RawStory

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to stop 'acting like a maniac' — but just couldn't: conservative

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) couldn't let her rebranded role as a party bridgebuilder last longer than a couple weeks, wrote conservative commentator Matt Lewis for The Daily Beast on Friday — and is now back to her old behavior "acting like a maniac."

Greene, who first gained national attention due to her embrace of QAnon conspiracy theories and has been involved in a variety of inflammatory antics like kicking a youth activist, took an uncharacteristic role during the GOP infighting about electing Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker — in which she whipped support for the GOP Leader, and even got into a public feud with fellow far-right Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) over it.

Keep reading... Show less

Survey identifies a new disturbing trend in the Republican Party's base

A new national survey conducted by the Public Research Institute and Brookings Institution found that a majority of Republicans in the U.S. "are sympathetic to" Christian nationalism, The Guardian reports.

The survey finds more than 50 percent of Republicans identify as one of two groups, showing that 29 percent “of white evangelical Protestants qualify as Christian nationalism adherents,” and 35 percent “qualify as sympathizers.”

Keep reading... Show less

Trump to call Anderson Cooper to the stand at rape accuser's defamation trial: report

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are planning to call CNN's Anderson Cooper to testify in an upcoming civil trial for a lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, in which she's suing Trump for sexual battery.

The New York Daily News reports that both Trump and Carroll are listed as the first potential witness their lawyers will call.

Keep reading... Show less

GOP majority's 'awful and appalling' start torched in brutal Washington Post column

Republicans really covered themselves in glory in their most public week back in the House majority, according to one columnist.

President Joe Biden used their rude heckling to force them into a pledge to protect Social Security and Medicare during his State of the Union address, and both of their public hearings highlighting Hunter Biden's alleged misdeeds and supposed federal targeting of conservatives flopped, wrote Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson.

Keep reading... Show less

'Cartoon supervillain' Marjorie Taylor Greene is crippling the GOP again: Republican aide

Any progress Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made rehabilitating her image by becoming a Republican Party team player may have dissipated due to her antics during President Joe Biden's State of the Union address this past week, according to GOP insiders who spoke with The Daily Beast.

Greene, took center stage that evening by yelling "liar" at the president as he spoke and seemed to revel in the attention despite what appeared to be disapproving glances from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy(R-CA) and now she is facing blowback from some of her colleagues, with one telling reporters, "That needs to be called out.”

Keep reading... Show less

Larry the Cable Guy compares Marjorie Taylor Greene to angry ex-girlfriend — and his fans revolt

Comedian Daniel Lawrence Whitney — a.k.a., "Larry the Cable Guy" — made a joke at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's expense and received a backlash from some of his fans.

In response to Greene's repeated heckling of President Joe Biden at this week's State of the Union address, Larry took to Twitter to compare her to a comedian's bitter ex-girlfriend who comes to heckle them at their shows shortly after a breakup.

Keep reading... Show less

GOP 'heckling' during Biden’s SOTU warns of disturbing change in the party’s direction: analysis

A new analysis suggests Republican lawmakers' behavior during President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech is a disturbing look into the new norm in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a new piece published by The New York Times, Karoun Demirjian pointed out some of the most egregious aspects of lawmakers' antics as she noted that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) even warned them from partaking in "childish games."

Keep reading... Show less

Elon Musk's brain implant company under new investigation: report

Neuralink, the startup founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk to develop implants that will connect directly to people's brains, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation for potentially transporting hazardous pathogens after experimenting on monkeys, reported Business Insider on Thursday.

"A DOT spokesperson confirmed to Insider that the agency was looking into the issue on Thursday after an animal rights group had sent a letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg," reported Grace Kay. "The group, the Physicians Committe of Responsible Medicine (PCRM) said in a press release on Thursday that it had emails and other records that pointed to the possibility that the company had not properly packaged the brain implants from its test monkeys ahead of transportation in compliance with Federal Hazmat Law. PCRM said the documents showed that pathogens, like antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus and Klebsiella, as well as Herpes B virus, had potentially been transported in 2019 without meeting DOT guidelines, including proper sanitization and packaging."

Keep reading... Show less

'Just screaming': 'Irrational' Marjorie Taylor Greene hurls profanity at spy balloon briefing

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made a scene and disrupted a classified briefing about the spy balloon that traveled over the continental U.S., reported The Hill on Thursday.

"Biden administration officials briefed House members behind closed doors in the Capitol Thursday morning on this weekend’s downing of a Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast, which capped off a days-long saga of following the balloon as it floated over the U.S.," reported Mychael Schnell. "One lawmaker who attended the briefing said the exchange between Greene and the officials included profanities."

Keep reading... Show less

Republican hearing to expose alleged Twitter bias 'backfires' spectacularly

A House Oversight Committee hearing held this week to purportedly prove that former Twitter executives colluded with federal government officials to cover up a 2020 New York Post article about Hunter Biden's laptop did not pan out the way Republican members hoped, The Daily Beast reports.

Per CNN, hard-right GOPers in the House, including Rep. James Comer (R-TN), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), have allotted a significant amount of time to push their "factually unsupported narrative" that the so-called "collusion" is designed to suppress conservatives.

Keep reading... Show less

The View cracks up at GOP lawmaker’s swipes at Matt Gaetz

"The View" co-hosts cracked up at Rep. Nancy Mace's cracks against fellow Republicans at the annual Washington Press Club Foundation Congressional Dinner.

The South Carolina Republican took swipes at House majority leader Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump -- in the same joke -- along with Reps. Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert and George Santos.

Keep reading... Show less

Rihanna's obscene anti-Trump graffiti induces a hissy fit from GOP's Ronny Jackson

Singer Rihanna is set to perform at this year's Super Bowl halftime show -- and Trump-loving Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) is not happy about it.

Jackson took to Twitter on Thursday to condemn the National Football League for making Rihanna its halftime performer, given her decision in 2020 to spray paint a "F*ck Trump" message at the Cadillac Ranch tourist attraction in Amarillo, Texas, which allows visitors to leave messages and art on its cars.

Keep reading... Show less

'Really nasty': Dad of fentanyl victim blasts Marjorie Taylor Greene for heckling daughter's story

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was one of multiple Republican lawmakers who heckled President Joe Biden as he told of the story of a 20-year-old woman's death after a fentanyl overdose.

Now that woman's heartbroken father, Doug Griffin – who witnessed the shouting as he sat as a guest at Tuesday's State of the Union – is enraged.

Keep reading... Show less