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| image = Marjorie Taylor Greene 117th Congress portrait.jpeg | ||
|alt = Greene smiling and standing in front of American and Georgian flags | |||
| image = Marjorie Greene on Unite America First.jpg | |||
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| caption = Official portrait, 2022 | ||
| state = ] | | state = ] | ||
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| district = {{ushr|GA|14|14th}} | ||
| term_start = January 3, 2021 | | term_start = January 3, 2021 | ||
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| birth_name = Marjorie Taylor | |||
| birth_date = {{bda|1974|5|27}} | |||
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|5|27}} | |||
| birth_place = ], ], U.S. | |||
| birth_place = ], U.S. | |||
| birth_name = Marjorie Taylor | |||
| party = ] | |||
| spouse = Perry Greene | |||
| spouse = {{marriage|Perry Greene|1995|2022|end=divorced}} | |||
| education = ] (]) | |||
| children = 3 | |||
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| residence = ], U.S. | |||
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| website = {{URL|https://greene.house.gov|House website}} | |||
| signature = Marjorie Taylor Greene Signature.svg | |||
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'''Marjorie Taylor Greene''' ({{née}} '''Taylor'''; born May 27, 1974), sometimes referred to by her initials '''MTG''',<ref name="MTG initials2">{{cite news |last1=Kruse |first1=Michael |date=February 25, 2021 |title='Nobody Listened To Me': The Quest to Be MTG |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/25/marjorie-taylor-greene-471481 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527092145/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/25/marjorie-taylor-greene-471481 |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |access-date=May 14, 2021 |newspaper=]}}</ref> is an American ]<ref name="far-right-bundle2">Sources describing Greene as "far-right" include: | |||
'''Marjorie Taylor Greene''' (born May 27, 1974) is an American politician and ] from the ] of ]. She is the ] nominee for {{ushr|GA|14}} in the ]. She drew national attention for supporting the ] ] conspiracy theory in Facebook videos. Greene later distanced herself from the conspiracy theory.<ref name="qanon" /> | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Fram |first1=Alan |last2=Slodysko |first2=Brian |last3=Freking |first3=Kevin |date=February 4, 2021 |title=Divided House officially removes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees, punishing far-right provocateur for violent, racist rhetoric |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-marjorie-taylor-green-house-vote-20210204-tbfopkt6ijainlmzv5dowpxr54-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621232012/https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-marjorie-taylor-green-house-vote-20210204-tbfopkt6ijainlmzv5dowpxr54-story.html |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=June 27, 2021 |newspaper=] |agency=]}} | |||
== Early life == | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Diaz |first1=Daniella |last2=Grayer |first2=Annie |last3=Nobles |first3=Ryan |last4=LeBlanc |first4=Paul |date=April 17, 2021 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene launching 'America First' caucus pushing for 'Anglo-Saxon political tradition' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616142900/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |work=] |quote=Conservative Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is launching a new 'America First' caucus, her office confirmed Friday, bringing together a group of {{strong|far-right}} lawmakers known for their controversial rhetoric.}} | |||
Greene was born in ], on May 27, 1974. She graduated from ] in ],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene: How an Outspoken MAGA Fan Built a Following in a World of Extremists|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=2020-08-12|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|language=en|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812162917/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists|url-status=live}}</ref> and the ] with a ] in business administration.{{fact|date=October 2020}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Woodward |first1=Alex |date=January 29, 2021 |title=Cori Bush explains moving her office away from Marjorie Taylor Greene as GOP congresswoman slams 'Democrat mob' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cori-bush-marjorie-taylor-greene-statement-b1795027.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206204922/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cori-bush-marjorie-taylor-greene-statement-b1795027.html |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=Black congresswoman condemns {{strong|far-right}} lawmaker's 'renewed, repeated antagonisation of the movement for Black lives.'}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Bump |first1=Philip |author-link=Philip Bump |date=March 19, 2021 |title=The emerging far-right 'no' caucus in the House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/19/emerging-far-right-no-caucus-house |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320134614/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/19/emerging-far-right-no-caucus-house/ |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |access-date=March 20, 2021 |newspaper=]}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Sarlin |first1=Benjy |date=January 14, 2021 |title=Some Democrats in Congress are worried their colleagues might kill them |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/some-democrats-congress-are-worried-their-colleagues-might-kill-them-n1254319 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527132023/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/some-democrats-congress-are-worried-their-colleagues-might-kill-them-n1254319 |archive-date=May 27, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=] |quote=House members openly accuse {{strong|far-right}} representatives of threatening their health and safety after the Capitol riot.}} | |||
* {{Cite news |last1=Karni |first1=Annie |author-link=Annie Karni |last2=Baker |first2=Mike |date=February 1, 2021 |title=An emboldened extremist wing is flexing its power in a leaderless G.O.P. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/an-emboldened-extremist-wing-is-flexing-its-power-in-a-leaderless-gop.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315154733/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/an-emboldened-extremist-wing-is-flexing-its-power-in-a-leaderless-gop.html |archive-date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=With the departure of former President Donald J. Trump, the G.O.P. has become a leaderless party, with past standard-bearers changing their voter registrations, luminaries like Senator Rob Portman of Ohio retiring, and {{strong|far-right}} extremists like Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia building a brand on a web of dangerous conspiracy theories.}} | |||
* {{Cite news |last=Elliott |first=Josh K. |date=January 29, 2021 |title='Jewish space laser' among wild hoaxes backed by GOP's Marjorie Taylor Greene |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7607501/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621203409/https://globalnews.ca/news/7607501/marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-laser/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=] |quote=Greene was an active {{strong|far-right}} conspiracy theorist before her election, and she has continued to push many of those beliefs, including the QAnon hoax.}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Gambino |first1=Lauren |date=February 6, 2021 |title=Who is the Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/06/who-is-marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-qanon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722120721/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/06/who-is-marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-qanon |archive-date=July 22, 2021 |access-date=August 1, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=Greene represents an ascending {{strong|far-right}} movement within the Republican ranks ... .}} | |||
* {{cite journal |last=Blee |first=Kathleen |date=June 1, 2021 |title=Women in white supremacist extremism |url=https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/ejpg/4/2/article-p315.xml |url-status=live |journal=European Journal of Politics and Gender |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=315–317 |doi=10.1332/251510821X16140911385376 |issn=2515-1088 |s2cid=234319727 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814200830/https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/ejpg/4/2/article-p315.xml |archive-date=August 14, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |quote=Does the ascendancy of female {{strong|far-right}} politicians such as Marine Le Pen (France), Pia Kjærsgaard (Denmark), Frauke Petry and Alice Weidel (Germany), Beata Szydło (Poland), Giorgia Melonic (Italy), Siv Jensen (Norway), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (the US) suggest a parallel opening to women in right-wing extremist movements and networks? |doi-access=free}} | |||
* {{Cite magazine |last=Tiffany |first=Kaitlyn |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Twitter Has No Answers for #DiedSuddenly |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/died-suddenly-documentary-covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theory/672819/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511150627/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/died-suddenly-documentary-covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theory/672819/ |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |access-date=June 6, 2023 |magazine=] |quote=''Died Suddenly'' has been viewed nearly 20 million times and cheered on by {{strong|far-right}} personalities such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Candace Owens.}} | |||
* {{Cite book |last=Leidig |first=Eviane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pR24EAAAQBAJ&dq=Trump%E2%80%99s+presidency+to+note+the+rise+of+popular+far-right+politicians&pg=PP73 |title=The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization |date=September 19, 2023 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-55830-3 |pages=147}} | |||
</ref> politician, businesswoman, and conspiracy theorist<ref>Sources describing Greene as a "conspiracy theorist" include: | |||
* {{cite news |last=Strauss |first=Daniel |date=September 18, 2020 |title=QAnon conspiracy theorist to feel warm embrace of Republicans in Congress |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/18/republican-qanon-congress-marjorie-taylor-greene |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208102301/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/18/republican-qanon-congress-marjorie-taylor-greene |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |work=]}} | |||
== Career == | |||
* {{cite news |date=September 12, 2020 |title=Challenger to QAnon conspiracy theorist drops out of race for US Congress |url=https://www.dw.com/en/challenger-to-qanon-conspiracy-theorist-drops-out-of-race-for-us-congress/a-54902650 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215174935/https://www.dw.com/en/challenger-to-qanon-conspiracy-theorist-drops-out-of-race-for-us-congress/a-54902650 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |work=] |agency=]/]}} | |||
Greene began her 2020 candidacy in {{ushr|GA|6}}, but shifted her campaign to the ] after ] ] announced he would not run for reelection.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stilwell |first=Don |url=https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/news/state/marjorie-greene-officially-shifts-campaign-to-district-congressional-seat/article_2cad8023-f01c-5c2b-a9ff-33447520a498.html |title=Marjorie Greene officially shifts campaign to District 14 congressional seat {{!}} Georgia News |newspaper=] |date=December 13, 2019 |accessdate=June 10, 2020 |archive-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208054911/https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/news/state/marjorie-greene-officially-shifts-campaign-to-district-congressional-seat/article_2cad8023-f01c-5c2b-a9ff-33447520a498.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the days before the primary election, ] took down a Greene video for violating its terms of service. In the video she held an ] and warned "antifa terrorists" to "stay the hell out of Northwest Georgia."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/jun/05/facebook-deletes-marjorie-greene-ad-inciting/524666/ |title=Facebook deletes Georgia congressional candidate Marjorie Greene's ad |work=] |first=Patrick |last=Filbin |date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=September 5, 2020 |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917004626/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/jun/05/facebook-deletes-marjorie-greene-ad-inciting/524666/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* {{cite news |last=Maclean |first=Dave |date=August 12, 2021 |title=Trump endorses QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene after Republican primary win |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/trump-twitter-qanon-marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-primary-2020-election-a9666831.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818003848/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/trump-twitter-qanon-marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-primary-2020-election-a9666831.html |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=Donald Trump has endorsed QAnon conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene ... .}} | |||
* {{cite news |last=Perano |first=Ursula |date=November 4, 2020 |title=Conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene wins House race in Georgia |url=https://www.axios.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-qanon-42e353d6-a0d2-4b1b-9d93-9da86b56e840.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126230918/https://www.axios.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-qanon-42e353d6-a0d2-4b1b-9d93-9da86b56e840.html |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |work=]}} | |||
* {{cite news |date=November 4, 2020 |title=QAnon conspiracy promoter Marjorie Taylor Greene wins seat in US Congress |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/qanon-conspiracy-promoter-marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-seat-in-us-congress/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118193856/https://www.timesofisrael.com/qanon-conspiracy-promoter-marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-seat-in-us-congress/ |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=January 14, 2021 |work=] |agency=]}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Morin |first1=Rebecca |last2=Jackson |first2=David |last3=Brown |first3=Matthew |date=September 18, 2020 |title=Twitter temporarily suspends account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/17/live-politics-updates-joe-biden-inauguration-donald-trump-impeachment/4196264001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210124144134/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/17/live-politics-updates-joe-biden-inauguration-donald-trump-impeachment/4196264001/ |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=Greene is a firebrand conspiracy theorist who has claimed the United States is experiencing an 'Islamic invasion into our government offices,' ... .}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Weigel |first1=David |author-link=David Weigel |date=January 3, 2021 |title=The final days of the Georgia runoff are getting even nastier |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/03/trailer-final-days-georgia-run-off-are-getting-even-nastier/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210104160735/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/03/trailer-final-days-georgia-run-off-are-getting-even-nastier/ |archive-date=January 4, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conspiracy theorist who represents deep-red northwest Georgia ... .}} | |||
* {{cite news |title=Conspiracy theorist's apparent rise to Congress |url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/09/23/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-conspiracy-georgia-griffin-ctn-pkg-vpx.cnn |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210124150033/https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/09/23/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-conspiracy-georgia-griffin-ctn-pkg-vpx.cnn |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |work=]}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Zanona |first1=Melanie |last2=Mutnick |first2=Ally |last3=Bresnahan |first3=John |date=August 13, 2020 |title=McCarthy faces QAnon squeeze |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/mccarthy-qanon-questions-394439 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228022103/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/mccarthy-qanon-questions-394439 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=The rise of Greene – an unapologetic QAnon conspiracy theorist who has made disparaging remarks about Jews, Blacks, and Muslims – is threatening to hurt the entire party ... .}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Bump |first1=Philip |date=March 19, 2021 |title=The emerging far-right 'no' caucus in the House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/19/emerging-far-right-no-caucus-house |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320134614/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/19/emerging-far-right-no-caucus-house/ |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |access-date=March 20, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=It's also worth noting that the coup in Myanmar has been viewed with approval by adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a movement to which both Greene and Boebert have been linked.}} | |||
* {{cite news |last=Herbert |first=Geoff |date=January 21, 2021 |title=Georgia's Marjorie Taylor Greene files articles of impeachment against Biden |url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/01/georgias-marjorie-taylor-greene-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-biden.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201140643/https://www.al.com/news/2021/01/georgias-marjorie-taylor-greene-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-biden.html |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |work=] |quote=The Trump loyalist and QAnon conspiracy theorist accused Biden of 'abuse of power'.}} | |||
* {{cite news |last1=Rutenberg |first1=Jim |author-link1=Jim Rutenberg |last2=Becker |first2=Jo |author-link2=Jo Becker |last3=Lipton |first3=Eric |author-link3=Eric Lipton |last4=Haberman |first4=Maggie |author-link4=Maggie Haberman |last5=Martin |first5=Jonathan |author-link5=Jonathan Martin (journalist) |last6=Rosenberg |first6=Matthew |author-link6=Matthew Rosenberg |last7=Schmidt |first7=Michael S. |author-link7=Michael S. Schmidt |date=January 31, 2021 |title=77 Days: Trump's Campaign to Subvert the Election |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/trump-election-lie.html |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/us/trump-election-lie.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |newspaper=] |quote=There was encouragement from figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conspiracy theorist just elected to Congress from Georgia, and Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, beamed in on a giant video screen.}}{{cbignore}}</ref> who has been the ] for {{ushr|GA|14}} since 2021.<ref name="aF1w9">{{cite news |last=Levin |first=Sam |date=November 4, 2020 |title=QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene wins seat in US House |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/03/qanon-marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-congress |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104030953/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/03/qanon-marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-congress |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |access-date=November 4, 2020 |work=]}}</ref> A member of the ], she was elected to Congress in ] following the retirement of Republican incumbent ] and was reelected in ]<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Georgia 14th Congressional District Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-georgia-us-house-district-14.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111060708/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-georgia-us-house-district-14.html |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |access-date=November 11, 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lillis|first=Mike|date=November 5, 2024|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4972962-marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia/|title=Greene easily wins reelection in Georgia|work=]|access-date=November 5, 2024}}</ref> | |||
