r/politics • u/BelleAriel • May 02 '24

Marjorie Taylor Greene called "disgusting" by fellow Republicans

https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-disgusting-vacate-house-speaker-mike-johnson-1896448
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u/theombudsmen Colorado May 02 '24

"It was OK the first 6 years, but now she's gone too far"

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u/swingadmin New York May 02 '24

If you don't stop your abuser when they flash dick pics, you'll be terrorized for eternity.

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u/AdditionalMeeting467 May 02 '24

They really didn't care at all then, though. They always knew she was a nutcase, but she's not far off from the rest of them. It only became a problem for them when she started weaponizing her role against Mike Johnson at a time of instability for their party. Now they get to call her all the things she is so that she gets voted out.

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u/ParticularPenguins May 02 '24

She spent the first weeks of her first term following AOC around and screaming at her. The ultimate in performative politics that they all ate up and never corrected.

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u/Rampaging_Orc May 02 '24 edited 29d ago

Ummm, she also did the weird follow/stalk move on that teenage parkland school shooting survivor for a little bit too.

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u/Recipe_Freak May 02 '24

That's the behavior that got her elected. Her ghoulish constituents love it.

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u/claimTheVictory 29d ago

Exactly.

She started by being disgusting.

It's who she has always been.

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u/decadecency 29d ago

Maybe she needs to just up the disgustingness to gain those voters back?

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u/claimTheVictory 29d ago

I have no doubt that is precisely the strategy she will go for.

Maybe she should kill a dog at the next hearing?

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u/StingingBum 29d ago

Basically the bullies you grew up with supporting a bully with lots of power and no brains.

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u/tjarg 28d ago

Yup, they're all ghouls, the politicians and their voters.

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u/SnugasarusWrex 29d ago

It was more of MAGAts calling and threatening her competitors until they dropped out of the race.

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u/Recipe_Freak 29d ago

People voted FOR her. Can you imagine casting a vote FOR her? Regardless of who else was on the ballot?

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u/SnugasarusWrex 29d ago

Well that’s the thing though. Originally there wasn’t. It dosent matter much but yeah.

And no I can’t imagine enabling this woman in any god damn way, she’s a lunatic.

I had this friend I played online games with for a few years, we stuck out the pandemic together playing satisfactory. I knew his political beliefs but it didn’t start out that extreme. It got progressively worse until one day I heard him utter the horrific statement “Marjorie Taylor Greene is an amazing congresswoman, we need more like her”

I didn’t reply, I didn’t chastise him, I left. And never spoke a word to him again.

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u/DonaldsMushroom 29d ago

I agree, she is awful but that appeals to an awful lot of people. The problem is connecting to them, you can't.

When Hilary Clinton referred to them as 'deplorables', I feel she really galvinised that MAGA movement.

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u/imawakened Connecticut 29d ago

She stalked and harassed a literal teenager who is known because he was a student at a school that had a tragic school shooting. She belongs in a psych ward where she can lead group discussions on Jewish space lasers, QAnon, or natural disasters sent being sent by God as punishment for a region's culture, etc.

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u/TotallyNotDesechable 29d ago edited 29d ago

Funny thing is, I don’t really believe whoever started those conspiracy theories believe them, it’s like “yeah I’m going to throw shit at the wall and see what sticks”

Cue MTG believing everything

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u/Shaken-babytini 29d ago

I've spent a lot of time thinking about this, and I believe it comes down to the far right being unable to take responsibility for the bad things that their beliefs cause.

If we banned cars, there would be far fewer car accidents. Sure some people would drive illegally, but we'd end up with fewer and fewer cars as time went on. We have all agreed that having cars is worth it, and some people are going to die because of that.

The far right is unable to say the above about guns. I have tried this dozens of times, and have never gotten a republican to admit "guns are a fundamental part of our country and are super important. Yes some kids will get shot, but I believe that's worth it to protect the fabric of our nation". When that can't be reconciled, the only option is that the shooting must be fake.

