Marjorie Taylor Greene

The persistent Trump "base" and the Republican members of Congress who maintain fealty to Donald Trump do so for a variety of reasons. They are not a monolithic body but a loosely associated conglomeration of supporters with their own individual or group reasons for remaining loyal to the twice-impeached ex-President.

"Membership" in the Trump base may include entry into one or more of the following categories.

"Late Night" comedian Seth Meyers did an epic two-and-a-half minute rant on Groundhog Day and the absurdity of listening to a rodent about meteorology.

"The rest of us are out here in a life or death battle over anti-science psychopaths taking over our government," Meyers explained. "So, it really doesn't help our case if we're out here using animals to predict the weather. Because it's hard to make fun of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her Jewish Space Laser while you supposed blue-staters are wearing top-hats and gathering around a hole in the ground waiting to find out if you can book tee-times based on which way a woodchuck scurries."

The House voted 216 to 210 to issue fines for any official who refuses to go through metal detectors and violate security screenings.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) are among a few officials who said that she would carry her gun to the U.S. Capitol when she served in Congress. It's against the rules to have a gun in Congress. Members can carry them outside of the building, in their offices and wherever else, but not in the Capitol building.

On CNN Tuesday, conservative attorney and Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway said that the Republican Party is mortally threatened by the rise of conspiracy theories within its ranks.

"So this new Congress has been in session for almost a month," said anchor Anderson Cooper. "What does it say that Republicans can't decide if they're the party of Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney, or the party of Donald Trump and QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene?"

When speaking to Fox News, even Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) dodged questions about QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). It prompted MSNBC host Joy Reid to ask if Republicans even know how to stand up anymore.

Former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum explained that the GOP is in a "trap."

On Tuesday's edition of CNN's "OutFront," former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) expressed her confidence that pro-QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will be stripped of her committee assignments — and urged the GOP to go further and expel her from the caucus altogether.

"I don't think it's going to be a tough vote tomorrow," said Comstock. "I think Marjorie Greene will be gone and kicked off her committees, whether it's done by Republicans or Democrats, and I'm confident that Liz Cheney will retain her leadership position. So I wouldn't — the loudmouths that are out there all of the time attacking Liz or attacking others, they don't represent the entire conference, and I think a lot of the conference is sick of these loudmouths intimidating them into this dead-end policy of supporting people like Marjorie Greene."

Conservative South Dakota Senator John Thune has finally come out against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her conspiracy theories. Republicans remained largely quiet for about a week as Democrats piled on Greene's statements and attacks of school shooting survivor David Hogg.

Speaking on the Senate floor Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) couldn't even say Greene's name, noting that he doesn't support the "loony" conspiracies. But Thune questioned the path the Republican Party seems to be continuing down.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) sent a note from home to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Tuesday, citing some of the same conspiracy theories that she spouts.

In a tweet of the note, Greene revealed that the "Republican Party Chairs and Members of the 14th District" attacked Democrats using ridiculous conspiracy theories twisted by QAnon Republicans. For this reason, they believe there is a double standard for Greene, who spread lies about a Jewish Space Laser, school shooting denialism, and claims 9/11 was an inside job and no plane ever hit the Pentagon.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is continuing to draw criticism from Democrats after her slate of conspiracy theories were exposed by CNN and other media outlets.

Speaking to MSNBC on Tuesday, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) explained that of all things, Congress is a "collegial body" above all else.

In a recent Fox News segment, host Tucker Carlson came to the defense of Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, right-wing conspiracy theorist and QAnon adherent, accusing cable networks of disproportionately focusing on her while ignoring news about the newly-minted Biden administration.

"So, how dangerous is this three-named congresswoman you probably have never heard of? Well, so dangerous that in the name of democracy, she must be expelled tonight from the Congress. That's what they're saying," Carlson sarcastically said during the segment.

Throughout Donald Trump's one term as president, conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin repeatedly warned that extremism would ultimately cause the Republican Party to shrink. And in a column published this week, Rubin stresses that the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol Building is causing the GOP to shrink even more.

Trump, in 2020, ran a rally-the-base campaign — and he continued to be popular with his hardcore MAGA base. But extremism, Rubin has been warning Republicans, alienates many others. And she makes her case by citing recent reporting by National Public Radio and The Hill.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was instantly fact-checked after suggesting that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) had not actually made outlandish statements about 9/11, mass shootings and her Democratic colleagues.

The newly elected Georgia Republican made frequent social media postings over the years claiming that 9/11 and mass shootings were false-flag events and expressing support for the execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former president Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton -- and Graham wondered whether those posts were fakes.