Greene has promoted ] and ] views including the ],<ref name="Polit202006182">{{Cite news |last1=Mutnick |first1=Ally |last2=Zanona |first2=Melanie |date=June 18, 2020 |title=House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812214015/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579 |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="jpost2">{{cite news |last1=Sales |first1=Ben |date=August 27, 2020 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene shared antisemitic and Islamophobic video |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/marjorie-taylor-greene-shared-antisemitic-and-islamophobic-video-640093 |access-date=January 27, 2021 |newspaper=]}}</ref> ], and ].<ref name="CNN202008252">{{cite news |last1=Kaczynski |first1=Andrew |last2=Steck |first2=Em |date=August 25, 2020 |title=GOP candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene spread conspiracies about Charlottesville and 'Pizzagate' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/kfile-marjorie-greene-spread-conspiracies/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128071803/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/kfile-marjorie-greene-spread-conspiracies/index.html |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="TDB202006112">{{cite news |last=Sommer |first=Will |date=June 11, 2020 |title=History! Congress Poised to Get Its First QAnon Believer |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-green-a-georgia-republican-is-poised-to-become-congress-first-qanon-believing-member |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812015220/https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-green-a-georgia-republican-is-poised-to-become-congress-first-qanon-believing-member |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |work=]}}</ref> She has amplified ]<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 2, 2021 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene: Congresswoman faces expulsion threat |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55897126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205182453/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55897126 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 28, 2021 |title=GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has faced a backlash over incendiary social media posts |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-faces-backlash-over-incendiary-social-n1255903 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813135901/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-faces-backlash-over-incendiary-social-n1255903 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |work=NBC News}}</ref> that allege government involvement in ], implicate the ] in ], and suggest ] were a hoax.<ref name="NBC202008142">{{cite news |last=Zadrozny |first=Brandy |author-link=Brandy Zadrozny |date=August 14, 2020 |title=House GOP candidate known for QAnon support was 'correspondent' for conspiracy website |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/georgia-congressional-candidate-s-writings-highlight-qanon-support-n1236724 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228193726/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/georgia-congressional-candidate-s-writings-highlight-qanon-support-n1236724 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="rjgAI2">{{cite news |last=Lonas |first=Lexi |date=January 18, 2021 |title=GOP Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene referred to Parkland school shooting as 'false flag' event on Facebook |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534833-gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-referred-to-parkland-school-shooting-as-false |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302060759/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534833-gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-referred-to-parkland-school-shooting-as-false |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Edmondson |first=Catie |date=January 30, 2021 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's Controversies Are Piling Up. Republicans Are Quiet. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-republicans.html |access-date=May 9, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Before running for Congress, Greene supported calls to ] prominent ] politicians, including ] and ].<ref name="cnn210126">{{cite news |last1=Steck |first1=Em |last2=Kaczynski |first2=Andrew |author-link2=Andrew Kaczynski |date=January 26, 2021 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before running for Congress |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-democrats-violence/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303061008/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/26/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-democrats-violence/index.html |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=January 26, 2021 |work=CNN}}</ref> As a congresswoman, she equated the Democratic Party with ], and compared ] to the persecution of Jews during ],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Sinéad |date=May 28, 2021 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene tripled down on her Holocaust narrative, saying Nazis were the 'National Socialist party' of their time like the Democrats are now |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-compares-nazi-party-democrats-2021-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324123705/https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-compares-nazi-party-democrats-2021-5 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=May 28, 2021 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 29, 2021 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene compares Democrats to Nazis |url=https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-compares-democrats-to-nazis-669544 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213100911/https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-compares-democrats-to-nazis-669544 |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=July 9, 2021 |newspaper=] |agency=]}}</ref><ref name="Allan">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Allan |date=May 23, 2021 |title='Evil lunacy': GOP lawmakers slam Marjorie Taylor Greene's mask comparison to Holocaust |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/evil-lunacy-gop-lawmakers-slam-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-mask-n1268271 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626072256/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/evil-lunacy-gop-lawmakers-slam-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-mask-n1268271 |archive-date=June 26, 2023 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |work=]}}</ref> later apologizing for this comparison.<ref name="Marcos">{{Cite news |last=Marcos |first=Cristina |date=June 14, 2021 |title=Greene apologizes for comparing vaccine rules to Holocaust |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/558393-greene-apologizes-for-comparing-vaccine-rules-to-holocaust |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406110743/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/558393-greene-apologizes-for-comparing-vaccine-rules-to-holocaust/ |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |access-date=June 14, 2021 |work=]}}</ref> During the ], Greene promoted ] and praised ].<ref name="ft20222">{{cite news |title=Pro-Putin Republicans break ranks by heaping praise on Kremlin: Far-right lawmakers prompt outrage as US public opinion is overwhelmingly united in support of Ukraine |url=https://www.ft.com/content/fd870fa9-007a-4cd4-bffc-d72aa2a35767 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417203048/https://www.ft.com/content/fd870fa9-007a-4cd4-bffc-d72aa2a35767 |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |newspaper=]}}</ref> Greene identifies as a ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tyler |first1=Amanda |date=July 27, 2022 |title=Opinion: Marjorie Taylor Greene's words on Christian nationalism are a wake-up call |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/opinions/christian-nationalism-marjorie-taylor-greene-tyler/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805212342/https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/opinions/christian-nationalism-marjorie-taylor-greene-tyler/index.html |archive-date=August 5, 2022 |access-date=July 29, 2022 |work=] |quote='We need to be the party of nationalism and I'm a Christian, and I say it proudly, we should be Christian nationalists,' Greene said in an interview while attending the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Florida on Saturday.}}</ref> | |||
Greene finished in first place in the primary election and faced John Cowan in the runoff election.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/marjorie-greene-john-cowan-likely-headed-for-runoff-in-georgias-14th-congressional-district/article_fd3b400e-ab27-11ea-bc3e-d7ad0cb56b48.html |title=Marjorie Greene, John Cowan likely headed for runoff in Georgia's 14th Congressional District |newspaper=The Calhoun Times |agency=Capitol Beat News Service |first=Beau |last=Evans |date=June 10, 2020 |accessdate=June 13, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611055834/https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/marjorie-greene-john-cowan-likely-headed-for-runoff-in-georgias-14th-congressional-district/article_fd3b400e-ab27-11ea-bc3e-d7ad0cb56b48.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Greene defeated Cowan to win the nomination on August 11. Greene is considered an overwhelming favorite to win the seat in the general election, as the 14th typically votes heavily Republican.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-georgia-primary.html|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon Supporter, Wins House Primary in Georgia|first1=Matthew|last1=Rosenberg|first2=Astead W.|last2=Herndon|first3=Nick|last3=Corasaniti|date=August 11, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|work=The New York Times|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812060224/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-georgia-primary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The 14th has a ] of R+27, making it the 10th most Republican district in the nation and the third most Republican district in the Eastern Time Zone. Among Georgia's congressional districts, only the neighboring ] is more Republican. ] carried the 14th with 75 percent of the vote in 2016, his eighth-best performance in the nation.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904082835/https://cookpolitical.com/pvi-map-and-district-list |date=September 4, 2020 }} for the 116th Congress</ref> On the day after Greene's runoff victory, Trump tweeted his support for her, describing Greene as a "future Republican Star" who "is strong on everything and never gives up — a real WINNER!"<ref>{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Max|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/trump-georgia-qanon-taylor-greene-394204|title=Trump calls Georgia GOP candidate who embraces QAnon a 'future Republican Star'|work=Politico|date=August 12, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907171705/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/trump-georgia-qanon-taylor-greene-394204|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
A vocal advocate of former president ], Greene aided and supported Trump's ] and has promoted ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Funke |first=Daniel |date=February 2, 2021 |title=What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/feb/02/what-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-has-said-about-ele/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523060731/https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/feb/02/what-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-has-said-about-ele/ |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2021 |website=]}}</ref> She called for the results of the ] to be decertified,<ref name="KMX2y">{{cite news |last1=Raju |first1=Manu |author-link=Manu Raju |date=January 4, 2021 |title=Georgia GOP representative: 'Our elections should be decertified' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-biden-transition-georgia-runoff/h_d6d4ba740c7e7205282f404076ae4d4f |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116155846/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-biden-transition-georgia-runoff/h_d6d4ba740c7e7205282f404076ae4d4f |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |access-date=January 13, 2021 |work=]}}</ref> and was part of ] who unsuccessfully challenged votes for ] during the ], even though federal agencies and courts overseeing the election found no evidence of electoral fraud.<ref>Multiple sources: | |||
Assuming she wins election, she will be the second Republican woman to represent Georgia in the House. The first, ], was elected to represent the 6th in a ],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/karen-handel-first-gop-woman-rep-congress-wins/index.html|title=Handel first female GOP rep elected to Congress in Georgia|first1=Sophie|last1=Tatum|work=]|date=June 21, 2017|access-date=September 6, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111213803/http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/21/politics/karen-handel-first-gop-woman-rep-congress-wins/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but was defeated for a full term in 2018. However, Greene would be the first Republican woman elected to a full term from a Georgia district. | |||
* {{Cite news |last1=Yourish |first1=Karen |last2=Buchanan |first2=Larry |last3=Lu |first3=Denise |date=January 7, 2021 |title=The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423062810/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html |archive-date=April 23, 2022 |access-date=January 10, 2021 |newspaper=]}} | |||
Greene was initially expected to face Democratic IT specialist Kevin Van Ausdal. However, on September 11, 2020, Van Ausdal withdrew from the race. This left Greene unopposed for the general election, though the district is so heavily Republican that Van Ausdal faced very long odds even if he had remained in the race.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/why-marjorie-taylor-greenes-opponent-quit-the-house-race/E3TYSMAAPRDUPPB6F3BBQAFCME/ |title=Why Marjorie Taylor Greene's opponent quit the House race |first1=Greg |last1=Bluestein |newspaper=] |date=September 12, 2020 |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912105042/https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/why-marjorie-taylor-greenes-opponent-quit-the-house-race/E3TYSMAAPRDUPPB6F3BBQAFCME/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the 14th's creation in 2012, no Democrat has won even 30 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=GA - District 14 - History |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=142218 |website=Our Campaigns |accessdate=October 23, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027024745/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=142218 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* {{cite news |last=Denean |first=Austin |date=November 12, 2020 |title=DHS agency: 'Nov. 3 election was most secure in American history' |url=https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/dhs-agency-nov-3-election-was-most-secure-in-american-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419055943/https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/dhs-agency-nov-3-election-was-most-secure-in-american-history |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=November 13, 2020 |work=] |via=]}} | |||
* {{cite news |last=Balsamo |first=Michael |date=December 1, 2020 |title=Disputing Trump, Barr says no widespread election fraud |url=https://apnews.com/article/barr-no-widespread-election-fraud-b1f1488796c9a98c4b1a9061a6c7f49d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624040141/https://apnews.com/article/barr-no-widespread-election-fraud-b1f1488796c9a98c4b1a9061a6c7f49d |archive-date=June 24, 2021|work=]}} | |||
* {{cite news |date=February 15, 2021 |title=Fact check: Courts have dismissed multiple lawsuits of alleged electoral fraud presented by Trump campaign |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-courts-election-idUSKBN2AF1G1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210530234632/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-courts-election-idUSKBN2AF1G1 |archive-date=May 30, 2021 |work=]}}</ref> Days after Biden's inauguration, Greene filed ] of ] alleging ].<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://greene.house.gov/media/press-releases/marjorie-taylor-greene-r-ga-releases-video-statement-white-house-jan-6 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) Releases Video Statement from White House on Jan. 6 Electoral Objection |last1=Greene |first1=Marjorie Taylor |date=January 3, 2021 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428015351/https://greene.house.gov/media/press-releases/marjorie-taylor-greene-r-ga-releases-video-statement-white-house-jan-6}}</ref><ref name="gjSMp">{{cite news |last=Marcos |first=Cristina |date=January 21, 2021 |title=Rep. Marjorie Greene files articles of impeachment against Biden |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/535317-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-biden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429193846/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/535317-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-biden |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=January 24, 2021 |newspaper=]}}</ref> | |||
On February 4, 2021, the ] voted to remove Greene from all committee roles in response to her endorsements of ]. Eleven Republicans joined unanimous Democrats in the vote.<ref name="CNN_020421">{{cite news |last1=Foran |first1=Clare |last2=Diaz |first2=Daniella |last3=Grayer |first3=Annie |date=February 4, 2021 |title=House votes to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/house-vote-marjorie-taylor-greene-committee-assignments/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611015705/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/house-vote-marjorie-taylor-greene-committee-assignments/index.html |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |access-date=February 4, 2021 |work=]}}</ref><ref name="Roll Call 252">{{cite web |date=February 4, 2021 |title=Roll Call 25 {{!}} Bill Number: H. Res. 72 |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202125 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618090839/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202125 |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |access-date=February 18, 2021 |website=]}}</ref> Greene was appointed to new committee roles in January 2023.<ref name="NewCom12">{{cite news |last1=Zanona |first1=Melanie |last2=Raju |first2=Manu |date=January 17, 2023 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar get committee assignments |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar-committee-assignments/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202223424/https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar-committee-assignments/index.html |archive-date=February 2, 2023 |access-date=February 3, 2023 |work=CNN}}</ref><ref name="NewCom22">{{cite magazine |last=Ramírez |first=Nikki |date=January 25, 2023 |title=Covid Conspiracist Marjorie Taylor Greene Tapped to Investigate the Government's Covid Response |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-house-covid-committee-1234668012/?sub_action=logged_in |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203152550/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-house-covid-committee-1234668012/?sub_action=logged_in |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |access-date=February 3, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In June 2023, Greene was expelled from the conservative ] after insulting fellow caucus member Congresswoman ].<ref name="expl2">{{cite news |last1=Carney |first1=Jordain |date=July 6, 2023 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene booted from House Freedom Caucus |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-booted-out-of-freedom-caucus-member-says-00104997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201194401/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-booted-out-of-freedom-caucus-member-says-00104997 |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |newspaper=Politico}}</ref> Greene unsuccessfully attempted to oust ] from his role as ] on May 8, 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Edmondson |first1=Catie |last2=Hulse |first2=Carl |last3=Guo |first3=Kayla |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Johnson Survives Greene's Ouster Attempt as Democrats Join G.O.P. to Kill It |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/us/politics/greene-johnson-vacate.html |access-date=May 9, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> | |||
=== Support of conspiracy theories === | |||
Greene supported the far-right ] conspiracy theory, saying in videos posted in 2017 on Facebook that the theories were "worth listening to".<ref>{{cite news|last=Sommer|first=Will|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-green-a-georgia-republican-is-poised-to-become-congress-first-qanon-believing-member|title=HISTORY! Congress Poised to Get Its First QAnon Believer|work=The Daily Beast|date=June 11, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812015220/https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-green-a-georgia-republican-is-poised-to-become-congress-first-qanon-believing-member|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nicholasreimann">{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/06/10/a-qanon-follower-may-win-this-us-congressional-seat/|title=A QAnon Follower May Win This U.S. Congressional Seat|first=Nicholas|last=Reimann|website=Forbes|date=June 10, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815195446/https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/06/10/a-qanon-follower-may-win-this-us-congressional-seat/|url-status=live}}</ref> She posted 57 articles found in the archives of the American Truth Seeker website.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/14/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-candidate-wrote-dozen/ |title=Majorie Taylor Greene, QAnon candidate, wrote dozens of articles for conspiracy theory website |newspaper=] |first=Andrew |last=Blake |date=August 14, 2020 |access-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819163613/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/14/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-candidate-wrote-dozen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Greene later distanced herself from the conspiracy theory and rejected the label of "QAnon candidate."<ref name="qanon">{{Cite news |last=Schultz |first=Marisa |date=2020-08-14 |title=Marjorie Greene, controversial Georgia Republican, says she's not a QAnon candidate |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-greene-georgia-gop-says-shes-not-a-qanon-candidate |access-date=2020-08-19 |work=] |language=en-US |archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820042127/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-greene-georgia-gop-says-shes-not-a-qanon-candidate |url-status=live }}</ref> She had stated in a video, "There's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of ]-worshiping pedophiles out, and I think we have the president to do it."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Domonoske |first=Camila |date=August 12, 2020 |title=QAnon Supporter Who Made Bigoted Videos Wins Ga. Primary, Likely Heading To Congress |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901628541/qanon-supporter-who-made-bigoted-videos-wins-ga-primary-likely-heading-to-congre |work=] |access-date=September 5, 2020 |archive-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817000853/https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901628541/qanon-supporter-who-made-bigoted-videos-wins-ga-primary-likely-heading-to-congre |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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In a 2017 video posted to ], Greene expressed doubt that the perpetrator of the ] acted alone.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lawton |last=Sack |date=2019-05-30 |title=Las Vegas Shooting Conspiracist Running in GA-6 |url=https://www.georgiapol.com/2019/05/30/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracist-running-in-ga-6/ |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=GeorgiaPol |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916220137/https://www.georgiapol.com/2019/05/30/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracist-running-in-ga-6/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She also called ], a Jewish businessman and ] survivor, a ].<ref>{{cite news |first1=Ben |last1=Nadler |first2=Russ |last2=Bynum |date=August 12, 2020 |title=QAnon-supporting candidate unrepentant despite GOP criticism |url=https://apnews.com/d78785cf8183d11c7e52d7aad5949279 |access-date=2020-08-13 |website=AP NEWS |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813023115/https://apnews.com/d78785cf8183d11c7e52d7aad5949279 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="racistvideos">{{Cite news |title=House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos |first1=Ally |last1=Mutnick |first2=Melanie |last2=Zanona |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579 |date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=2020-08-12 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812214015/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the ], Greene stated that the election of ] and ] was part of "an Islamic invasion of our government."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Behrmann|first=Savannah|title=Trump calls QAnon conspiracy theory supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene a GOP 'star' after Georgia win|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/11/qanon-conspiracy-theory-supporter-marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-primary/3351661001/|work=USA Today|date=August 12, 2020|access-date=August 12, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812071354/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/11/qanon-conspiracy-theory-supporter-marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-primary/3351661001/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