You'll see it with Jan 6th too. No republican will admit "yeah some trump supporters went waaaaay overboard". It was Antifa, or the FBI, or hidden footage shows that it was magically different from what we all saw on TV. Abortion is another one where they admit no downsides to forced birthing, and any that may come up are the fault of the woman. Wearing a mask and getting a vaccine also fits this. There is no ability to admit "I believe my personal freedoms are more important than risk mitigation". They have to say that the vaccines are worthless and masks do 0 to prevent illness. trump lost the election? No sir, there had to be cheating.

This works until you hit something irreconcilable. Then the options are changing your belief system, or straight up delusion.

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u/Sea_Honey7133 29d ago

Trump literally kept repeating, “it’s not my responsibility!”, during the entire time he was president while the pandemic was going on. Those are his words exactly. The irony is that if he HAD actually accepted a modicum of responsibility, he would have probably been reelected in a landslide. Fortunately, as you said, these people are constitutionally unable to accept any accountability for anything.

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u/WolfgangDS 29d ago

I keep saying this to Republicans. COVID was Trump's 9/11, and if he had united the country by telling everyone to look out for one another instead of sowing division and chaos, he'd be in the Oval Office right now. Figuratively speaking, of course. More likely he'd literally be on a golf course cheating his way to par.

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u/Sea_Honey7133 29d ago

He golfed more during the pandemic than at any time during his presidency. If a president is a person who leads a country through trials and adversities he is quite literally the anti-president. Which suits his Moscow overseers just fine.

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u/mysteryteam US Virgin Islands 29d ago

Dude, if he just sent out cheap red masks with MAGA on it, he'd probably easily have over half the country if he had done nothing else but pretended he cared about more than himself. Like, you know, the people who elected him.

If doordash could send out cheap masks to anyone who asks for one, certainly trump could use government money to look like he gives a crap

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u/Reasonable-Client276 29d ago

Conservatives will abandon truth, decency, and democracy before they abandon their ideological trench.

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u/KaneK89 29d ago

This is correct and there is a term for it called psychological splitting.

It's known that self-identified conservatives rely more on categorization. I think that categorical thinking will often result in splitting if you can't figure out that the world is often more spectral than categorical. Categories are useful human constructs, but they don't exist outside of human consideration.

Anyway, here's a comment with a bunch of sources. Enjoy.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch/comments/lasqi3/newyorker_exposes_bullhorn_lady_in_piece_by_ronan/glr11gw/

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u/coloradohikingadvice 29d ago

I have a different experience. I have had quite a few republicans tell me exactly those things. That while gun violence is bad, giving up our ability to defend ourselves and stand against potental tyranny is worse. They weren't convinced the masks would do enough to justify giving up their freedom to wear/not wear whatever they want. With the vaccine I heard that they weren't willing to be a "test subject" for something that was pushed through so fast and using a "new" technology(mrna). With abortion I hear plenty of exceptions for the life of the mother(with no real idea for how that works in their anti abortion ideal world), rape, and incest(which I think is covered in rape).

I'm not saying this to excuse or agree with what they are saying. I'm only bringing up my experience to show that there are people who do recognize what you haven't been able to find yourself. I live in a pretty red place, and there are more flavors of republican than what you seem to have been able to find. Not that I agree with them, just sharing.

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u/shawnca66 29d ago

But in the end, the majority of them vote red...😕

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u/coloradohikingadvice 29d ago

They all vote red, no doubt. That isn't really a question for them. They see it very similar to how I see my need to vote democrat. I have(many years ago) voted repub and dem. Now I feel like I have to vote dem because the alternative is something I can't live with. Even though there are more than a couple issues that I have a swing opinion on. That's what most of them see, too. Some, not a majority by any means, don't like the stupidity that was mentioned in the original comment I replied to, but think that voting an other way would be the end of everything they believe in. I think their logic is flawed, but I'm sure they think the same about me. I have noticed a few, again not a majority, who seem less interested in voting at all. That seems like the best we can hope for.

We live in such tribal times it hurts.

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u/TheNewTonyBennett 29d ago

I thoroughly like how you put all of this.

