The Marjorie Taylor Greene thread.

[eerok]

Even if there was some criticism of her actions from the GOP it would be muted and temporary. Maybe a couple of senior people may make tangential reference to "over enthusiasm" or "a little too much patriotism" but as soon as it becomes clear that MTG has enhanced her position within the party, they'll claim that any criticism was taken out of context.

For the GOP, it seems that "patriotic" has come to mean ignorant, deluded, and self-obsessed (and too often, violent as well). There's few sights more pathetic than the idiots calling themselves patriots these days.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Never wrestle with pigs.

Hans

Especially when it is well known they are armed. Anyone have a bet on when MTG starts shooting in the capital?

 

[JoeMorgue]

Anyone have a bet on when MTG starts shooting in the capital?

She won't do it. She has people for that.

 

[Craig4]

This is tax fraud, a criminal offence.

MTG and her sucker of a husband ought to be prosecuted... but they won't be.

I think the Obama administration had one person indicted after his administration for something unrelated to his government work. Trump just surrounds himself with criminals.

 

[Stacyhs]

I think the Obama administration had one person indicted after his administration for something unrelated to his government work. Trump just surrounds himself with criminals.

Birds of a feather and all.......

 

[Regnad Kcin]

Birds of a feather and all.......

That’s one of the more remarkable things about the Republican party’s glorification of Trump. He’s a lifelong, unrepentant criminal.

Just because he plays like a comic book super villain doesn’t make his touch any less real.

 

[Stacyhs]

That’s one of the more remarkable things about the Republican party’s glorification of Trump. He’s a lifelong, unrepentant criminal.

Just because he plays like a comic book super villain doesn’t make his touch any less real.

Well, see...that's the problem. Why should he be repentant when he doesn't believe he's done anything wrong? For Trump, he truly believes that he's entitled to get away with whatever he does because he's special.

 

[Belz...]

That’s one of the more remarkable things about the Republican party’s glorification of Trump. He’s a lifelong, unrepentant criminal.

Yeah, he's just like them.

 

[dudalb]

I hate to say it but I'm pretty sure she could do massive damage in any of those.

Agreed. People don't relise how important to the US..or any country...agriculture is. Too treat it like something the Marj could not do damage is pretty naive.

 

[dudalb]

Well it's the exact same sort of thinking that makes people espouse religion, cults of personality and conspiracy theories, when you think about it.

It's the sort of thing that education seeks to combat, but then religions, cults of personality and conspiracy theorists don't want that. It hurts their enrollment quotas.

I am a skeptic when it comes to religion.but not sure it deserves to be ranked with personality cults and conspiracy theories.

 

[smartcooky]

Agreed. People don't relise how important to the US..or any country...agriculture is. Too treat it like something the Marj could not do damage is pretty naive.

She would be only one member of a committee of [*** stops to look it up ***] 52 representatives!! What serious damage could one person do?

 

[bruto]

She would be only one member of a committee of [*** stops to look it up ***] 52 representatives!! What serious damage could one person do?

If she can't accomplish anything anyway, why put in in the first place? And if 51 other representatives can keep her from doing damage, why worry about her now amongst so many? I suspect she could manage some damage just by opening her mouth.

 

[jimbob]

Agreed. People don't relise how important to the US..or any country...agriculture is. Too treat it like something the Marj could not do damage is pretty naive.

Yes, there's a reason why foot and mouth virus was considered for biological warfare. When it doesn't even directly kill cattle. It causes massive harm to one of the most fundamental economic activities. All the rest are fripperies if you cannot eat. Something that most of us in the West have forgotten.

If she can't accomplish anything anyway, why put in in the first place? And if 51 other representatives can keep her from doing damage, why worry about her now amongst so many? I suspect she could manage some damage just by opening her mouth.

Indeed. It might also be seen as a reward for her.

 

[Norman Alexander]

She would be only one member of a committee of [*** stops to look it up ***] 52 representatives!! What serious damage could one person do?

If she can't accomplish anything anyway, why put in in the first place? And if 51 other representatives can keep her from doing damage, why worry about her now amongst so many? I suspect she could manage some damage just by opening her mouth.