== Early life and education == | |||
In 2018, Greene expressed support for a ] that a plane did not hit ] during the ], saying that "it's odd there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon," despite video evidence.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Relman |first1=Eliza |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congressional candidate endorsed by Trump, claimed there's 'no evidence' a plane crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-endorsed-by-trump-promotes-911-conspiracy-2020-8 |website=] |date=14 August 2020 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813214347/https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-endorsed-by-trump-promotes-911-conspiracy-2020-8 |url-status=live }}</ref> She later admitted on Twitter that the 9/11 conspiracy theory is "not correct."<ref name="qanon" /> | |||
Marjorie Taylor<ref name=Bethea/> was born in ], on May 27, 1974,<ref name="1LZ3z">{{Cite news|last=Rodrigo|first=Chris Mills|date=November 30, 2020|title=Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.-14)|url=https://thehill.com/new-members-guide-2020/527754-rep-elect-marjorie-taylor-greene-r-ga-14|access-date=December 3, 2020|work=]|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203162025/https://thehill.com/new-members-guide-2020/527754-rep-elect-marjorie-taylor-greene-r-ga-14|url-status=live}}</ref> the daughter of Robert Taylor.<ref name=Bethea /> She graduated from ] in ], in 1992,<ref name="Greene, Marjorie Taylor">{{cite web | |||
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}}</ref><ref name="SPLC2019">{{Cite news|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene: How an Outspoken MAGA Fan Built a Following in a World of Extremists|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists|date=August 16, 2019|access-date=August 12, 2020|work=]|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812162917/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists|url-status=live}}</ref> and the ] with a ] in 1996.<ref name="SPLC2019" /><ref name="8WpNC">{{cite news |last1=Dickson |first1=E. J. |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump's Favorite QAnon Candidate, Wins Georgia Primary |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-qanon-congress-1043129/ |access-date=November 5, 2020 |magazine=] |date=August 12, 2020 |archive-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102133854/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-qanon-congress-1043129/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In statements made in 2019<ref>{{cite news|last= Galloway|first= Jim|date= July 29, 2019|title= Next year's Sixth District contest could be an in-your-face debate over guns|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/next-year-sixth-district-contest-could-your-face-debate-over-guns/F8bEviF0ZwtQsVZ4tc1J6K/|work= ]|access-date= February 5, 2005|archive-date= February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215074932/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/next-year-sixth-district-contest-could-your-face-debate-over-guns/F8bEviF0ZwtQsVZ4tc1J6K/|url-status= live}}</ref> and in a February 4, 2021 ] floor speech, Greene explained her position on ] and ]. In those remarks, she alluded to being affected by a ] at her high school in which an armed student held 53 students hostage for over five hours.<ref>{{cite news|last= Looney|first= Emily|date= September 6, 1990|title= Teen Who Held Hostages In School in Georgia Surrenders After 5 Hours|url=https://apnews.com/article/b41718f3d339dabd4c7d1cf700cc8a45|work=]|access-date= February 5, 2021|archive-date= February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208085929/https://apnews.com/article/b41718f3d339dabd4c7d1cf700cc8a45|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tagami|first=Ty|date=February 4, 2021|title=Greene references gun incident at her Georgia high school|url=https://www.ajc.com/education/greene-references-gun-incident-at-her-georgia-high-school/H4IJIIOFOJFFJAIW42LX7COHWE/|work=]|access-date=February 5, 2021|archive-date=February 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215074939/https://www.ajc.com/education/greene-references-gun-incident-at-her-georgia-high-school/H4IJIIOFOJFFJAIW42LX7COHWE/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
After the first round of voting in the 2020 election, '']'' re-released videos published by Greene in which she expressed racist, antisemitic, and Islamophobic views. The videos were later condemned by Congressmen ] and ] and received criticism in the media.<ref name="racistvideos" /><ref name="nicholasreimann" /> | |||
== Early career == | |||
On September 3, 2020, Greene shared a meme to her Facebook page depicting herself holding an AR-15 style rifle next to a collage of pictures of Democratic congresswomen ], ] and ]. Greene claimed that it was time for Republicans to "go on the offense against these socialists who want to rip our country apart."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bade|first1=Rachael|last2=Wagner|first2=John|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gun-squad-photo/2020/09/04/bb1da24c-eebc-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html|title=GOP candidate poses with rifle, says she's targeting 'socialist' congresswomen|work=The Washington Post|date=September 4, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905021818/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gun-squad-photo/2020/09/04/bb1da24c-eebc-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> House Speaker ] denounced the meme as a "dangerous threat of violence," and Omar demanded that the meme be deleted after claiming that it had already triggered death threats. In response to questions from '']'' about whether the meme was a threat, a spokesperson for the Greene campaign called the suggestion "paranoid and ridiculous" and a "conspiracy theory."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/09/03/trump-backed-qanon-candidate-posts-meme-showing-off-gun-and-urging-offense-against-aoc-the-squad/|title=Trump-Backed QAnon Candidate Posts Meme Showing Off Gun And Urging 'Going On The Offense' Against AOC, The Squad|first=Jack|last=Brewster|work=]|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905201035/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/09/03/trump-backed-qanon-candidate-posts-meme-showing-off-gun-and-urging-offense-against-aoc-the-squad/|url-status=live}}</ref> Facebook deleted the meme the following day for violating its policies on inciting violence, prompting Greene to claim that Democrats were "trying to ] before I've even taken the oath of office."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/facebook-removes-candidates-squad-post-409175|title=Facebook removes QAnon-supporting candidate's 'squad' post for inciting violence|first1=Cristiano|last1=Lima|work=]|date=September 4, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904223908/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/facebook-removes-candidates-squad-post-409175|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 2002, Greene's father sold Taylor Commercial, an ]-based general-contracting company that he had founded, to Greene and her then-husband, Perry.<ref name=Bethea /><ref name="SPLC2019" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Taylor Commercial Inc|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/7598387Z:US|access-date=July 3, 2021|website=]|type=company profile|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709200434/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/7598387Z:US|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2019, Greene and Perry were the company's vice president and president, respectively.<ref name="SPLC2019" /> Greene was listed as the ] of Taylor Commercial from 2007 to 2011,<ref name="Bethea" /> but a 2021 '']'' investigation determined that she had no significant presence at the company.<ref name="Schrade">{{cite news|last1=Schrade|first1=Brad|date=April 23, 2021|title=Businesswoman image key to Marjorie Taylor Greene's rise|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/national-politics/businesswoman-image-key-to-greenes-rise/5RX3LQEGUJFI5P6N6EQWZCA5T4/|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=May 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508215918/https://www.ajc.com/politics/national-politics/businesswoman-image-key-to-greenes-rise/5RX3LQEGUJFI5P6N6EQWZCA5T4/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, Greene stepped down as the company's CFO and began ] training.<ref name="Schrade" /> | |||
By 2012, Greene worked as a part-time coach at an Alpharetta CrossFit gym.<ref name="Bethea" /> In August 2013, she opened CrossFit Passion in Alpharetta with Travis Mayer, a CrossFit athlete. Greene left the business in early 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last=Freiberg|first=Christopher|date=August 6, 2013|title=Crossfit comeback: Alpharetta athlete competes in national games|work=Forsyth Herald|url=https://www.northfulton.com/sports/crossfit-comeback-alpharetta-athlete-competes-in-national-games/article_9545c5c9-6dc5-57a1-950c-f4e1504a66db.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509192840/https://www.appenmedia.com/sports/crossfit-comeback-alpharetta-athlete-competes-in-national-games/article_9545c5c9-6dc5-57a1-950c-f4e1504a66db.html|archive-date=May 9, 2021}}</ref> In a 2015 interview, Greene said she and Mayer knew little about how to run a business when they started.<ref name="Schrade" /> | |||
Greene has said that she became politically engaged during the ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Connell|first=Oliver|date=March 11, 2021|title='The system has to be torn down': Marjorie Taylor Greene rants about 's***hole' DC in interview with Steve Bannon|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-dc-steve-bannon-b1816110.html|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193223/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-dc-steve-bannon-b1816110.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she began writing for the now defunct American Truth Seekers, a conspiracy news website, which published 59 articles by Greene.<ref name="NBC20200814" /> In January 2018, she started writing for ], a pro-police ], which featured 27 articles Greene authored.<ref name="MTG initials">{{cite news|last1=Kruse|first1=Michael|date=February 25, 2021|title='Nobody Listened To Me': The Quest to Be MTG|work=]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/25/marjorie-taylor-greene-471481|url-status=live|access-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210527092145/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/25/marjorie-taylor-greene-471481|archive-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/author/marjorie-greene/ | |||
| title = Articles: Majorie Taylor Greene | |||
| date = 2018 | |||
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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Jesselyn|last2=Robins-Early|first2=Nick|date=June 17, 2020|title=Inside The Dangerous Online Fever Swamps Of American Police|work=]|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-protests-floyd-law-enforcement-today-rant_n_5ee3ef5fc5b699cea53196b4|url-status=live|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505063518/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-protests-floyd-law-enforcement-today-rant_n_5ee3ef5fc5b699cea53196b4|archive-date=May 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wong|first=Julia Carrie|author-link=Julia Carrie Wong|date=September 10, 2020|title='Rumors spread like wildfire': false posts claiming activists started Oregon fires flood social media|work=]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/10/oregon-fires-cause-rumors-activists-social-media|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115174728/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/10/oregon-fires-cause-rumors-activists-social-media|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Greene visited ] to protest against a Republican gun control compromise.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bedard|first=Paul|date=August 21, 2020|title=Marjorie Greene declares war on media 'garbage' and politically correct 'poison'|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/marjorie-greene-declares-war-on-media-garbage-pc-poison|work=]|access-date=February 7, 2021|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204190755/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/marjorie-greene-declares-war-on-media-garbage-pc-poison|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Greene was a top official of the Family America Project, a ] group founded in January 2018. She was a moderator of the organization's ] group. In that group, members posted ] against Democrats; bigotry directed at the ]; and support for multiple conspiracy theories, including claims associated with the ] about the ] being infiltrated by ].<ref name="MoJo Faimily American Project">{{Cite news|last=Corn|first=David|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene was a moderator of a Facebook group featuring death threats and racist memes.|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-john-birch-society/|work=]|date=February 3, 2021|access-date=March 30, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302092922/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-john-birch-society/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Efn|Other claims in the Facebook group included ]; ]; ]; the Pizzagate conspiracy theory; accusations that ] is an "ex-Nazi billionaire" who funds nearly all of "the Democratic liberal agenda" and "OWNS ], most members of congress, Matter]], and ]"; that ] and ] had set out to "destroy America" but were foiled by ]; that the "]" would deploy "]s on the military and whole cities" if Donald Trump refused to step down as president; and that a "cabal of ruling elites" seeks to form a "]".<ref name="MoJo Faimily American Project"/>}} | |||
In February 2019, Greene visited the ] and congressional offices.<ref name="Steck1">{{cite news |last1=Steck |first1=Em |last2=Kaczynski |first2=Andrew |title=Since-deleted video shows Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office during 2019 Capitol Hill visit |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/14/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/index.html |access-date=May 15, 2021 |work=] |date=May 14, 2021 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515212525/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/14/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a ] video Greene posted on ], she is seen outside Representative ]'s office, calling through the mail slot for Ocasio-Cortez to unlock the door and "face the American citizens that you serve". She also asserted that Ocasio-Cortez should "get rid of diaper".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ellefson|first=Lindsey|date=May 14, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Has History of Harassing Ocasio-Cortez, 2019 Footage Shows (Video)|url=https://www.thewrap.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-aoc-2019/|access-date=June 25, 2021|work=]|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625011901/https://www.thewrap.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-aoc-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene also referred to Ocasio-Cortez's office as a day care center.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Itkowitz|first=Colby|date=May 14, 2021|title=Greene searched Capitol office building for Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, 2019 video shows|newspaper=]|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/greene-searched-capitol-office-building-for-rep-ocasio-cortez-2019-video-shows/|access-date=June 25, 2021|via=]|archive-date=June 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625011901/https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/greene-searched-capitol-office-building-for-rep-ocasio-cortez-2019-video-shows/|url-status=live}}</ref> When visiting the offices of representatives ] and ], Greene falsely claimed that they were not "official" representatives because ].<ref name="Steck1" /> In the videos, Greene said that she wanted Omar and Tlaib to instead be sworn in on the ] and accused the two representatives of supporting ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Amy|first1=Jeff|date=September 5, 2020|title=Georgia candidate's post removed for inciting violence|work=]|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-ga-state-wire-mn-state-wire-mi-state-wire-us-news-6100d243d4c43de305a81b7fa9e96c8f|url-status=live|access-date=May 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525125416/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-ga-state-wire-mn-state-wire-mi-state-wire-us-news-6100d243d4c43de305a81b7fa9e96c8f|archive-date=May 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Zoellner|first=Danielle|date=January 27, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to force Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib to retake their oaths on a Bible|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-omar-tlaib-bible-b1793806.html|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129001557/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-omar-tlaib-bible-b1793806.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
== U.S. House of Representatives == | |||
=== Elections === | |||
==== 2020 ==== | |||
{{Main|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia#District 14}} | |||
===== Primary election ===== | |||
Having originally announced her intention to run in {{Ushr|GA|7}},<ref name="MTG initials" /> Greene instead began her campaign in the ], where she resided, on June 4, 2019.<ref name="AJC 2020 candidacy" />{{Efn|She had filed with the ] on May 29.<ref name="MTG initials"/>}} She stated her commitment to balance the federal budget and restrain Congress from using its ] to ], adding: "If we look at our country as our household, we're going to go under foreclosure because we're overspending."<ref name="AJC 2020 candidacy">{{cite news|last=Hallerman|first=Tamar|date=June 4, 2019|title=Business owner enters 6th District GOP race with pledge to cut spending|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/business-owner-enters-6th-district-gop-race-with-pledge-cut-spending/TQvikYZTGIqlc5ng9pVCvI/|work=]|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422143606/https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/business-owner-enters-6th-district-gop-race-with-pledge-cut-spending/TQvikYZTGIqlc5ng9pVCvI/|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene also criticized her expected primary opponent, former U.S. representative ], for supporting large ] and a series of electoral losses: "She's lost seven races in her entire political career... She steps down from seats that she does win so she can campaign for something else. Basically I would call her professional campaigner, but she loses."<ref name="AJC 2020 candidacy" /> | |||
On December 13, 2019, Greene announced that she was shifting her campaign to the ] after ] ] announced he would not run for reelection there.<ref name="Hvge5">{{cite news |last=Stilwell |first=Don |url=https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/news/state/marjorie-greene-officially-shifts-campaign-to-district-congressional-seat/article_2cad8023-f01c-5c2b-a9ff-33447520a498.html |title=Marjorie Greene officially shifts campaign to District 14 congressional seat |work=] |date=December 13, 2019 |access-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-date=February 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208054911/https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/news/state/marjorie-greene-officially-shifts-campaign-to-district-congressional-seat/article_2cad8023-f01c-5c2b-a9ff-33447520a498.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The district includes much of ], stretching from the Georgia side of the ] to the ]s of ]. Members of the House are constitutionally required to live in the state they represent, but not necessarily in the same ].<ref>{{cite web | |||
|url=https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Constitutional-Qualifications/ | |||
| title = Constitutional Qualifications | |||
| date = February 4, 2021 | |||