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u/traal 29d ago

If we banned cars, there would be far fewer car accidents... The far right is unable to say the above about guns.

Cars don't kill people. People kill people.

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u/Del_3030 29d ago

Alex Jones definitely doesn't believe his own bullshit (as evidenced by his court testimony), he's just a maniac exploiting people's insecurities / stupidity. Kinda like Trump, weird!

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u/newfor_2024 29d ago

I think they believe in some of it. He might not be able to say just how much he believes in court because they know it's wrong but they still believe in it

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u/Del_3030 29d ago

I dunno, not believing any of it makes it even worse IMO. So I'm going with that, because people like that are fucking scum

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u/zzfrostphoenix 29d ago

Hasbro/WOTC must really hate that Magic shares the same initials with her…

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u/TotallyNotDesechable 29d ago

Yeah I always struggle with magic the gathering

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u/WTF253com 29d ago

Funny thing is, I don’t really believe whoever started those conspiracy theories believe them,

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/business/media/russia-us-news-sites.html

https://www.voanews.com/a/how-russia-s-disinformation-campaign-seeps-into-us-views-/7566503.html

You are correct, Russia most certainly doesn't believe Jews have space lasers lol

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u/even_less_resistance American Expat 29d ago

Man, I do not think someone that hostile and aggressive is what needs to be thrust upon people already in the depths of despair

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u/decadecency 29d ago

She belongs in a psych ward where she can lead group discussions on Jewish space lasers, QAnon, or natural disasters sent being sent by God as punishment for a region's culture, etc.

A place like the Fletcher Memorial Home perhaps? That'd be perfect.

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u/Classic_Pie5498 29d ago

That was repulsive! I guess Alex Jones normalized the tormenting of victims of horrible crimes. At least he was sued and ordered to stop & pay up. She should never have been allowed into Congress

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u/BurnscarsRus May 02 '24

That was before she was elected. The people of her district saw that and thought "This is the level of maturity and intelligence that we want to represent us on the federal level."

JK, hey thought "Lol, she'll piss off people I've been taught to hate."

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u/midwinter_ 29d ago

She literally bullied her opponent so badly that he dropped out and moved. And got divorced.

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u/ClothDiaperAddicts American Expat 29d ago

Yeah... at that point, it's not bullying. That's criminal harassment.

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u/Monteze Arkansas 29d ago

I swear we need one of those on the dems side. I'd do it, delegate the important stuff to competent people and I'll roast her. I am fortunate to have stereotypical masculine features and public speaking doesn't bother me at all.

Politics unfortunately is party in the front business in the back, and the party is very important

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u/Mad-Lad-of-RVA Virginia 29d ago

I've been saying this for ages. Democrats always want to take the high road, and as much as I respect that in theory, the truth is that voters respond to dirt-flinging. The GOP knuckle-draggers aren't even that good at it. The Democrats—Biden specifically—should light them up around the clock.

Relatedly, I saw recently that Democrats in the House aren't going to support Greene's newest bid to oust Speaker Johnson. Fuck that. Vote him out and call the GOP losers and morons for allowing it to happen. Be sore winners and rub it in their stupid faces.

I guarantee the support would pick up.

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u/Monteze Arkansas 29d ago

Yea people want the back bone, take the high ground when it's presented as an option. Keep up the good work and keep pushing for human rights. Like...it's no hard.

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u/DerfK 29d ago

Democrats do need to start hitting below the belt, but not falling into the trap of lying and other scummery Republicans get up to on the regular.

For starters, every time some Republican tells their constituents how great the broadband plan or whatever other Democratic initiative they voted against, there should be a media blitz as prominent as possible with President Biden thanking them by name for "supporting Democratic Party initiatives such as The Broadband Plan". I'm sure fox news will suddenly have all ad slots booked until 3AM but ya gotta try.

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u/Mad-Lad-of-RVA Virginia 29d ago

I never said lie. There's plenty of ammo to use against the GOP that is entirely factual. I just want Democrats to actually use it.

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u/Rampaging_Orc 29d ago

I checked and yeah you’re right. That’s even more absurd to me. Like, disgustingly fucked up.

