On Thursday, shortly after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for attending a pro-Palestinian demonstration after the Hamas terror attacks on Israel, Vermont Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balint decided to give Greene a taste of her own medicine.
In a searing 11-minute speech on the House floor, Balint laid out why she was calling for Greene to be censured, saying the controversial Georgian had “repeatedly fanned the flames of racism, antisemitism, LGBTQ hate speech, Islamophobia, anti-Asian hate, xenophobia, and other forms of hatred.”
Here’s the full transcript of Balint’s speech, courtesy of Mediaite:
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly fanned the flames of racism, antisemitism, LGBTQ hate speech, Islamophobia, anti-Asian hate, xenophobia, and other forms of hatred;
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly debased the memories of thousands of victims of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, by perpetuating conspiracy theories to shift blame and responsibility for the mass murder;
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly assaulted the foundation of our democracy by perpetuating conspiracy theories related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol which sought to halt the peaceful transfer of power;
Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly called for violence against elected representatives
and their families;Whereas Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has repeatedly espoused antisemitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories, including through inflammatory evocations of the Holocaust;
Whereas, on May 20, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that the mask mandate in the House of Representatives was akin to Jews being ‘‘put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany’’;
Whereas, on May 25, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted that, ‘‘Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi’s forced Jewish people to wear a gold star’’;
Whereas, on February 26, 2022, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared at a white nationalist event that was condemned by the Republican Jewish Coalition as ‘‘appalling and outrageous that a Member of Congress would share a platform with an individual who has actively spread antisemitic bile, mocked the Holocaust and promoted dangerous anti-Israel conspiracy theories’’;
[…]
Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That–
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene be censured;
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene forthwith present herself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure;
and
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
And here’s the video:
If anyone is deserving of being censured and even removed from Congress, it’s Marjorie Taylor Greene. She has repeatedly engaged in seditious behavior, lied, plotted to overturn the 2020 election, and even begged Donald Trump for a pardon. Only guilty people need pardons. And Margie is as guilty as they come.
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Thank you for the journalism. Yes, MTG and about 200 more members of Congress are equally culpable for this and countless other crimes against America. I only hope that our democracy prevails. If I were Commander of the starship Enterprise, I'd just say "Make it so."