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| publisher = The Office of the Historian of the U.S. House of Representatives | |||
| access-date = February 4, 2021 | |||
| archive-date = February 20, 2021 | |||
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220151731/https://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Constitutional-Qualifications/ | |||
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}}</ref> Hence, although Greene had long lived in ], in the 6th district,<ref name="MTG initials" /> there would have been no legal barrier to Greene running for the 14th. Still, she said she intended to move to the 14th if she ran there.<ref name="MfotN">{{cite news|last=Wagner|first=Diane|date=December 9, 2019|title=GOP candidate from outside the district eyeing Graves' Congressional seat|work=]|url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/gop-candidate-from-outside-the-district-eyeing-graves-congressional-seat/article_c8a4be70-1ac1-11ea-b192-bf6c7065f882.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610042850/https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/gop-candidate-from-outside-the-district-eyeing-graves-congressional-seat/article_c8a4be70-1ac1-11ea-b192-bf6c7065f882.html|archive-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref> She subsequently bought a home in nearby ], which is in the 14th.<ref name="aHsxH">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926538094/npr-podcast-monitors-georgia-woman-called-americas-qanon-candidate|title=NPR Podcast 'No Compromise' Spotlights America's 'QAnon Candidate'|first1=Lisa|last1=Hagen|first2=Chris|last2=Haxel|work=]|date=October 22, 2020|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022114554/https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926538094/npr-podcast-monitors-georgia-woman-called-americas-qanon-candidate|url-status=live}}</ref> By the time she was sworn in in January 2021, Greene reported having moved to ], also firmly in the 14th.<ref name="JfdDm">{{cite web |url=https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/olm-117.pdf |title=Official member list |website=] |access-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126230802/https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/olm-117.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On February 29, 2020, Greene spoke at a gun rights rally in ] hosted by Silent No Longer, a group campaigning to make ] a ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=O'Bryant|first=Mary Catherine|date=February 27, 2020|title=Group wants to make Walker County a Second Amendment sanctuary|work=Walker County Messenger|url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/catoosa_walker_news/news/group-wants-to-make-walker-county-a-second-amendment-sanctuary/article_7dfb9544-5840-11ea-a113-878c696b0277.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703235147/https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/catoosa_walker_news/news/group-wants-to-make-walker-county-a-second-amendment-sanctuary/article_7dfb9544-5840-11ea-a113-878c696b0277.html|archive-date=July 3, 2021|quote=Speakers include ... Marjorie Greene, who is running for the U.S. House District 14 seat}}</ref> At the rally,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Doles|first=Chester|date=February 29, 2020|title=Trump rallies across North Georgia today. Were hitting them all.|url=https://vk.com/photo559668937_457239911|access-date=July 3, 2021|via=]|archive-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704020300/https://vk.com/photo559668937_457239911|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Doles|first=Chester|date=March 1, 2020|title=American Patriots USA banner|url=https://vk.com/photo559668937_457239921|access-date=July 3, 2021|via=]}}</ref> she held up a banner for American Patriots USA – a far-right group attempting to further its influence with Georgia Republicans.<ref>{{cite news|last=Weill|first=Kelly|date=May 22, 2020|title=This Fringe Group's Anti-Racist Rebrand Is Going Horribly Wrong|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/american-patriots-usas-anti-racist-rebrand-is-going-horribly-wrong|work=]|access-date=February 7, 2021|archive-date=December 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214204132/https://www.thedailybeast.com/american-patriots-usas-anti-racist-rebrand-is-going-horribly-wrong|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite news|last=Joyner|first=Chris|date=May 19, 2021|title=Georgia candidates embrace group with extremist ties|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-candidates-embrace-group-with-extremist-ties/LtUVaLX44kEFMvK7ECIOdP/|url-status=live|access-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506022225/https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/georgia-candidates-embrace-group-with-extremist-ties/LtUVaLX44kEFMvK7ECIOdP/|archive-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref> Greene posed for photos with Chester Doles, a 5th-generation ]sman, Grand Klaliff leader, and founder of APUSA;<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Massey|first=Bod|date=July 5, 1998|title=Dancing with the Devil|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/klan.htm|newspaper=]|access-date=February 7, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126061852/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/klan.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Doles has nearly a dozen assault arrests and served two separate prison sentences in ].<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|last=Kampeas|first=Ron|date=June 15, 2020|title=Trump Boosts Georgia Candidate Who Peddles Antisemitic, QAnon Conspiracy Theories and Posed With a neo-Nazi|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/trump-boosts-georgia-candidate-who-peddles-antisemitic-qanon-conspiracy-theories-1.8919489|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627010456/https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/trump-boosts-georgia-candidate-who-peddles-antisemitic-qanon-conspiracy-theories-1.8919489|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=August 15, 2003|title=Neo Nazi Seeks the Barr of Justice|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2003/neo-nazi-seeks-barr-justice|magazine=Intelligence Report|publisher=]|access-date=February 7, 2021|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108060611/https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2003/neo-nazi-seeks-barr-justice|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Greene campaigned as a staunch supporter of President ] but was not endorsed by him. She ran on the slogan "Save America, Stop Socialism!"<ref name="Filbin" /><ref name="Kuznia">{{cite news|last1=Kuznia|first1=Rob|last2=Richards|first2=Collette|last3=Griffin|first3=Drew|date=September 23, 2020|title=Congressional candidate's apparent ascent to Congress could be a 'bellwether' for QAnon|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-congress-invs/index.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031231506/https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-congress-invs/index.html|archive-date=October 31, 2020|access-date=November 28, 2020|work=]}}</ref> In the days before the primary, Facebook took down a Greene video for violating its terms of service. In the video, Greene held an ] and warned ] to "stay the hell out of Northwest Georgia".<ref name="Filbin">{{cite news |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/jun/05/facebook-deletes-marjorie-greene-ad-inciting/524666/ |title=Facebook deletes Georgia congressional candidate Marjorie Greene's ad |work=] |first=Patrick |last=Filbin |date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=September 5, 2020 |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917004626/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/jun/05/facebook-deletes-marjorie-greene-ad-inciting/524666/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Greene finished first in the June 9 primary. Trump ], "A big winner". Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, she faced ] John Cowan in a ].<ref name=":8" /><ref name="dyRVR">{{cite news |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/marjorie-greene-john-cowan-likely-headed-for-runoff-in-georgias-14th-congressional-district/article_fd3b400e-ab27-11ea-bc3e-d7ad0cb56b48.html |title=Marjorie Greene, John Cowan likely headed for runoff in Georgia's 14th Congressional District |work=The Calhoun Times |agency=Capitol Beat News Service |first=Beau |last=Evans |date=June 10, 2020 |access-date=June 13, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611055834/https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/marjorie-greene-john-cowan-likely-headed-for-runoff-in-georgias-14th-congressional-district/article_fd3b400e-ab27-11ea-bc3e-d7ad0cb56b48.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Although Cowan was a Trump supporter, Greene labeled him a ], short for "Republican in name only".<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|date=August 11, 2020|title=Controversial businesswoman snags GOP nod in U.S. House District 14 race|work=]|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/controversial-businesswoman-snags-gop-nod-in-u-s-house-district-14-race|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001170944/https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/controversial-businesswoman-snags-gop-nod-in-u-s-house-district-14-race|archive-date=October 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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| title = Republican primary results<ref name="IVhrw">{{cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/103613/web.247524/#/detail/31410|title=REP- US HOUSE DIST 14|access-date=June 9, 2020|website=]|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610025301/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/103613/web.247524/#/detail/31410|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate = Marjorie Taylor Greene | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 43,892 | |||
| percentage = 40.3 | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate = John Cowan | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 22,862 | |||
| percentage = 21.0 | |||
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate=] | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 9,619 | |||
| percentage = 8.8 | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate = Clayton Fuller | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 7,433 | |||
| percentage = 6.8 | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate=] | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 6,988 | |||
| percentage = 6.4 | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate=] | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 6,699 | |||
| percentage = 6.2 | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate = Matt Laughridge | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 6,220 | |||
| percentage = 5.7 | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate = Ben Bullock | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 3,883 | |||
| percentage = 3.6 | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box candidate with party link no change | |||
| candidate = Andy Gunther | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 1,220 | |||
| percentage = 1.1 | |||
}} | |||
{{Election box total no change | |||
| votes = 108,816 | |||
| percentage = 100.0 | |||
}} | |||
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===== Runoff election ===== | |||
In a July 14 runoff debate, Cowan questioned Taylor Commercial's acceptance of ] money in relation to Greene's opposition to ]s of relief funds during the pandemic and also Taylor Commercial's donations to Greene's political campaign.<ref name=Derysh>{{cite news|last=Derysh|first=Igor|date=October 9, 2020|title=Self-funding QAnon candidate gave own campaign $450,000 after getting PPP loan|url=https://www.salon.com/2020/10/09/self-funding-qanon-candidate-gave-own-campaign-450000-after-getting-ppp-loan/|access-date=February 4, 2021|work=]|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303062007/https://www.salon.com/2020/10/09/self-funding-qanon-candidate-gave-own-campaign-450000-after-getting-ppp-loan/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Schwellenbach>{{cite news |last1=Schwellenbach |first1=Nick |last2=Szakonyi |first2=David |title=Large Political Donations Came After Paycheck Protection Program Loans |url=https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2020/11/large-political-donations-came-after-paycheck-protection-program-loans/ |access-date=July 12, 2021 |work=] |date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712134106/https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2020/11/large-political-donations-came-after-paycheck-protection-program-loans/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Cowan|first=John|date=July 21, 2020|title=Greene should return company's PPP loan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=517lxn2Onu8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211111/517lxn2Onu8| url-status=live | archive-date=November 11, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Taylor Commercial received $182,300 in PPP funding from the ] during the ].<ref>{{cite web|date=February 4, 2020|title=PPP loan data|url=https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/taylor-commercial-inc-alpharetta-ga|access-date=February 4, 2020|website=FederalPay.org|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210013946/https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program/taylor-commercial-inc-alpharetta-ga|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=February 4, 2021|title=PPP program funding list|url=https://www.cnn.com/projects/ppp-business-loans/businesses/taylor-commercial-inc|access-date=February 4, 2021|work=]|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003224607/https://www.cnn.com/projects/ppp-business-loans/businesses/taylor-commercial-inc|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Wood">{{cite news|last1=van Zuylen-Wood|first1=Simon|date=September 28, 2020|title=QAnon Goes to Washington Twenty-four followers of the grotesque conspiracy theory are running for Congress in November. Where does this end?|work=]|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/qanon-republican-party-congress.html|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201001031343/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/qanon-republican-party-congress.html|archive-date=October 1, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> SBA filings declared Taylor Commercial expected to save 12 jobs with the funds.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 27, 2021|title=Georgia Lawmakers' Businesses Among Coronavirus Relief Loan Recipients|url=https://www.gpb.org/news/2020/07/27/capitol-business-georgia-lawmakers-businesses-among-coronavirus-relief-loan|access-date=February 4, 2021|work=]|archive-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104023000/https://www.gpb.org/news/2020/07/27/capitol-business-georgia-lawmakers-businesses-among-coronavirus-relief-loan|url-status=live}}</ref> Around two months after her company received the PPP loan, Greene donated $450,000 to her campaign.<ref name=Wood/><ref name=Derysh/><ref name=Schwellenbach/> | |||
Greene won the August 11 runoff.<ref name=":9" /> On the day after her runoff victory, Trump tweeted his support for her, calling her a future Republican star.<ref name="G02xH">{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Max|date=August 12, 2020|title=Trump calls Georgia GOP candidate who embraces QAnon a 'future Republican Star'|work=]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/trump-georgia-qanon-taylor-greene-394204|url-status=live|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907171705/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/12/trump-georgia-qanon-taylor-greene-394204|archive-date=September 7, 2020}}</ref> | |||
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| title = Republican runoff results<ref name="WJ8aE">{{cite web |title=August 11, 2020 General Primary – Nonpartisan General Election Runoff |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/104480/web.258506/#/summary |website=] |access-date=August 25, 2020 |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824120437/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/104480/web.258506/#/summary |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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| candidate = Marjorie Taylor Greene | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 43,813 | |||
| percentage = 57.1 | |||
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| candidate = John Cowan | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 32,982 | |||
| percentage = 42.9 | |||
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| votes = 76,795 | |||
| percentage = 100.0 | |||
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===== General election ===== | |||
Greene was considered an overwhelming favorite to win the seat in the general election, as the 14th district typically votes heavily Republican.<ref name="MS6x7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-georgia-primary.html|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon Supporter, Wins House Primary in Georgia|first1=Matthew|last1=Rosenberg|first2=Astead W.|last2=Herndon|first3=Nick|last3=Corasaniti|date=August 11, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020|work=]|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812060224/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-georgia-primary.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, ] ranked the district the 10th-most Republican in the country.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cummings |first1=Williams |title=Tuesday's primaries: Ilhan Omar fights for political survival and QAnon believer hopes to join the House |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/11/lhan-omar-qanon-fan-marjorie-taylor-greene-what-to-watch-tuesday-primary/3342687001/ |access-date=July 12, 2021 |work=] |date=August 11, 2020 |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712100421/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/11/lhan-omar-qanon-fan-marjorie-taylor-greene-what-to-watch-tuesday-primary/3342687001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On September 3, 2020, Greene shared a ] to her Facebook page depicting herself holding an ] next to a collage of pictures of Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and Tlaib. She wrote that it was time for "strong conservative Christians to go on the offense against these socialists who want to rip our country apart"; the caption under the images was "]'s worst nightmare".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reinstein |first1=Julia |title=A QAnon-Supporting Congressional Candidate Posted A Pic Of Herself Holding A Gun Next To The 'Squad' |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-gun-facebook-squad |work=] |date=September 4, 2020 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208204940/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-gun-facebook-squad |url-status=live }}</ref> ] called the meme a threat of violence, and Omar demanded that it be deleted after claiming it had triggered death threats.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bade|first1=Rachael|last2=Wagner|first2=John|date=September 4, 2020|title=GOP candidate poses with rifle, says she's targeting 'socialist' congresswomen|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gun-squad-photo/2020/09/04/bb1da24c-eebc-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905021818/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gun-squad-photo/2020/09/04/bb1da24c-eebc-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html|archive-date=September 5, 2020}}</ref> In response to questions from '']'' about whether the meme was a threat, a Greene campaign spokesperson dismissed that idea.<ref name="1T3uN">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/09/03/trump-backed-qanon-candidate-posts-meme-showing-off-gun-and-urging-offense-against-aoc-the-squad/|title=Trump-Backed QAnon Candidate Posts Meme Showing Off Gun And Urging 'Going On The Offense' Against AOC, The Squad|first=Jack|last=Brewster|work=]|date=September 3, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905201035/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/09/03/trump-backed-qanon-candidate-posts-meme-showing-off-gun-and-urging-offense-against-aoc-the-squad/|url-status=live}}</ref> Facebook deleted the meme the next day for violating its policies on inciting violence, prompting Greene to claim that Democrats were trying to "]" her.<ref name="PwDgi">{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/facebook-removes-candidates-squad-post-409175|title=Facebook removes QAnon-supporting candidate's 'squad' post for inciting violence|first1=Cristiano|last1=Lima|work=]|date=September 4, 2020|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=September 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904223908/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/04/facebook-removes-candidates-squad-post-409175|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 19, 2020,<ref name=":10">{{Cite news|last=Joyner|first=Chris|date=September 21, 2020|title=Supporter with extremist ties ejected from Greene, Loeffler rally|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/supporter-with-extremist-ties-ejected-from-greene-loeffler-rally/6TMLDP5ESNASFDPC4S2KYHHVVM/|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184206/https://www.ajc.com/news/supporter-with-extremist-ties-ejected-from-greene-loeffler-rally/6TMLDP5ESNASFDPC4S2KYHHVVM/|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene appeared at a gun rights rally in ], where the ] provided security "wearing camouflage, body armor, radios, and in one case a battle ax".<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Beer">{{cite news|last=Beer|first=Tommy|date=February 4, 2021|title=Extremist Paramilitary Groups Form Alliance To Advocate For Georgia's Secession From U.S.|work=]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/02/04/extremist-paramilitary-groups-form-alliance-to-advocate-for-georgias-secession-from-us/|access-date=February 7, 2021|archive-date=February 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206035308/https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/02/04/extremist-paramilitary-groups-form-alliance-to-advocate-for-georgias-secession-from-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> During the rally, Greene had Chester Doles – with whom she had posed for a photo earlier in the year – ejected, and ] ] made a brief appearance.<ref name=":10" /> | |||