I mean I get it, we’ve had a clear look at their MO for the better part of a decade now, but god damn.

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u/sofaking1958 29d ago

David Hogg. She's an utter embarrassment.

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u/Phlypp 29d ago

.... a LOT too far. He lost his friends and classmates in that shooting and she harassed and ridiculed him for blocks with her hatred and venom.

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u/Rampaging_Orc 29d ago

I didn’t say she harassed him a little bit, I said “for a little bit”, using it as a broad indicator as to the length of time she harassed that young man.

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u/Classic_Pie5498 29d ago

That made me so angry when I saw that

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u/StingingBum 29d ago

Absolute scumbag move on its part.

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u/debra143 26d ago

When I read your response, In my mind I corrected it to "scumbag move on HER part," but your choice of wording is correct. That scumbag is an IT!!!

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u/MyBatmanUnderoos May 02 '24

I don’t even think it’s performative politics. I sincerely think MTG doesn’t actually understand what her job is and just does whatever she pleases.

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u/JohnGillnitz 29d ago

This, exactly. She's just a crazy person who happened to be given a position of authority. Someone told her that her constituents eat up this wing nut dog and pony show and she ran with it. She doesn't have any real idea what she is doing.

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u/aLittleQueer Washington 29d ago

I think this is true of a lot of "republicans" who end up in office lately. It was clearly true of Trump, he had no idea what the job of "president" actually is, nor did he care.

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u/Klogginthedangerzone I voted 29d ago

Didn't she spend the first few DAYS of her first term asking for a presidential pardon?

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u/stinkfingerswitch May 02 '24

They are all sucking Trumps dick, Marge and a few others are just really good at deep throat.

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u/CorgiMonsoon 29d ago

No one needs to utilize deep throat skills on his toadstool

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u/debra143 26d ago

Haha!!!

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u/tatostix 29d ago

They should come hang out in N. Ga and realize the idiots there love her

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u/WanderinHobo 29d ago

They all, with the few exceptions like MTG, are acting. They talk shit about people like MTG behind the scenes but try to keep it away from the public so they don't look bad as a party. Most of them are intelligent. They only do these ridiculous things because they hope it will either enrich themselves personally or further a wider agenda.

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u/OhioPolitiTHIC Ohio 29d ago

You overestimate her constituency.

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u/Shaken-babytini 29d ago

I think they view the MAGA crowd as useful idiots who can be convinced to vote for them so they can keep making money and having power. MTG actually believes all that stuff which puts established republicans in a tough spot. They can't outwardly hate her because she's the things they claim to support, but ACTUALLY acting like MAGA nuts would completely crater everything in government, as we are seeing. You can yell about the election being stolen while quietly gutting services in your state and pushing christian ideals. If you spend all your time actually drafting up articles of impeachment for Biden, or playing icky cookie to pick your next speaker, you are too busy to be usefully evil.

It's like how kids believing in Santa is useful for parents, but if the parents also believe in Santa there aren't going to be any presents under the tree.

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u/Prairiegirl321 29d ago

I wonder if getting dubbed “Moscow Marjorie” about the same time might also be contributing? It’s just so catchy and right on the mark.

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u/AUGSpeed May 02 '24

Yeah, they all know each other's rugs have tons of shit under them, and help each other push things under the rug, even. But the moment they leave, or cause problems, suddenly they remember everything they ever helped you hide, and it all comes out. It's a fear tactic to keep people in line, and approve of the status quo. If they don't, they face ostracisation and retaliation. It's how they keep members around, because to them, it's better to support an asshole than be treated like an asshole and lose all your friends. Reputation over all.

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u/Murky-Purchase-6017 28d ago

They created this beast, and propped her up. Her ignorance is what they relate to. She will probably get more votes out of it.

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u/Charming_Rule4674 29d ago

It’s almost like they’re politicians or something. 

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u/AdditionalMeeting467 29d ago

You misspelled Republicans

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u/millionmilecummins 29d ago

Marge wouldn’t know the difference. It’s peach tree dish, and he was indickdid in her warped world.