the medal to the Congressional Police Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6.

https://news.yahoo.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-gets-blunt-103943383.html
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Not that I particularly care, but these people are going to kill that kid, or end him up in jail. They'll turn his head with all his instant fame and he'll do something stupid, not handle it well, maybe even shoot someone else (if he does it in DC during his "internship", I'd expect a very different result at trial). If his parents had any sense (and they don't), they'd keep him away from all of this and try to slowly go back to some degree of normalcy for him.
 
slyjoe said:
I cannot find anything to disagree with in this post.
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Well, after I posted this I thought I might've implied that she could be safely ignored, but I don't think that's true. She's an idiot, a troll, and a festering menace.
 
slyjoe said:
Marj introduced a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse.

She was quickly reminded she voted AGAINST the bill to award the medal to the Congressional Police Officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6.

https://news.yahoo.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-gets-blunt-103943383.html
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Yet another piece of performance art from MTG. She knows exactly what she's doing with this, ie. anger her opponents while her supporters cheer her on.
 
KDLarsen said:
Yet another piece of performance art from MTG. She knows exactly what she's doing with this, ie. anger her opponents while her supporters cheer her on.
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She is failing at the prime purpose: She isn't angering anyone. Everyone now expects these pathetic attention-grabbing stunts, and all eyes roll upwards and people just sigh when she does. I don't think there are many supporters left cheering her on outside the last few Q-crazies. Even her congressional stablemates seem to be avoiding her.
 
Norman Alexander said:
She is failing at the prime purpose: She isn't angering anyone. Everyone now expects these pathetic attention-grabbing stunts, and all eyes roll upwards and people just sigh when she does. I don't think there are many supporters left cheering her on outside the last few Q-crazies. Even her congressional stablemates seem to be avoiding her.
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I disagree, she's raising money like crazy and isn't damaging her re-election prospects one tiny bit.

Her views mirror those of Donald Trump, the man who is currently the owner/operator of the Republican Party so IMO those views are the accepted, mainstream, views of the current day GOP not the beliefs of a crazy Q-Anon fringe.
 
I suspect we are both right.

Given the thousands of Qanon nutters STILL in Dallas awaiting JFK's return, that is the same base of cranks she is getting donations from. And while she may be echoing Donny, plenty of other wingnuts are also. She just happens to be among the loudest, dumbest wingnuts vying for TV presence. Look at Mike Pillow! MTG has an uphill battle now retaining relevance. Half trick pony.
 
Norman Alexander said:
I suspect we are both right.

Given the thousands of Qanon nutters STILL in Dallas awaiting JFK's return, that is the same base of cranks she is getting donations from. And while she may be echoing Donny, plenty of other wingnuts are also. She just happens to be among the loudest, dumbest wingnuts vying for TV presence. Look at Mike Pillow! MTG has an uphill battle now retaining relevance. Half trick pony.
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As long as she retains the support of her local party and as long as she's happy to continue running for election in her home state then she can continue in politics for as long as she chooses.

Her views have become mainstream GOP views in the Trump Republican era. By the standards of her party (which has the support of 40%+ of the US electorate) she's a mainstream candidate with mainstream views. :(
 
MTG's co-conspirator in stupidity, Boebert, insulted Rep. Ilhan Omar by suggesting she was a jihadist terrorist:

Boebert, who is known for incendiary rhetoric, appeared in the video to be addressing a group of supporters as she launched into what she said was a “jihad squad” moment at the U.S. Capitol.

Boebert said she and a staffer were in an open elevator and noticed an alarmed Capitol police officer sprinting for the door as it closed.

“What's happening? I look to my left, and there she is: Ilhan Omar,” Boebert said. “And I said, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine.”

Boebert’s audience can be heard on the video clapping and cheering in approval before she continued her anti-Muslim riff. “So we only had one floor to go,” Boebert added. “I said, ‘Oh look, the jihad squad decided to show up for work today.’”
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Boebert later apologized but I doubt anyone thinks she's sincere. I know I don't.

"I apologize to anyone in the Muslim community I offended with my comment about Rep. Omar," Boebert wrote. "I have reached out to her office to speak with her directly. There are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction."
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So why did you say it, fool?
 
Cain said:
I just read an article about this and I was surprised that I was surprised. "Wow, she actually said that. Of course she said that."
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The problem with people like Boebert and MTG is that they start to lose their ability to be shocking after a while so have to ratchet it up a peg or two. There comes a point where even that doesn't shock or surprise anymore.
 
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