Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe 4.8-magnitude earthquake that rattled the New York City area on Friday was no ordinary earthquake. According to MAGA acolyte Marjorie Taylor Greene, it was a warning from God.The far-right congresswoman prophesied as much on Friday morning, tweeting to her one million followers on X that the seismic event was no simple act of plate tectonics but an omen of godly wrath. “God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent. Earthquakes and eclipses and many...
Arnold Isaacs She’s one of far too many politicians of this moment who think and speak with no regard for truth or reasonable argument.
Fox News laments that congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene is not focusing her destructive energy on Democrats but is instead destroying her own Party in service of Russia. Democrats seem to be an afterthought as MTG's full-force audition to be Putin's best friend and Trump's running mate continues. — Read the rest
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene welcomed Republicans back to work Tuesday with a five-page broadside attack on Speaker Mike Johnson, making sure everyone knows that she’s serious about her threat to try to oust him. Greene’s trying to foment more anger and division, and in one sense it’s working. The problem for her is that she’s made herself the target, as House members are sick of her constant political stunts. Johnson has presided over “a complete and total surrender to, if not complete and...
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When Rep. Matt Gaetz decided in the fall that it was time to try to oust then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the process unfolded rather quickly. On Monday, Oct. 2, the Florida Republican took the procedural step, filing what’s known as a motion to vacate the chair. On Tuesday, Oct. 3 — less than 24 hours after the motion was filed — McCarthy lost his gavel. Months later, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is eager to bring down McCarthy’s successor, though the process is proving to be vastly different....
It sure looks like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t bluffing. The MAGA firebrand from Georgia released a furious five-page letter Tuesday detailing why she filed a motion in March to oust Rep. Mike Johnson from his position as House speaker. At the time, she had described the filing as a “warning.” Her letter marks a new escalation. Capitol Hill observers see her missive as a serious threat to put Johnson’s speakership to a vote. At this point, it appears that if Johnson goes ahead in the...
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has denounced critics who she says mocked her "faith" by ridiculing her claim that this week's total solar eclipse was a sign from God to "repent."Greene claimed on Friday in a post to X, formerly Twitter, that the eclipse, which traversed a large swath of the U.S. on Monday, showed that "God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent," including "earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come."Her comment quickly went viral,...
Yuval RosenbergApril 9, 2024House Republican lawmakers returned from their two-week recess Tuesday and resumed their chaotic infighting right
Former congressman Ken Buck says Marjorie Taylor Greene gets ‘her talking points from the Kremlin’ when opposing Ukraine aidUS politics – latest updatesThe far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is ungovernable and should be known as “Moscow Marjorie”, said a former Republican colleague in the US House, accusing Greene of “getting her talking points from the Kremlin” when opposing new federal aid for Ukraine.“My experience with Marjorie is people have talked to her about not...
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is standing by comments she made about last week's earthquake in the Northeast and Monday's eclipse.The unusual 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the East Coast on Friday. While it caused no widespread damage, the U.S. Geological Survey said more than 42 million people may have felt the quake.The Republican representative then posted on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, that "God is sending America strong signs to tell us to...
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Sunday doubled down on her stance that recent earthquakes and eclipses are "signs for those of us who believe" to repent.Raw Story recently reported that Greene on Friday had issued the stern warning on social media after a magnitude 4.8 earthquake rumbled east coast cities from Philadelphia to Boston and three days before a solar eclipse was slated to cross over the northern hemisphere.After receiving plenty of flak for that remark, she decided to...