Is she actually attending the committee meetings? She seems to spend all her time in Washington roaming the halls looking for people to harass and letterboxes to swear through while making Tik Toks.

Hopefully those absences will minimise any damage she could have done in any committees. Or the committee chairs could simply "forget" to include her on the meeting schedule. Either way, less harm done to the committees' work.

Clearly publicity is MTG's only aim, or at least notoriety. It seems to bring in the donations from the GOP faithful, which is kinda depressing. The GOP seem perfectly willing to forgive her sins, because her hero #45 has a much longer, fatter list and they doggedly ignored those.

 

[dudalb]

Is she actually attending the committee meetings? She seems to spend all her time in Washington roaming the halls looking for people to harass and letterboxes to swear through while making Tik Toks.

Hopefully those absences will minimise any damage she could have done in any committees. Or the committee chairs could simply "forget" to include her on the meeting schedule. Either way, less harm done to the committees' work.

Clearly publicity is MTG's only aim, or at least notoriety. It seems to bring in the donations from the GOP faithful, which is kinda depressing. The GOP seem perfectly willing to forgive her sins, because her hero #45 has a much longer, fatter list and they doggedly ignored those.

Oh, she is out to build herself as a brand,no doubt about that, and has little interest in the nuts and bolts of legislating, which is hard work.
She is not the only one..and they are not all in the GOP, sad to say. Too many congressmen just see The House as a step on the road to bigger things.

 

[dudalb]

Yes, there's a reason why foot and mouth virus was considered for biological warfare. When it doesn't even directly kill cattle. It causes massive harm to one of the most fundamental economic activities. All the rest are fripperies if you cannot eat. Something that most of us in the West have forgotten.



Indeed. It might also be seen as a reward for her.

I think most GOP congress critters know MTG is doing them no good with swing voters, and are tyring to pretend she does not exist as much as possible.

 

[smartcooky]

If she can't accomplish anything anyway, why put in in the first place? And if 51 other representatives can keep her from doing damage, why worry about her now amongst so many? I suspect she could manage some damage just by opening her mouth.

You obviously haven't read the post where I suggested this.

"Perhaps MTG now needs to be given some committee appointments so that she doesn't so much spare time on her hands."

I was merely making a (perhaps misguided) attempt to offer a way cut down on her spare time, so that she has less time to indulge in her, ahem, extracurricular activities such as harassing other congresspeople and going on tours with Snatchboy!

 

[Jim_MDP]

Is she actually attending the committee meetings? She seems to spend all her time in Washington roaming the halls looking for people to harass and letterboxes to swear through while making Tik Toks.



Hopefully those absences will minimise any damage she could have done in any committees. Or the committee chairs could simply "forget" to include her on the meeting schedule. Either way, less harm done to the committees' work.



Clearly publicity is MTG's only aim, or at least notoriety. It seems to bring in the donations from the GOP faithful, which is kinda depressing. The GOP seem perfectly willing to forgive her sins, because her hero #45 has a much longer, fatter list and they doggedly ignored those.

I don't see her having new assignments since she was booted from her two back in early Feb (12-14 weeks ago. Yeah, she's got too much time on her hands). Those look to have been Budget, and Education & Labor. Neither of which I'd want her greasy paws on (can't think of any I would actually).

She's not there to govern, she's not there for her constituents... she's building cred for her inevitable spot on OANN or NewsMax (or maybe Fox if they ever fall back in line again).

 

[quadraginta]

Would there really be any downside for Greene, politically speaking, if she were to physically assault someone like AOC, Ilhan Omar, or other evil Democrats while on the House floor.

Her base of support comes from belligerent reactionaries. It's not like she's spending much time doing any real legislative work, she's purely a token of conservative grievance and outrage. If anything, physically attacking on of the right's most dire enemies would only boost her credibility.

Can we really say with any certainty that the rest of the Republican party would disown such an antic?
I wouldn't be surprised if something of that nature happens in the near future.

I think we can say with a fair degree of confidence that the rest of the Repugnican party would variously either say nothing, praise her, or deny that anything of the sort ever happened at all even if it was captured on video by every news outlet in the country.

 

[Belz...]

I am a skeptic when it comes to religion.but not sure it deserves to be ranked with personality cults and conspiracy theories.

In that specific respect, yes they do.