Greene was expected to face Democratic ] Kevin Van Ausdal, but he withdrew from the race on September 11.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Mitchell|first1=Tia|last2=Bluestein|first2=Greg|date=September 11, 2020|title=Democrat Van Ausdal abruptly bows out of race against Marjorie Taylor Greene|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/democrat-van-ausdal-abruptly-bows-out-of-race-against-marjorie-greene/KSN7FXCTSZGZHGW6GV5BUVP4TE/|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613212436/https://www.ajc.com/politics/democrat-van-ausdal-abruptly-bows-out-of-race-against-marjorie-greene/KSN7FXCTSZGZHGW6GV5BUVP4TE/|url-status=live}}</ref> This left Greene unopposed in the general election,<ref name="tqxXc">{{cite news|last=Bluestein|first=Greg|date=September 12, 2020|title=Why Marjorie Taylor Greene's opponent quit the House race|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/why-marjorie-taylor-greenes-opponent-quit-the-house-race/E3TYSMAAPRDUPPB6F3BBQAFCME/|url-status=live|access-date=September 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912105042/https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/why-marjorie-taylor-greenes-opponent-quit-the-house-race/E3TYSMAAPRDUPPB6F3BBQAFCME/|archive-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McCrummen|first=Stephanie|date=October 17, 2020|title=The 31-day campaign against QAnon|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/17/kevin-van-ausdal-qanon-marjorie-greene-georgia/|url-status=live|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103201514/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/17/kevin-van-ausdal-qanon-marjorie-greene-georgia/?arc404=true|archive-date=November 3, 2020}}</ref> which she won with 74% of the vote. Van Ausdal, whose name remained on the ballot, took 25%.<ref name="5Lamd">{{cite news |title=Georgia 2020 election results |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/georgia |access-date=January 6, 2021 |work=] |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303031831/https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/georgia |url-status=live }}</ref> During her victory speech, Greene called Pelosi "anti-American", a "hypocrite", and a "bitch" whom "we're going to kick ... out of Congress",<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mathers|first=Matt|date=August 12, 2020|title=QAnon supporter, who made racist videos, calls Pelosi a 'b****' in angry acceptance speech after winning Georgia GOP primary|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gop-candidate-marjorie-taylor-green-pelosi-bitch-georgia-primary-victory-speech-a9666796.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626233600/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gop-candidate-marjorie-taylor-green-pelosi-bitch-georgia-primary-victory-speech-a9666796.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=August 12, 2020|title=Trump congratulates Greene; Van Ausdal condemns expletive|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/politics/trump-congratulates-greene-van-ausdal-condemns-expletive/article_879faa84-dcd1-11ea-a052-f3550aafe3f3.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626233606/https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/politics/trump-congratulates-greene-van-ausdal-condemns-expletive/article_879faa84-dcd1-11ea-a052-f3550aafe3f3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and had a reporter from ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' ousted from the venue after he tweeted quotes from her speech.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|last1=Bluestein|first1=Greg|last2=Galloway|first2=Jim|last3=Mitchell|first3=Tia|date=August 13, 2020|title=The Jolt: The Twitter storm from Georgia's QAnon candidate|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-the-twitter-storm-from-georgias-qanon-candidate/FIBD4UWZDVCGRFSPRGIRTZSYLA/|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626233601/https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-the-twitter-storm-from-georgias-qanon-candidate/FIBD4UWZDVCGRFSPRGIRTZSYLA/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Torpy|first=Bill|date=August 14, 2020|title=Who's crazy? Marjorie Taylor Greene or her Georgia voters?|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-whos-crazy-marjorie-taylor-greene-or-her-georgia-voters/U5XYK7IG4BFLDNP7E4HVHMHTGI/|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626233603/https://www.ajc.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-whos-crazy-marjorie-taylor-greene-or-her-georgia-voters/U5XYK7IG4BFLDNP7E4HVHMHTGI/|url-status=live}}</ref> She later mocked Van Ausdal's appearance and got into an argument with former Republican senator ] on Twitter.<ref name=":7" /> | |||
In the days after the election, Greene made deceptive claims that her husband Perry's ] voting record revealed ], writing on social media that when her husband went to ], he was told he had received an ] despite not requesting one. Floyd County chief elections clerk Robert Brady told ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' that nothing happened to the missing ballot, and that it was canceled according to procedure, adding that "he signed an affidavit on 23rd and he was allowed to vote. ... He only voted one time."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Joyner|first1=Chris|last2=Peebles|first2=Jennifer|date=November 9, 2020|title=Greene falsely claims husband's voting record reveals a 'scam'|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/greene-falsely-claims-husbands-voting-record-reveals-a-scam/DRVWWKU6N5CDFBP7JWKYXTXLYU/|work=]|access-date=February 7, 2020|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128015137/https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/greene-falsely-claims-husbands-voting-record-reveals-a-scam/DRVWWKU6N5CDFBP7JWKYXTXLYU/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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| title = Georgia's 14th congressional district, 2020<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raffensperger |first1=Brad |author-link1=Brad Raffensperger |title=November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results - Totals include all Absentee and Provisional Ballots |url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/105369/web.264614/#/summary |website=] |access-date=November 22, 2020 |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106102028/https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/105369/web.264614/#/summary |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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| candidate = Marjorie Taylor Greene | |||
| party = Republican Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 229,827 | |||
| percentage = 74.7 | |||
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| candidate = Kevin Van Ausdal{{efn|Withdrew, remained on ballot}} | |||
| party = Democratic Party (United States) | |||
| votes = 77,798 | |||
| percentage = 25.3 | |||
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| votes = 307,625 | |||
| percentage = 100.0 | |||
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===== Endorsements ===== | |||
Prominent Republicans who supported Greene in her candidacy included ]; U.S. representatives ], ], and ]; ] founder ]; and Trump's chief of staff ].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Swan|first1=Jonathan|last2=Treene|first2=Alayna|title=GOP ignored its early fears about Marjorie Taylor Greene|url=https://www.axios.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-2621093b-13f1-491d-8256-366436171793.html|date=January 29, 2021|access-date=January 29, 2021|work=]|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302062813/https://www.axios.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-2621093b-13f1-491d-8256-366436171793.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |title=Q's your daddy? Republican funders back conspiracy theorists running for Congress |first=Caitlin |last=Dickson |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/qs-your-daddy-republican-funders-back-conspiracy-theorists-running-for-congress-002736078.html |date=August 5, 2020 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=] |archive-date=November 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103020653/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/qs-your-daddy-republican-funders-back-conspiracy-theorists-running-for-congress-002736078.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT20210130" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last1=Kranish|first1=Michael|last2=Thebault|first2=Reis|last3=McCrummen|first3=Stephanie|date=January 30, 2021|title=How Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon's baseless theories, rose with support from key Republicans|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-qanon-house-trump-republicans/2021/01/30/321b4258-623c-11eb-ac8f-4ae05557196e_story.html|url-access=limited|access-date=January 31, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212103953/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-qanon-house-trump-republicans/2021/01/30/321b4258-623c-11eb-ac8f-4ae05557196e_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Rod|first=Marc|date=June 11, 2020|title=Jewish groups sound alarm over Georgia congressional candidates with ties to neo-Nazi|work=]|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2020/06/jewish-groups-sound-alarm-over-georgia-congressional-candidates-with-ties-to-neo-nazi/|access-date=July 2, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624124852/https://jewishinsider.com/2020/06/jewish-groups-sound-alarm-over-georgia-congressional-candidates-with-ties-to-neo-nazi/|url-status=live}}</ref> Meadows's wife, Debbie Meadows, is the executive director of RightWomen Pac, which endorsed Greene and contributed $17,500 to her runoff campaign. Other donors included Barb Van Andel-Gaby – the chair of the board of ] – and attorney ], who later promoted ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 24, 2020 |title='Mind-bogglingly irresponsible': meet the Republican donors helping QAnon reach Congress |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/24/mind-bogglingly-irresponsible-meet-the-republican-donors-helping-qanon-reach-congress |first=Julia Carrie |last=Wong |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=] |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129120953/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/24/mind-bogglingly-irresponsible-meet-the-republican-donors-helping-qanon-reach-congress |url-status=live }}</ref> Greene also received support from the House Freedom Fund, a ] and the campaign fundraising arm of the House ].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Rod|first=Marc|date=June 9, 2020|title=Prominent Republicans back a conspiracy theory-promoting congressional candidate in Georgia|work=]|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2020/06/prominent-republicans-back-a-conspiracy-theory-promoting-congressional-candidate-in-georgia/|url-status=live|access-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214182531/https://jewishinsider.com/2020/06/prominent-republicans-back-a-conspiracy-theory-promoting-congressional-candidate-in-georgia/|archive-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref> The ] contributed $5,220 to her campaign treasury on March 2, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 5, 2021|title=Campaign Reports – Contribution Search Results|url=https://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Campaign/Campaign_ByContributionsearchresults.aspx?Contributor=Greene&Zip=&City=rome&ContTypeID=0&PAC=&Employer=&Occupation=&From=&To=&Cash=&InK=&Filer=&Candidate=&Committee=|access-date=February 5, 2021|website=Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Division|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305222721/https://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Campaign/Campaign_ByContributionsearchresults.aspx?Contributor=Greene&Zip=&City=rome&ContTypeID=0&PAC=&Employer=&Occupation=&From=&To=&Cash=&InK=&Filer=&Candidate=&Committee=|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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In September 2021, the ] asked Greene's 2022 re-election campaign treasurer, her then-husband, to provide information about $3.5 million of unitemized campaign contributions from undisclosed donors received in the first half of 2021.<ref name="Caulder">{{cite news|last1=Caulder|first1=Kelcey|date=September 8, 2021|title=Federal Election Commission asks Marjorie Taylor Greene to explain more than $3.5 million in small-donor contributions|work=]|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/sep/08/fec-mgt-campaign/553788/|access-date=September 9, 2021|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210909045153/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/sep/08/fec-mgt-campaign/553788/}}</ref> By federal law, only individual contributions under $200 are allowed to be unitemized or have donor identity withheld.<ref name="Caulder" /> Greene received more donations than any other House Republican in the first three months of 2021.<ref name="Caulder" /> | |||
In April, Greene faced a legal challenge to her eligibility based on her alleged involvement in organizing and promoting the ], based on the ], which bars people who have engaged in insurrection from serving in Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's candidacy challenged at hearing |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-presidential-atlanta-525429753ace40f5b6e01ceab6f79549 |access-date=April 22, 2022 |website=] |first=Kate |last=Brumback |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219103524/https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-biden-presidential-atlanta-525429753ace40f5b6e01ceab6f79549 |url-status=live }}</ref> In May, Greene defeated Jennifer Strahan in the Republican primary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 24, 2022 |title=Georgia 14th Congressional District Primary Election Results |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/24/us/elections/results-georgia-us-house-district-14.html |access-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620194430/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/24/us/elections/results-georgia-us-house-district-14.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Greene was reelected in November 2022, ] Democratic nominee Marcus Flowers; Greene received 65.9 percent of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 8, 2022 |title=Georgia 14th Congressional District Election Results |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-georgia-us-house-district-14.html |access-date=September 14, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111140054/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-georgia-us-house-district-14.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's opponent in the ] was the Democratic Party nominee, retired Army Brigadier General Shawn Harris, a cattle rancher and 40-year military veteran.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/sep/25/democratic-opponent-to-rep-marjorie-taylor-green-tfp/|last=Wilkins|first=Andrew|title=Democratic opponent to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green makes campaign stop in Summerville | Chattanooga Times Free Press |date=September 25, 2024|work=]|access-date=October 13, 2024|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241013204456/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/sep/25/democratic-opponent-to-rep-marjorie-taylor-green-tfp/|archive-date=October 13, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene was reelected in November 2024, receiving 64.4 percent of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 22, 2024 |title=US House of Representatives - District 14 |url=https://results.sos.ga.gov/results/public/Georgia/elections/2024NovGen?st=US%20House%20of%20Representatives%20-%20District%2014&sv=01000000-d884-2e72-24df-08dcda4b8b5f&sm=id |publisher=Georgia Secretary of State |access-date=November 24, 2024 |archive-date=November 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124221542/https://results.sos.ga.gov/results/public/Georgia/elections/2024NovGen?st=US%20House%20of%20Representatives%20-%20District%2014&sv=01000000-d884-2e72-24df-08dcda4b8b5f&sm=id |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== Tenure === | |||
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On her first day in office, Greene wore a ] onto the House floor that read "Trump Won", despite Trump having lost the ] to ].<ref name="DVlJ5">{{cite news|last=Mastrangelo|first=Dominick|date=January 4, 2021|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wears 'Trump won' mask on House floor|newspaper=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/532534-rep-elect-marjorie-taylor-greene-wears-trump-won-mask-on-house-floor|url-status=live|access-date=January 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306024113/https://thehill.com/homenews/532534-rep-elect-marjorie-taylor-greene-wears-trump-won-mask-on-house-floor|archive-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref> During the ], Greene raised an objection to counting ]. The objection was not signed by a member of the U.S. Senate and therefore was rejected.<ref name="92k7b">{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_d1a4ed65d72d2d179b6de0489e1df9a8|title=GOP bid to object to Michigan's electoral result fails|work=]|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111021801/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/congress-electoral-college-vote-count-2021/h_d1a4ed65d72d2d179b6de0489e1df9a8|archive-date=January 11, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In response to the ] by Trump supporters, Greene called for an end to violence and for support for Trump.<ref name="LBmrR">{{cite news|date=January 6, 2021|title=Georgia lawmakers, officials condemn violent protests at U.S. Capitol|work=]|url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/georgia-lawmakers-officials-condemn-violent-protests-us-capitol/BCHIPQMTVRBIJHOWS4MB4DVVRU/|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410013054/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/georgia-lawmakers-officials-condemn-violent-protests-us-capitol/BCHIPQMTVRBIJHOWS4MB4DVVRU/|archive-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref><ref name="XnFLV">{{cite news|last1=Forgey|first1=Quint|date=January 13, 2021|title='Depraved': Rep. Jason Crow condemns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's rhetoric ahead of impeachment vote|newspaper=]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/13/crow-condemns-taylor-greene-rhetoric-458705|url-status=live|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606163513/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/gomez-oust-marjorie-taylor-greene-463350|archive-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref> She refused to wear a face mask while sheltering in place during the riot, and during the ] she tweeted: "Democrats must be held accountable for the political violence inspired by their rhetoric." This prompted Democratic representative ] to call her "morally bankrupt", "depraved" and "frankly dangerous".<ref name="XnFLV" /> | |||
In a series of tweets following the attack on the Capitol, Greene falsely suggested that the rioters were members of ] dressed as Trump supporters.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dicker|first=Ron|date=February 25, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's Friend Was Among The Capitol Rioters: Report|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-anthony-aguero-friend_n_603788a5c5b67259f89402ad|access-date=June 29, 2021|work=]|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629082408/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-anthony-aguero-friend_n_603788a5c5b67259f89402ad|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene made these claims even though Anthony Aguero, a conservative activist and close associate of hers, was one of the people who stormed the Capitol.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Kaczynski|first1=Andrew|last2=Steck|first2=Em|date=February 24, 2021|title=Close ally of Marjorie Taylor Greene among those in Capitol mob|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-close-ally-in-capitol-mob/index.html|access-date=June 29, 2021|work=]|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417132708/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/24/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-close-ally-in-capitol-mob/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kaczynski |first1=Andrew |last2=Steck |first2=Em |date=April 25, 2022 |title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's comments in since-deleted videos contradict testimony on close ties to Capitol rioter |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-testimony-ties-anthony-aguero/index.html |access-date=April 26, 2022 |website=CNN |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426002602/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-testimony-ties-anthony-aguero/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She also retweeted a clip from ] host ], in which Carlson – citing Revolver News, a right-wing news website – claimed that agents of the ] might have organized and participated in the attack.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Qiu|first=Linda|date=June 18, 2021|title=No, there is no evidence that the F.B.I. organized the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.|newspaper=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/technology/misinformation-unindicted-co-conspirators-capitol-riot.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618191215/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/18/technology/misinformation-unindicted-co-conspirators-capitol-riot.html |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=June 29, 2021}}</ref> Later that month, Greene asked Trump to issue her a pardon for her efforts to overturn the 2020 election.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rojas |first=Warren |date=June 23, 2022 |title=At least 6 GOP members of Congress asked the Trump White House for a January 6 pardon, including Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/cheney-to-reveal-gop-republican-colleagues-sought-jan-6-pardons-2022-6 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=] |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624112527/https://www.businessinsider.com/cheney-to-reveal-gop-republican-colleagues-sought-jan-6-pardons-2022-6 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Greene has supported ]. On January 21, 2021, the second day of ], Greene filed ] against him, citing alleged ] as the reason for ].<ref name="gjSMp"/><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kilgore|first=Ed|date=January 26, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Trying to Impeach the Biden Family|work=]|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-trying-to-impeach-the-biden-family.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224212112/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-trying-to-impeach-the-biden-family.html|archive-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> In an interview with ] of '']'', she perpetuated the ] alleging that Biden had been bought off by foreign interests.<ref name="VUFea">{{cite news|last=Castronuovo|first=Celine|date=January 13, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will introduce impeachment articles against Biden|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534178-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-will-introduce-impeachment-articles-against|url-status=live|access-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613115243/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534178-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-will-introduce-impeachment-articles-against|archive-date=June 13, 2021}}</ref> By September 2022, Greene had introduced five different resolutions to impeach Biden.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Carbonaro |first1=Giulia |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Behind More Than Half of Attempts to Impeach Biden |url=https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-behind-more-half-attempts-impeach-biden-1747805 |magazine=Newsweek |access-date=December 30, 2022 |date=September 30, 2022 |archive-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229225445/https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-behind-more-half-attempts-impeach-biden-1747805 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On January 27, 2021, Representative ] announced he had drafted a resolution to ] after reports that she had previously called for violence against Democrats.<ref>{{cite news|last=Choi|first=Matthew|date=January 27, 2021|title=Rep. Jimmy Gomez drafts resolution to oust Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress|newspaper=]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/gomez-oust-marjorie-taylor-greene-463350|url-status=live|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606163513/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/gomez-oust-marjorie-taylor-greene-463350|archive-date=June 6, 2021}}</ref> Representative ] also called for Greene's resignation or expulsion due to her threats of violence against fellow lawmakers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Grisales|first=Claudia|date=January 28, 2021|title=Pelosi Blasts GOP Leadership Over Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Remarks|work=]|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961596260/pelosi-blasts-gop-leadership-over-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-remarks|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523021704/https://www.npr.org/2021/01/28/961596260/pelosi-blasts-gop-leadership-over-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-remarks|archive-date=May 23, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 28, with the revelations of Greene's threats against Democratic members of the House, Pelosi spoke of an "enemy within the House of Representatives" and the need to increase security measures, stating that this referred to "members who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence on other members of Congress" – alluding to Greene and other Republican representatives, such as ], who wanted to bring guns onto the House floor.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kaplan|first1=Rebecca|date=January 28, 2021|title=Nancy Pelosi: "The enemy is within" the House of Representatives|work=]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-the-enemy-is-within-the-house-of-representatives/|url-status=live|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627051226/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nancy-pelosi-enemy-within-house-of-representatives/|archive-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref> Pelosi also criticized the ] for placing Greene on the ] after Greene had questioned the authenticity of deadly school shootings around the country.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lillis|first1=Mike|date=January 28, 2021|title=Pelosi slams GOP on Greene: 'The enemy is within'|newspaper=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536310-pelosi-slams-gop-on-greene-the-enemy-is-within|url-status=live|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302052855/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536310-pelosi-slams-gop-on-greene-the-enemy-is-within|archive-date=March 2, 2021}}</ref> | |||
On January 29, 2021, representatives ] and ] introduced a resolution to ] Greene for making threatening comments to her colleagues and to call for her resignation.<ref name="pressure">{{Cite news|last1=Zanona|first1=Melanie|last2=Ferris|first2=Sarah|date=January 29, 2021|title=GOP under pressure to take action against Marjorie Taylor Greene|newspaper=]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/gop-marjorie-taylor-greene-463860|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531003505/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/29/gop-marjorie-taylor-greene-463860|archive-date=May 31, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The bill was referred to the House Ethics committee and never received a vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/83?s=1&r=33|title=H.Res.83 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Condemning and censuring Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress}}</ref> On March 19, Gomez formally introduced his resolution to expel Greene, with the support of 72 Democrats and no Republicans.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Wilson|first2=Kristin|last3=Foran|first3=Clare|date=March 19, 2021|title=Democrat introduces resolution to expel GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene|work=]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/19/politics/democrat-introduces-resolution-to-expel-gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409140212/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/19/politics/democrat-introduces-resolution-to-expel-gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html|archive-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref> The bill was referred to the House Ethics committee and never received a vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/260?s=3|title=H.Res.260 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): In the Matter of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. | Congress.gov | Library of Congress}}</ref> | |||
'']'' reported in May 2021 that two of its reporters observed Greene aggressively confront Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber, loudly asking why she supported antifa and ], which Greene falsely characterized as terrorists. Ocasio-Cortez did not respond and called on House leadership to ensure that Congress remains "a safe, civil place for all Members and staff".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sotomayor |first1=Marianna |title=Rep. Greene aggressively confronts Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, causing New York congresswoman to raise security concerns |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-ocasio-cortez/2021/05/12/fd61d664-b37e-11eb-a3b5-f994536fe84a_story.html |newspaper=] |date=May 12, 2021 |access-date=May 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517020511/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/greene-ocasio-cortez/2021/05/12/fd61d664-b37e-11eb-a3b5-f994536fe84a_story.html |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}}</ref> | |||
Later in May, Greene voted against the ], a proposed commission which would have investigated the attack on the Capitol.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Acosta|first1=Jim|last2=Hunter|first2=Alex|date=June 26, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene wants a seat on Pelosi's January 6 committee even as she spreads baseless claims|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/26/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-nancy-pelosi-january-6-committee/index.html|access-date=June 29, 2021|work=]|archive-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628221840/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/26/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-nancy-pelosi-january-6-committee/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During a speech she made against establishing a commission, Greene called for justice for ], a Trump supporter who was fatally shot by a ] when she stormed the Capitol and attempted to break into the House chamber.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Woodward|first=Alex|date=May 18, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene defends Capitol rioters in House floor speech|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-speech-capitol-b1849580.html|access-date=June 29, 2021|newspaper=]|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627212047/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-speech-capitol-b1849580.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Also in May, Greene and Gaetz initiated a nationwide "] Tour", beginning in ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Leonard|first=Ben|date=May 7, 2021|title='America First isn't going away': Gaetz and Greene strike defiant tone at tour kickoff|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/07/gaetz-greene-tour-485924|access-date=May 28, 2021|newspaper=]|archive-date=May 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528070730/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/07/gaetz-greene-tour-485924|url-status=live}}</ref> Throughout the tour, the two repeated unsubstantiated claims of fraud purported to have occurred during the ].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Zhao|first=Christina|date=May 23, 2021|title=Matt Gaetz Calls Arizona Audit 'Launchpad' for Audits Across America, Says Georgia's Next|url=https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-calls-arizona-audit-launchpad-audits-across-america-says-georgias-next-1594036|access-date=July 10, 2021|magazine=]|archive-date=June 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601081506/https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-calls-arizona-audit-launchpad-audits-across-america-says-georgias-next-1594036|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in July, a scheduled rally in ], was canceled after the venue withdrew.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Staggs|first=Brooke|date=July 9, 2021|title=Orange County venue cancels Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene's planned America First rally|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/09/orange-county-venue-cancels-matt-gaetz-majorie-taylor-greenes-planned-america-first-rally|access-date=July 10, 2021|newspaper=]|archive-date=February 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206230201/https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/09/orange-county-venue-cancels-matt-gaetz-majorie-taylor-greenes-planned-america-first-rally/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In June 2021, Greene was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the ] to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6.<ref name="twsCNN99078">{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Wilson|first2=Kristin|date=June 16, 2021|title=21 Republicans vote no on bill to award Congressional Gold Medal for January 6 police officers|work=]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/politics/congressional-gold-medal-house-vote/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628154838/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/15/politics/congressional-gold-medal-house-vote/index.html|archive-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> When Pelosi announced the creation of the ], Greene declared her interest in being seated on it.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bolies|first=Corbin|date=June 26, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants to Be on Jan. 6 Commission|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-wants-to-be-on-jan-6-commission-after-consistently-downplaying-it|access-date=June 29, 2021|work=]|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626221112/https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-wants-to-be-on-jan-6-commission-after-consistently-downplaying-it|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In August 2021, after the ] requested that over 30 telecommunications companies retain phone records related to the attack, including those of Greene and several other members of Congress, she promised that companies that complied would be "shut down".<ref name=Guynn>{{cite news |last1=Guynn |first1=Jessica |title=Kevin McCarthy warns GOP majority 'will not forget' if companies turn over phone records to Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/08/31/trump-capitol-riot-insurrection-mccarthy-threat-apple-verizon/5674059001/ |access-date=September 2, 2021 |newspaper=] |date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901213658/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/08/31/trump-capitol-riot-insurrection-mccarthy-threat-apple-verizon/5674059001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In February 2022, Greene spoke at ] hosted by white supremacist ], where Fuentes called the ] "awesome" and praised Putin and ]. When criticized for her attendance, Greene denounced these criticisms as "identity politics" and an attempt to "cancel" her, and labelled critics "]".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Navarro |first1=Aaron |last2=Costa |first2=Robert |date=February 28, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene downplays speaking at a conference founded by white nationalist Nick Fuentes |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-cpac-nick-fuentes-afpac-white-nationalist/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |work=CBS News |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228212502/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-cpac-nick-fuentes-afpac-white-nationalist/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Weisman |first1=Jonathan |last2=Karni |first2=Annie |date=February 28, 2022 |title=G.O.P. Leaders Condemn Lawmakers' Appearance at White Nationalist Conference |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/us/politics/republicans-extremism-marjorie-taylor-greene.html |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920212600/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/us/politics/republicans-extremism-marjorie-taylor-greene.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Edwards |first1=Jonathan |last2=Alfaro |first2=Mariana |date=February 28, 2022 |title=McConnell says no space in GOP for 'white supremacists or anti-Semitism' after two House Republicans participate in white nationalist's conference |newspaper=] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-white-nationalist-conference/ |access-date=October 13, 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302002126/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-white-nationalist-conference/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On June 22, 2023, Greene and Congresswoman ] introduced a pair of resolutions ].<ref>Multiple sources: | |||
*{{cite magazine |last1=Pierce |first1=Charles P. |title=Elise Stefanik Is a Nuisance On Her Way to Becoming a General Blight |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a44320677/elise-stefanik-marjorie-taylor-greene-expunge-trump/ |magazine=] |access-date=June 30, 2023 |date=June 23, 2023 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630015014/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a44320677/elise-stefanik-marjorie-taylor-greene-expunge-trump/ |url-status=live }} | |||
*{{cite web |title=H.Res.538 - Expunging the December 18, 2019, impeachment of President Donald John Trump. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/538 |website=United States Congress |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630015857/https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/538 |url-status=live }} | |||
*{{cite web |title=H.Res.547 - Expunging the January 13, 2021, impeachment of President Donald John Trump. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/547 |website=United States Congress |access-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630015854/https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/547 |url-status=live }}</ref> The next day, Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy lent his support to the resolutions.<ref name="McFarlane1">{{cite news |last1=McFarlane |first1=Scott |last2=Kim |first2=Ellis |title=McCarthy says he supports House resolutions to "expunge" Trump's impeachments |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-impeachment-expunge-kevin-mccarthy-house-resolutions/ |work=] |access-date=30 June 2023 |date=23 June 2023 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630014234/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-impeachment-expunge-kevin-mccarthy-house-resolutions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In June 2023, Greene was expelled from the ] by a vote of its members. The vote came after Greene called fellow caucus member Lauren Boebert a "little bitch" during an argument on the House floor. It was the first time the group ever voted to expel one of its members. While the remark towards Boebert was given as the primary reason for Greene's expulsion, Greene had also gone against some caucus positions and had allied herself with Speaker McCarthy, who was opposed by many in the caucus during the speaker election.<ref name=expl>{{cite news |last1=Carney |first1=Jordain |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene booted from House Freedom Caucus |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-booted-out-of-freedom-caucus-member-says-00104997 |access-date=6 July 2023 |work=Politico |date=July 6, 2023 |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201194401/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-booted-out-of-freedom-caucus-member-says-00104997 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Greene told the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' in 2024 that if ], she would be "certainly particularly interested" in serving as the ].<ref name="ajc-greene-dhs-24">{{cite news |last1=Bluestein |first1=Greg |last2=Mitchell |first2=Tia |last3=Murphy |first3=Patricia |last4=Van Brimmer |first4=Adam |title=PG A.M.: Marjorie Taylor Greene wants top Homeland Security job under Trump |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/pg-am-marjorie-taylor-greene-wants-top-homeland-security-job-under-trump/KKQ5TWU7RVEZBDJBBEXOEPOGYA/ |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=February 23, 2024}}</ref> | |||
=== Committee assignments === | |||
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Greene was briefly a member of the ] and the ]. She was removed from all committee assignments on February 4, 2021 due to incendiary remarks she had made before her election.<ref>{{cite news |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene: US House votes to punish Republican |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55940542 |date=February 5, 2021 |work=] |access-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620131609/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55940542 |archive-date=June 20, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Roll Call 25">{{cite web|date=February 4, 2021|title=Roll Call 25 {{!}} Bill Number: H. Res. 72|url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202125|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618090839/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202125|archive-date=June 18, 2021|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202125 | title = Roll Call 25, Bill Number: H. Res. 72 | last = Clerk of the House | date = February 4, 2021 | website = clerk.house.gov | publisher = ] | access-date = February 18, 2021 | archive-date = June 18, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618090839/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202125 | url-status = live }}</ref> She was appointed to new committee roles in January 2023. | |||
For the ]:<ref>{{cite web |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/G000596 |website=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=8 May 2023 |archive-date=January 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111152820/https://clerk.house.gov/members/G000596 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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=== Caucus memberships === | |||
* Election Integrity Caucus<ref name="Caucuses"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2021 |title=Election Integrity Caucus |url=http://tenney.house.gov/election-integrity-caucus |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Representative Claudia Tenney |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524222233/https://tenney.house.gov/election-integrity-caucus |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ]<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 6, 2017|title=Membership|url=https://rsc-banks.house.gov/about/membership|access-date=March 28, 2021|website=]|archive-date=April 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210406003657/https://rsc-banks.house.gov/about/membership|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
* ]<ref name="Caucuses">{{Cite web|last=Greene|first=Marjorie Taylor|title=Caucuses|date=January 3, 2021|url=https://greene.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses.htm|access-date=July 8, 2023|website=]|archive-date=July 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708143053/https://greene.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Greene had also been a member of the ], but was voted out in mid-2023 after insulting Congresswoman ], another member of the caucus.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene removed from US House Freedom Caucus |date=July 6, 2023 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-marjorie-taylor-greene-removed-us-house-freedom-caucus-politico-2023-07-06/ |access-date=July 6, 2023 |work=] |last1=Singh |first1=Kanishka |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706194757/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republican-marjorie-taylor-greene-removed-us-house-freedom-caucus-politico-2023-07-06/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Greene had allegedly called Boebert a "little bitch", and accused Boebert of copying articles of impeachment served against Biden.<ref>{{cite news |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Lauren Boebert 'a little b----' on the House floor |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-lauren-boebert-little-b-house-floor-gop-p-rcna90592 |work=NBC News |date=22 June 2023}}</ref> | |||
