No one in Congress seems to agitate Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) more than Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD), probably because Raskin is everything Greene will never be: Intelligent, witty, and accomplished.
That dynamic was on full display during a hearing of the House Rules Committee at which Greene was testifying on the issue of the Second Amendment when Raskin asked her:
Greene replied:
Raskin retorted:
Getting agitated, Greene said:
The debate then shifted to the topic of abortion, which led Greene to get apoplectic:
That led Raskin to expertly mock the Georgia Republican by telling her:
All Greene could muster in response was a weak:
Game, set, and match Jamie Raskin. He managed to troll Greene right to her face.
Shortly after the January 6 House Select Committee presented testimony that six House Republicans asked failed former president Donald Trump for pardons in the final days of the Trump administration, two of the six named — Reps. Matt Gaetz (FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) — took to Twitter and began making posts that only succeeded in proving just how terrified they are of what the future holds for them.
What might that future entail? According to Norm Eisen, who served as co-counsel for the House Judiciary Committee during Trump’s first impeachment trial, Gaetz and Greene are facing 15 years in jail and disqualification from ever holding public office:
Such cold hard facts clearly triggered Gaetz and Greene.
That led to plenty of pushback on social media. Take a look:
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg expertly clapped back at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after she whined about his refusal to meet with her when he’ll be in Washington, D.C. later this week for a protest to call for sensible gun control legislation.
Greene attacked Hogg on Twitter:
“I hear you & your girls are funded to come to town this week to once again try to manipulate some of my gutless weak colleagues to vote for gun control that will violate our freedoms and leave Americans defenseless.”
That was all Hogg needed to masterfully destroy the Georgia Republican, reminding her that she only wants to meet with him so she can draw attention to herself and her extremist position on the issue of guns in the United States.
“Congresswoman Greene, I’m more interested in protecting children and meeting commonsense people who are looking for reasonable solutions to stop children from dying. Don’t really have time to help you go viral for attacking survivors so you can fundraise. Respectfully, David.”
Newsweek reports that Hogg and Greene have engaged in a social media debate before on the issue of guns:
It’s not the first time the pair have sparred on Twitter. The Georgia Republican harangued Hogg in April about his stance on guns.
Hogg tweeted on April 3 that he believes it should be a requirement to have a license to purchase a gun.
Greene responded by suggesting Hogg hang out “with actual deer hunters” because it would help him “learn to be more masculine and you will appreciate how we will get our food supply when Biden’s inflation makes buying food unaffordable.”
Others on Twitter also had some choice words for Greene, who has been known to raffle off semiautomatic weapons in order to draw attention to herself. Considering that Greene is facing an uncertain bid for reelection, she’s likely doing the same thing with her jabs at Hogg.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is angry and scared because it’s starting to look like she won’t be allowed on the ballot in Georgia for reelection if she loses a lawsuit filed by voters in her district wanting to disqualify her for being a participant in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Appearing on One America News (OAN) Tuesday, Greene sounded stressed out as she began ranting about how she’s being forced to testify in court on Friday as part of the suit filed against her:
Well, if you didn’t do anything wrong, then you should welcome the opportunity to make that clear, Margie.
She then added:
Greene also claimed that her constituents are angry and flooding her office with calls.
And then Greene began begging for money, her voice rising to a shout as she told the OAN host:
“I have to pay for all of this myself. Anything people are willing to chip in I’m so grateful for because I have to pay for my attorneys, I have to pay for this entire defense!
“You know, you want to talk about it? It’s a big lie! They want to talk about the Big Lie. This is the big lie and they’re destroying democracy.”
However, it was what Greene had to say about cameras being allowed in the courtroom that revealed exactly what she and other Republicans are really afraid of: Sunlight and transparency:
“You know what the Democrats and the media are going to do. They’re going to cut and paste so they can sell a lie on their networks every single night on CNN and MSNBC because you know what? They claim they’re against destroying democracy. But they’re the very people that are destroying democracy.”
She sounds terrified, doesn’t she? Good. She deserves to be.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) says she’s had quite enough of the “grifters” who are part of the MAGA movement, and she wants the Republican Party to reject them.
Grifters, huh? Well who’s the biggest grifter of all in the GOP? None other than failed, one-term, twice-impeached former President Donald Trump, who tries to make a buck off everything and doesn’t give a damn about anyone but himself.
Also, has Greene bothered to look in the mirror lately? Seems like whenever you turn around she’s trying to raise money by raffling off a semiautomatic rifle that can be used for (wink wink) “hunting.”
Greene didn’t bother to name names or spell out who exactly she considers to be a MAGA grifter, so Twitter did it for her: