Greene promoted claims that there were deadly mass shootings across the country
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has earned a reputation for its loyalty to the former president Donald Trump. Greene has consistently encouraged false pro-Trump conspiracy theories and most recently loved social media posts that tie in with far-right extremist ideologies.
According to Newsweek, Greene was sworn into Congress on Jan. 3 with nearly 75 percent of the vote in the November elections. She was walking in a very conservative convention district in Georgia. Despite this, a poll by FiveThirtyEight on Friday shows that Greene is less popular nationwide.
Polls show that 20 percent of Republicans disapprove of Greene, versus 24 percent who approve. The other 56 percent did not know or were undecided.
Overall, 37 percent disapproved, while 15 percent were in favor, based on surveys from YouGov / The Economist, SurveyMonkey / Axios, and Morning Consult / Politico.
“We cannot build a just, anti-racist society if a member of Congress endorses white supremacy” – Rep. Cori Bush called for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee duties pic.twitter.com/UpgvfRF6l1
– NowThis (@nowthisnews) February 6, 2021
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Greene loved social media posts calling for the murder of notable Democratic figures, including the former president Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
She also reportedly used social media to promote claims that the deadly mass shootings in Parkland, Florida, Newton, Connecticut and Las Vegas were all staged.
The Democratic-controlled House on Thursday pushed for Greene’s removal from her committee assignments due to her past of racial and violent comments. According to Democracy now, she declined to apologize for her comments.
I woke up early this morning, literally laughing, thinking what a bunch of idiots the Democrats (+11) are to give someone like me some time off.
In this democratic tyrannical government, conservative republicans have nothing to say about committees anyway.
Oh, this is going to be fun!
– Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) February 5, 2021
“I’m fine with being kicked out of my committees, because that would be a waste of my time. I was released … you know what happens in these committees? You know, we actually have a tyrannically controlled government right now, ”Greene said at a news conference on Friday.
219 Democrats and 11 Republicans voted for her removal, compared to 199 Republicans who voted against, according to Democracy Now.
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CNNs Chris Cuomo scolded the Republican Party during “Cuomo Prime Time” and used a new nickname for GOP members who supported Greene and QAnon conspiracy theories.
The newly minted “GOPQ” lends more support to a lying madman who wishes Democratic leaders to die than a member of their own leadership who had the courage to tell the truth about Trump, says @ChrisCuomo, while the Republican Party continues to break. pic.twitter.com/5pK3RXgtL1
– Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) February 6, 2021
“That man didn’t just bring us down and now we see that in the newly minted GOPQ that gives more support to a lying madman who wishes death to Democratic leaders than to a member of their own leadership who had the courage to tell the truth about Trump. to tell., ‘said Cuomo.
Cuomo said that although Trump is “in the rearview mirror,” the problems he left behind are clear.
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