== Political positions == | |||
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After she won the 2020 Republican primary runoff election, Greene wrote on Twitter: "The GOP establishment, the media, & the radical left, spent months & millions of dollars attacking me."<ref name="Behrmann" /> She has expressed support for Donald Trump and declared her intention to push Republicans further to the right.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gambino |first1=Lauren |title=Who is the Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/06/who-is-marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-qanon |access-date=July 11, 2021 |newspaper=] |date=February 6, 2021 |archive-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722120721/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/06/who-is-marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-qanon |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== Abortion === | |||
Greene opposes ],<ref name="Kuznia" /> calling it "the worst scar a woman can carry for the rest of her life".<ref name="Browning">{{Cite magazine|last=Browning|first=Bill|date=June 24, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene tells trans women to 'stay out of our rape crisis centers'|magazine=]|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/marjorie-taylor-green-tells-trans-women-stay-rape-crisis-centers/|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703052417/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/marjorie-taylor-green-tells-trans-women-stay-rape-crisis-centers/|url-status=live}}</ref> In videos apparently recorded between 2017 and 2019, Greene said that abortion and ] are two factors holding back minorities in the country,<ref name="Polit20200618" /> and in an August 2020 interview with Fox News, she indicated her support for defunding Planned Parenthood.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schultz |first=Marisa |date=August 14, 2020 |title=Marjorie Greene, controversial Georgia Republican, says she's not a QAnon candidate |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-greene-georgia-gop-says-shes-not-a-qanon-candidate |access-date=August 19, 2020 |work=]|archive-date=August 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820042127/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-greene-georgia-gop-says-shes-not-a-qanon-candidate |url-status=live}}</ref> On April 15, 2021, Greene and Boebert cast two lone votes against a bill to reauthorize the ]. Explaining her vote, Greene falsely claimed: "Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue by taxpayers."<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Diaz|first1=Daniella|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|author-link2=Manu Raju|date=April 16, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are lone votes against reauthorizing bill to help Leukemia patients|work=]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-lauren-boebert-vote-against-bill-for-leukemia-patients/index.html|access-date=July 2, 2021|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111164052/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/16/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-lauren-boebert-vote-against-bill-for-leukemia-patients/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ibrahim|first=Nur|date=April 16, 2021|title=Were MTG, Lauren Boebert the Only Lawmakers Who Voted Against Marrow-Donor Bill?|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taylor-greene-boebert-marrow/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210702181859/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/taylor-greene-boebert-marrow/|archive-date=July 2, 2021|access-date=July 2, 2021|website=]}}</ref> In 2021, Greene falsely claimed that the ] "kills a baby in the womb"; Plan B actually prevents ] and thus prevents pregnancy, instead of terminating a pregnancy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haglage|first1=Abby|date=June 26, 2021|title=Plan B is an emergency contraceptive not an abortion pill. Experts explain the difference.|work=Yahoo! Life|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/plan-b-is-an-emergency-contraceptive-not-an-abortion-pill-experts-explain-the-difference-174908603.html|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714220723/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/plan-b-is-an-emergency-contraceptive-not-an-abortion-pill-experts-explain-the-difference-174908603.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Brenda |last=Goodman |date=December 23, 2022 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/23/health/fda-plan-b-label-abortion/index.html |title=FDA Specifies Plan B Emergency Contraceptive Does Not Cause Abortions |work=CNN |access-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109114051/https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/23/health/fda-plan-b-label-abortion/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== COVID-19 === | |||
{{See also|COVID-19 misinformation by the United States}} | |||
In September 2020, Greene wrote on Twitter that "children should not wear masks", calling ] by the ] and other public health officials "unhealthy for their psychological, emotional, and educational growth" and "emasculating" for boys.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rogers|first=Alex|date=September 8, 2020|title=GOP House candidate in Georgia bucks CDC's recommendation and says 'children should not wear masks'|work=]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-mask-tweet/index.html|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115003151/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-mask-tweet/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She called restrictions imposed in the U.S. Capitol in response to the ], including ], "tyrannical control" by Democrats.<ref name="dcMY8">{{Cite news|last=Williams|first=Jordan|date=November 14, 2020|title=Incoming GOP lawmaker shares video of hotel room workout, citing 'Democrat tyrannical control'|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/525994-incoming-gop-lawmaker-shares-video-of-hotel-room-workout-citing-democrat|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127110057/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/525994-incoming-gop-lawmaker-shares-video-of-hotel-room-workout-citing-democrat|url-status=live}}</ref> She opposed any form of mandatory mask-wearing, compulsory ], or ] in response to the pandemic.<ref name="Fox20201118">{{cite news|last=Schultz|first=Marisa|date=November 18, 2020|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene takes on shutdowns, Fauci during first week in Washington|work=]|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-shutdowns-fauci-first-week-in-washington|url-status=live|access-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128164459/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-shutdowns-fauci-first-week-in-washington|archive-date=November 28, 2020}}</ref> After Greene called masks "oppressive", ] director ] responded that her stance was "very disturbing" given the data on the seriousness of the outbreak.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Higgins-Dunn|first1=Noah|date=November 17, 2020|title=Dr. Fauci says the Covid outbreak isn't a political issue: 'You can't run away from the data'|work=]|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/17/dr-fauci-says-the-covid-outbreak-isnt-a-political-issue-you-cant-run-away-from-the-data.html|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721204459/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/17/dr-fauci-says-the-covid-outbreak-isnt-a-political-issue-you-cant-run-away-from-the-data.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene and other Republicans refused to wear masks in a secured room with other members of Congress during the storming of the Capitol in January 2021;<ref name="pDxbu">{{cite news|last=Enriquez|first=Keri|date=January 9, 2021|title=Republican members of Congress refuse to wear masks during Capitol insurrection|work=]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/politics/republican-congress-members-refuse-masks-trnd/index.html|access-date=January 17, 2021|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216143853/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/politics/republican-congress-members-refuse-masks-trnd/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> afterward, it was reported that several representatives tested positive for the virus, including ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Klein|first1=Charlotte|date=January 12, 2021|title=Lawmakers Test Positive for COVID-19 After Capitol Riot: Full List|magazine=]|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/could-the-capitol-riot-become-a-superspreader-event.html|access-date=March 1, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302064921/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/could-the-capitol-riot-become-a-superspreader-event.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Greene refused to get a ], claiming there was no reason to because she is "perfectly healthy".<ref>{{cite news|date=March 31, 2021|title=Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene rare Congress member who declines COVID vaccine|work=]|url=https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2021/03/31/marjorie-taylor-greene-declines-covid-vaccine-georgia-congresswoman/4821513001/|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712125909/https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2021/03/31/marjorie-taylor-greene-declines-covid-vaccine-georgia-congresswoman/4821513001/|url-status=live}}</ref> By March 2021, the ] had begun efforts to create ] to better enable those who had been inoculated to resume public gatherings, and some states and the federal government were considering such plans, though the Biden administration said participation would not be compulsory. On Facebook and Twitter, Greene suggested the plan might be "Biden's ]", a reference to the ], echoing a ] that getting vaccinated is equivalent to pledging allegiance to the devil. She added: "It's still fascism, or communism, whatever you want to call it, but it's coming from private companies. So, I have a term for that. I call it 'corporate communism.'"<ref>Multiple sources: | |||
*{{cite news|last1=Choi|first1=Joseph|date=March 30, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts COVID-19 vaccine passports: 'Bidens mark of the beast'|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/545649-marjorie-taylor-greene-blasts-covid-19-vaccine-passports-as-bidens-mark-of-the|access-date=March 31, 2021|archive-date=March 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331011214/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/545649-marjorie-taylor-greene-blasts-covid-19-vaccine-passports-as-bidens-mark-of-the|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|last1=Caraccio|first1=David|date=March 30, 2021|title=Hear Marjorie Taylor Greene rip vaccine passports as 'Biden's mark of the beast'|work=]|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article250316644.html|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408174010/https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article250316644.html|archive-date=April 8, 2021}} | |||
*{{cite news|last1=Reich|first1=Aaron|date=March 30, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor-Greene dubs COVID-19 vaccine passports 'Mark of the Beast'|work=]|url=https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-dubs-covid-19-vaccine-passports-mark-of-the-beast-663646|access-date=March 31, 2021|archive-date=March 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331032833/https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-dubs-covid-19-vaccine-passports-mark-of-the-beast-663646|url-status=live}} | |||
*{{cite news|last1=Mishra|first1=Stuti|date=March 30, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene says Biden's vaccine passport plan should be called 'the Mark of the Beast'|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-vaccine-passport-biden-b1824212.html|access-date=March 31, 2021|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401050026/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-vaccine-passport-biden-b1824212.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Days later, Greene introduced a bill in the House, the We Will Not Comply Act, which sought to ban vaccine passports, as well as the Fire Fauci Act, which would eliminate Fauci's salary until his successor is confirmed by the Senate, although Senate confirmation is not required for Fauci's position as NIAID director.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Axelrod|first1=Tal|date=April 1, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene offers bills to fire Fauci, ban vaccine passports|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/545992-marjorie-taylor-greene-offers-bills-to-fire-fauci-ban-vaccine-passports|access-date=April 1, 2021|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401224915/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/545992-marjorie-taylor-greene-offers-bills-to-fire-fauci-ban-vaccine-passports|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Solander|first=Andrew|date=April 1, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Proposes Making Fauci's Salary $0 And Requiring Businesses To Serve The Unvaccinated|work=]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/04/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-proposes-making-faucis-salary-0-and-requiring-businesses-to-serve-the-unvaccinated/|access-date=April 3, 2021|archive-date=April 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402125340/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/04/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-proposes-making-faucis-salary-0-and-requiring-businesses-to-serve-the-unvaccinated/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to August 2021 financial disclosures, in 2020 Greene owned stocks in three COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, with at least $15,000 of stock in both ] and ], and at least $1,000 of stock in ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caulder |first1=Kelcey |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene owns stock in 3 vaccine manufacturers |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/dec/17/marjorie-taylor-greene-owns-stock-3-vaccine/559944/ |access-date=December 20, 2021 |work=] |date=December 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218123845/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/dec/17/marjorie-taylor-greene-owns-stock-3-vaccine/559944/ |archive-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref> | |||
{{Anchor|COVID-19 Holocaust comparisons}}Greene has been fined many times for not wearing a mask on the House floor. The first occasion was on May 18, 2021, when she was fined $500.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Solender|first=Andrew|date=May 20, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Fined $500 For Repeatedly Going Maskless On House Floor|work=]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/05/20/marjorie-taylor-greene-fined-500-for-repeatedly-going-maskless-on-house-floor/|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182459/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/05/20/marjorie-taylor-greene-fined-500-for-repeatedly-going-maskless-on-house-floor/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Freking|first=Kevin|date=May 19, 2021|title=Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Illinois' Mary Miller, face fines for rebelling against House mask rules|work=]|agency=]|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-congress-house-mask-rules-20210519-b7vyko6fkzf3hjant6lcgxpd3i-story.html|access-date=July 9, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709232903/https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-congress-house-mask-rules-20210519-b7vyko6fkzf3hjant6lcgxpd3i-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Two days later, on a podcast hosted by evangelical commentator ],<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=https://art19.com/shows/the-pod-s-honest-truth/episodes/fe991be7-9398-4c21-8440-0fc67e57e278|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Nancy Pelosi 'is mentally ill'|website=The Water Cooler|publisher=Just the News|last=Brody|first=David|date=May 20, 2021|time=5:04|access-date=July 3, 2021|author-link=David Brody (journalist)|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182933/https://art19.com/shows/the-pod-s-honest-truth/episodes/fe991be7-9398-4c21-8440-0fc67e57e278|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene called Pelosi "mentally ill" and said that Pelosi's requirement that House members continue wearing masks until they all prove they have been vaccinated "is exactly the type of abuse" as Jews being "put in trains and taken to gas chambers in ]" during ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nobles|first=Ryan|date=May 21, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene compares House mask mandates to the Holocaust|work=]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-mask-mandates-holocaust/index.html|access-date=May 22, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521203932/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-mask-mandates-holocaust/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Allan"/><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Seddiq|first1=Oma|last2=Dzhanova|first2=Yelena|date=May 21, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene calls Nancy Pelosi 'mentally ill' and compares House mask rules to the Holocaust|work=]|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-pelosi-mentally-ill-house-mask-rules-holocaust-2021-5|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183050/https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-pelosi-mentally-ill-house-mask-rules-holocaust-2021-5|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene said she incurred a second fine of $2,500 after she again entered the House floor without a mask, and she dubbed Pelosi "Speaker Maskhole" in response.<ref>{{cite news|last=Knowles|first=David|date=May 24, 2021|title=For Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, stepping over the line is the point|work=]|url=https://news.yahoo.com/for-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-stepping-over-the-line-is-the-point-210258643.html|access-date=July 10, 2021|archive-date=July 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710145558/https://news.yahoo.com/for-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-stepping-over-the-line-is-the-point-210258643.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Filbin|first=Patrick|date=May 27, 2021|title=Greene and Gaetz get warm, America First welcome at rally in Dalton, Georgia|work=]|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/may/27/greene-and-gaetz-get-warm-americfirst-welcome/547751/|access-date=July 10, 2021|archive-date=July 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710145601/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/may/27/greene-and-gaetz-get-warm-americfirst-welcome/547751/|url-status=live}}</ref> The day after the podcast, she defended her comments, adding, "any rational Jewish person doesn't like what's happening with overbearing mask mandates and overbearing vaccine policies." Her comments drew widespread criticism, including from leading Republican representatives and the Jewish community.<ref name="Allan" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Muzaffar|first=Maroosha|date=May 24, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene defends comparing mask mandate to Holocaust as Republican colleagues turn on her|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-mask-mandate-holocaust-b1852639.html|access-date=May 25, 2021|archive-date=May 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524171531/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-mask-mandate-holocaust-b1852639.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kampeas|first1=Ron|date=May 25, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on comparing mask rules to Holocaust|agency=]|url=https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-doubles-down-on-comparing-mask-rules-to-holocaust-669060|access-date=May 25, 2021|author-link=Ron Kampeas|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525012334/https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-doubles-down-on-comparing-mask-rules-to-holocaust-669060|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Nobles|first=Ryan|date=May 26, 2021|title=House Republican leaders condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene's Holocaust comparison after five days and a wave of outrage|work=]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-holocaust-remarks/index.html|access-date=May 26, 2021|archive-date=May 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526015828/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/25/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-holocaust-remarks/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
