Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene's attacks repurposed as newest Biden ad

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) attempted to attack President Joe Biden at the Turning Points Action conference over the weekend by saying he wants to finish the work of FDR and LBJ. So, he turned it into a positive campaign ad to promote his beliefs and accomplishments.

In her speech, Greene began by cautioning the crowd that Biden is trying to "finish what FDR started" by trying to address problems related to "education, medical care, urban problems, rural poverty, transportation, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps and welfare."

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Marjorie Taylor Greene praises 'Israel's Apartheid Wall' at a border hearing

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) praised "Israel's Apartheid Wall" and other border fences that prevent the migration of refugees.

At Tuesday's House Homeland Security Committee hearing, Greene complained about steps DHS took to protect communities from border wall construction.

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GOP lawmakers greet Trump target letter with profanity and bravado: 'Gonna make his numbers go up'

House Republicans rallied around Donald Trump after the former president revealed he was a target in the Jan. 6 investigation.

Trump has already been impeached for his role in the insurrection, although GOP senators acquitted him, and House Republicans came to his defense after the ex-president announced he had been sent a target letter by special counsel Jack Smith, reported The Messenger.

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Kevin McCarthy claims Trump's Jan. 6 target letter was sent because he 'went up in the polls'

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reacted to Donald Trump's revelation that he received a letter stating he is a target in an investigation into the Jan. 6 attacks.

"Well, I guess under a Biden administration, Biden America, you'd expect this," McCarthy told reporters. "If you notice, recently, President Trump went up in the polls and was actually surpassing President Biden for re-election."

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‘I’m through with her’: Top Georgia GOP leader splits with Marjorie Taylor Greene

A top Georgia Republican party leader has split with one of the state’s most high-profile – and controversial – political figures.

Brian K. Pritchard, the newly elected first vice-chair of the Georgia GOP, said on his online show Friday that he’s “through” with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after the congresswoman’s ongoing support for the Republican establishment at the expense of her ultraconservative allies, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

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'Famously fractious' House Freedom Caucus members jockey for leadership roles: report

In June, members of the House Freedom Caucus voted to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) from the group — and not for being a far-right conspiracy theorist.

One factor was reportedly the animosity between Greene and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado). Another was Greene's alliance with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California), who Freedom Caucus members view as not being MAGA enough.

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Santos censure: Dems to put swing-district Republicans on the spot by forcing vote

Democrats in the House of Representatives are plotting to put their Republican colleagues from swing districts on the spot this week by forcing a vote to censure scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY).

The New York Times reports that Democrats are planning to push the resolution to get Santos' GOP critics on record to see if they will really back up their tough talk about the New York congressman, who was hit with a 13-count indictment earlier this year and who has been exposed as a serial liar who fabricated his academic history, work history, and family history.

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'Caught us': White House fires back at Marjorie Taylor Greene's attack on making 'life easier'

The White House on Monday took on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after she accused President Joe Biden of working to improve the country.

During a Turning Point Action Conference on Sunday, Greene compared Biden to President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Bitter feud between MTG and Boebert could erupt into 'a fistfight at any moment': report

The relationship between Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is even worse than it appears.

Their feud triggered the expulsion of Greene from the right-wing Freedom Caucus after she called Boebert a "little b*tch" to her face, but other GOP lawmakers say the acrimony is palpable, reported The Daily Beast.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene ridiculed after her attacks on Biden seem more like compliments

The speech by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at the Turning Point Action conference left some progressives scratching their heads after her attacks on President Joe Biden appeared to be more like compliments.

Ranting at the far-right crowd, Greene attacked programs like Social Security, Medicare and other programs started by the late Democratic presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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'What is wokeness?' Former defense secretary blasts far-right GOP on inclusion

The modern far-right GOP and its obsession with 'culture war' issues can be compared to trying to fight desegregation efforts, argued former Bill Clinton Secretary of Defense William Cohen on CNN Saturday.

Cohen, who has previously said that former president Donald Trump's disrespect for the security of classified information really amounts to a disrespect for the men and women behind that classified information who put their lives on the line for the country, was asked on CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta about the "far-right Republicans" who argue that culture war add-ons recently passed in the House as part of a military budget "will help rid the military to what they describe as wokeness."

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Exclusive: Milo Yiannopoulos settles up with Marjorie Taylor Greene for Kanye West website scandal

Scandal-ridden far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has seemingly settled up — financially — with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

Yiannopoulos reimbursed Greene’s campaign $7,020.16 on May 12 for “use of campaign credit card for personal use,” according to a new Federal Election Commission filing reviewed by Raw Story.

In November, Yiannopoulos had purchased a campaign website domain for Kanye West’s yet-to-be-launched 2024 presidential campaign using Greene’s campaign credit card.

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Nancy Mace privately rages against GOP anti-abortion measure — then votes for it anyway

Author and right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter, who is anti-abortion and supported the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, has been warning fellow Republicans that passing ultra-severe abortion bans is hurting them politically in key swing states. And she reiterated that warning in April after liberal Janet Protasiewicz enjoyed a double-digit victory over far-right Christian nationalist Dan Kelly in a Wisconsin Supreme Court election.

Coulter tweeted, "Pro-lifers: WE WON. Abortion is not a 'constitutional right' anymore! Please stop pushing strict limits on abortion, or there will be no Republicans left."

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