On June 14, Greene publicly apologized for her comments after a private visit to the ] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Marcos"/> Three weeks later, she compared Biden's suggestion to provide door-to-door vaccinations to "medical ]" and said: "You can't force people to be part of the human experiment."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mastrangelo|first1=Dominick|date=July 7, 2021|title=Greene compares Biden vaccination push to Nazis|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/561800-greene-compares-biden-vaccination-push-to-nazis|access-date=July 8, 2021|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708023839/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/561800-greene-compares-biden-vaccination-push-to-nazis|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wilstein|first=Matt|date=July 6, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Reveals She Learned Nothing From Holocaust Museum Visit|work=]|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-reveals-she-learned-nothing-from-holocaust-museum-visit|access-date=July 8, 2021|archive-date=July 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708021606/https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-reveals-she-learned-nothing-from-holocaust-museum-visit|url-status=live}}</ref> By the end of October 2021, she had been fined 20 times for not wearing a mask on the House floor. According to House rules, subsequent fines were $2,500 each. Thus, with the 20th occasion, she had been fined a total of $48,000.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zilbermints|first=Regina|date=November 1, 2021|title=Greene accrues at least $48K in fines for ignoring House mask mandate|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/579462-greene-accrues-at-least-48k-in-fines-for-defying-house-mask-mandate|access-date=November 3, 2021|work=]|language=en|archive-date=November 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103000613/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/579462-greene-accrues-at-least-48k-in-fines-for-defying-house-mask-mandate|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
On June 4, 2021, Greene sent Biden a letter calling for an investigation into Fauci over his statements on the origin of ], the virus that causes COVID-19.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Murphy|first1=Patricia|last2=Bluestein|first2=Greg|last3=Mitchell|first3=Tia|date=June 7, 2021|title=The Jolt: Herschel Walker MIA from state GOP convention|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-herschel-walker-mia-from-gop-convention/DY5BOXGK2ND25CTR2UKUEDXQFQ/|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712093749/https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-herschel-walker-mia-from-gop-convention/DY5BOXGK2ND25CTR2UKUEDXQFQ/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=June 7, 2021|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green demands COVID-19 answers from President Biden... by June 31, 2021|work=]|url=https://www.fox5ny.com/news/rep-marjorie-taylor-green-wants-covid-19-answers-from-biden-by-june-31-2021|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712093750/https://www.fox5ny.com/news/rep-marjorie-taylor-green-wants-covid-19-answers-from-biden-by-june-31-2021|url-status=live}}</ref> In the letter, she called COVID-19 a "manufactured plague" caused by a "Chinese-made virus".<ref>{{cite web|title=NIAID Director Targeted by GA Representative|url=https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/niaid-director-targeted-ga-representative|access-date=July 12, 2021|website=Sabin Center for Climate Change Law|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712093751/https://climate.law.columbia.edu/content/niaid-director-targeted-ga-representative|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Huberman|first=Bond|date=June 6, 2021|title=Here's What We Know About the Fauci COVID Emails|url=https://www.snopes.com/articles/346547/what-we-know-about-fauci-emails/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210609064200/https://www.snopes.com/articles/346547/what-we-know-about-fauci-emails/|archive-date=June 9, 2021|access-date=June 6, 2021|website=]}}</ref> Days later, she suggested that only a ] could explain the existence and spread of the virus.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Taintor|first=David|date=June 9, 2021|title='I don't believe in evolution, I believe in God': Marjorie Taylor Greene argues Covid escaped from Wuhan lab|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-wuhan-lab-coronavirus-b1862672.html|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712222348/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-wuhan-lab-coronavirus-b1862672.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene also said that she did not support the use of ] to identify emerging diseases and develop vaccines and treatments.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Doherty|first=Erin|date=June 11, 2021|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she doesn't 'believe in evolution'|work=]|url=https://www.axios.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-disputes-evolution-66ff019d-5bf0-42b6-8e73-7f72d31b04b3.html|access-date=June 12, 2021|archive-date=June 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612023359/https://www.axios.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-disputes-evolution-66ff019d-5bf0-42b6-8e73-7f72d31b04b3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In July 2021, Greene dismissed the ], including the ], saying, "no one cares".<ref>{{cite news|date=July 6, 2021|title=US Republican Rep Greene says 'no one cares' about Delta variant|work=]|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/6/us-republican-rep-greene-says-no-one-cares-about-delta-variant|access-date=July 12, 2021|archive-date=July 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712023028/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/6/us-republican-rep-greene-says-no-one-cares-about-delta-variant|url-status=live}}</ref> She also posted misinformation about the virus, saying it "is not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65". When a reporter informed Greene that non-obese and young people were also dying from the virus and asked her whether she bore "responsibility for keeping people in Georgia safe", Greene laughed and said, "I think people's responsibility is their own."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Place|first1=Nathan|date=July 21, 2021|title='You crack me up': Marjorie Taylor Greene laughs off question about children dying of Covid|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-laugh-covid-b1887635.html|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=July 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721000930/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-laugh-covid-b1887635.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
At an August 2021 fundraiser in ], Greene claimed that Biden would be "sending one of his police state friends to your front door" to inquire whether they had received a vaccine, and said, "in the South, we all love our Second Amendment rights, and we're not really big on strangers showing up on our front door." At the same event, Greene claimed that the virus was Fauci's "experiment". When ] contacted Greene's office to confirm that a video of the event was genuine, a spokesman for her responded, "These claims are ridiculous and yet another conspiracy theory from the left."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Castronuovo|first=Celine|date=August 6, 2021|title=Alabama crowd cheers state's low vaccination rate during Marjorie Taylor Greene event|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/566814-alabama-crowd-cheers-states-low-vaccination-rates-during-marjorie-taylor|access-date=August 7, 2021|work=]|archive-date=August 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210806235050/https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/566814-alabama-crowd-cheers-states-low-vaccination-rates-during-marjorie-taylor|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Shabad|first=Rebecca|date=August 6, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene suggests Southerners could 'welcome' Biden's 'police state friends' with guns|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/marjorie-taylor-greene-suggests-southerners-could-welcome-biden-s-police-n1276152|access-date=August 7, 2021|work=]|archive-date=August 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807020752/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/marjorie-taylor-greene-suggests-southerners-could-welcome-biden-s-police-n1276152|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 12, Greene admitted that COVID-19 is spreading, but falsely said that hospitals were not overwhelmed with afflicted patients, and added, "we're human, we can't live forever, we're going to catch all kinds of diseases and illnesses and other viruses."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bowden|first=John|date=August 12, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene falsely claims hospitals aren't reaching capacity due to Covid surge, says 'we can't live forever'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/greene-hospitals-covid-live-forever-b1901833.html|access-date=August 13, 2021|newspaper=]|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813001533/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/greene-hospitals-covid-live-forever-b1901833.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, Greene promoted the ] film '']'', which promotes ] and ] conspiracy theories.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Tiffany |first=Kaitlyn |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Twitter Has No Answers for #DiedSuddenly |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/died-suddenly-documentary-covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theory/672819/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511150627/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/died-suddenly-documentary-covid-vaccine-conspiracy-theory/672819/ |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |access-date=June 6, 2023 |magazine=]}}</ref> | |||
=== 2020 presidential election=== | |||
Greene is a supporter of former president Donald Trump; on January 4, 2021, she called for the results of the ] to be decertified.<ref name="KMX2y"/> After ], she introduced an article of impeachment against Biden on January 21, the day after he took office; no one co-sponsored it.<ref name="Hrokv">{{cite news|last1=Castronuovo|first1=Celine|date=January 13, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will introduce impeachment articles against Biden|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534178-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-will-introduce-impeachment-articles-against|access-date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=June 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613115243/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/534178-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-will-introduce-impeachment-articles-against|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="gjSMp" /><ref>{{cite news|date=January 21, 2021|title=H.Res.57|work=117th United States Congress|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/57|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212205802/https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/57|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
During an interview with ] on July 7, 2021, Greene rejected a conspiracy theory that suggested Trump would be reinstated as president in August 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moye|first=David|date=July 7, 2021|title=Even Marjorie Taylor Greene Thinks Mike Lindell's Trump Reinstatement Theory Is B.S.|work=]|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-lindell-conspiracy-theory_n_60e5e808e4b07d48e65a736d|access-date=July 10, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709093424/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-lindell-conspiracy-theory_n_60e5e808e4b07d48e65a736d|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
On October 22, 2021, Greene purchased shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a ] that had just merged with ] for the purpose of funding Trump's planned social media app, ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Egan|first=Matt|date=October 27, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene invested as much as $50,000 in the Trump SPAC before its stock plunged|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/27/investing/trump-spac-dwac-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html|access-date=October 27, 2021|work=]|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215162751/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/27/investing/trump-spac-dwac-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
=== Foreign policy === | |||
During a speech at the ], Greene adamantly opposed foreign aid, saying: "I wanted to take my regular, normal person, normal, everyday American values, which is: We love our country. We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not for... China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam – whatever, wherever."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gstalter|first=Morgan|date=March 11, 2021|title=Guam governor offers Greene history book after falsely calling US territory a foreign land|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/542768-guam-governor-offers-taylor-greene-history-book-after-falsely-calling-us|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312000124/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/542768-guam-governor-offers-taylor-greene-history-book-after-falsely-calling-us|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Deese|first=Kaelan|date=March 10, 2021|title=Guam offering cookies and geography lessons to Marjorie Taylor Greene after CPAC blunder|work=]|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/guam-marjorie-taylor-greene-cookies-geography-cpac-speech|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312055941/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/guam-marjorie-taylor-greene-cookies-geography-cpac-speech|url-status=live}}</ref> This remark about Guam, which is a ] whose residents are ], prompted ] ] to offer Greene ] chip cookies in what he called "cookie diplomacy".<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 12, 2021|title=Guam sends cookie care package after Marjorie Taylor Greene says it's not part of America.|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-green-guam-us-territory-b1816155.html|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312014827/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-green-guam-us-territory-b1816155.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Haltiwanger|first=John|date=March 11, 2021|title=Guam offers Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene cookies and history book after she suggests it's a foreign country unworthy of aid|work=]|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/guam-offers-marjorie-taylor-greene-cookies-over-cpac-gaffe-2021-3|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311230052/https://www.businessinsider.com/guam-offers-marjorie-taylor-greene-cookies-over-cpac-gaffe-2021-3|url-status=live}}</ref> ] ] told the '']'' that her office would be "more than happy to send Representative Greene's office a copy of ''Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam''".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Guerrero|first=Phil Leon|date=March 11, 2021|title=Congresswoman who thought Guam not part of US will get island cookies|work=]|url=https://www.postguam.com/news/local/congresswoman-who-thought-guam-not-part-of-us-will-get-island-cookies/article_072ec65a-8163-11eb-ab00-fb612e593d96.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628171649/https://www.postguam.com/news/local/congresswoman-who-thought-guam-not-part-of-us-will-get-island-cookies/article_072ec65a-8163-11eb-ab00-fb612e593d96.html|archive-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> | |||
In March 2021, Greene was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the ], for reasons reported to be unclear.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Diaz|first1=Daniella|last2=Wilson|first2=Kristin|date=March 19, 2021|title=14 House Republicans vote against a measure condemning military coup in Myanmar|work=]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/politics/house-republicans-myanmar-coup/index.html|access-date=March 24, 2021|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321170915/https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/politics/house-republicans-myanmar-coup/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In June 2021, Greene was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shabad|first=Rebecca|date=June 17, 2021|title=House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization|work=]|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-set-repeal-2002-iraq-war-authorization-n1271107|access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-date=June 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617120917/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-set-repeal-2002-iraq-war-authorization-n1271107|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 17, 2021|title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 172|url=https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll172.xml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627182635/https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll172.xml|archive-date=June 27, 2021|access-date=July 2, 2021|website=]}}</ref> | |||
In July 2021, Greene stated on Bannon's show that, if she had the authority to, she would kick out every Chinese person in the United States who is loyal to the ] and impose strict tariffs on China.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Blest|first1=Paul|date=July 23, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She'd Deport Chinese People If She Could|work=]|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7expj/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-shed-deport-chinese-people-if-she-could|access-date=July 24, 2021|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724005841/https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7expj/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-shed-deport-chinese-people-if-she-could|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Papenfuss|first=Mary|date=July 23, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants Chinese Booted For COVID, But Not A Peep About Unvaxxed|work=]|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-deport-chinese-covid-19_n_60fa2776e4b0158a5edef64a|access-date=July 24, 2021|archive-date=July 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724042829/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-deport-chinese-covid-19_n_60fa2776e4b0158a5edef64a|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in July, Greene voted against the bipartisan ], which would increase the number of ] for Afghan allies of the U.S. military during ] by 8,000, while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed in the House by a vote of 407–16.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quarshie |first1=Mabinty |title=These 16 Republicans voted against speeding up visas for Afghans fleeing the Taliban |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/17/16-republicans-voted-against-special-visas-help-afghanistan-people/8163392002/ |access-date=August 18, 2021 |work=] |date=August 17, 2021 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817221148/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/17/16-republicans-voted-against-special-visas-help-afghanistan-people/8163392002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Throughout the ], Greene has promoted ],<ref>{{cite news |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene says claims that Putin wants to extend invasion further into Europe are 'lies' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-putin-ukraine-invasion-lies-b2302560.html |work=The Independent |date=16 March 2023}}</ref> including claims that Ukraine is a ] state,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fortinsky |first1=Sarah |title=Raskin: Greene 'recycling direct Russian propaganda' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4602186-raskin-greene-recycling-direct-russian-propaganda/ |access-date=19 April 2024 |work=The Hill |publisher=Nexstar Media Inc. |date=April 18, 2024}}</ref> and praised ].<ref name=ft2022>{{cite news |title=Pro-Putin Republicans break ranks by heaping praise on Kremlin: Far-right lawmakers prompt outrage as US public opinion is overwhelmingly united in support of Ukraine |url=https://www.ft.com/content/fd870fa9-007a-4cd4-bffc-d72aa2a35767 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |work=] |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417203048/https://www.ft.com/content/fd870fa9-007a-4cd4-bffc-d72aa2a35767 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the ], she criticized the "corrupt" Ukrainian government and argued against sending Ukraine weapons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Morning: The G.O.P.'s Putin wing|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/briefing/republican-party-putin-wing.html|first=David|last=Leonhardt|date=April 7, 2022|access-date=April 8, 2022|work=]|archive-date=June 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622183553/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/07/briefing/republican-party-putin-wing.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She has suggested that Ukraine instigated the invasion by agitating Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/03/22/poking-the-bear-marjorie-taylor-greene-suggests-ukraine-instigated-russian-invasion/|title='Poking The Bear': Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggests Ukraine Instigated Russian Invasion|first=Nicholas|last=Reimann|website=Forbes|date=22 March 2022|access-date=2 March 2023|archive-date=July 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721001858/https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/03/22/poking-the-bear-marjorie-taylor-greene-suggests-ukraine-instigated-russian-invasion/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Greene proposed an amendment to a House foreign aid bill on Ukraine that would require all members of the House voting in favor of the bill to enlist in the Ukrainian military.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Corcoran |first1=Kieran |title=MTG nodded to her infamous 'Jewish space laser' theory in an amendment meant to mess up sending aid to Israel |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-jewish-space-lasers-israel-aid-bill-2024-4 |access-date=19 April 2024 |work=Business Insider |date=April 18, 2024}}</ref> Former Republican congressman ] has called Greene "Moscow Marjorie", due to her "getting her talking points from the Kremlin".<ref>{{cite news |author= Martin Pengelly |title= 'Moscow Marjorie': Republican accuses Greene of irresponsible Ukraine rhetoric |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/09/marjorie-taylor-greene-ken-buck-ukraine |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=April 10, 2024}}</ref> | |||
Greene has been critical of ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-putin-ukraine-aid-b2076215.html|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene told to stop 'repeating Putin's propaganda' on helping Ukraine|date=May 11, 2022|work=]|first=Arpan|last=Rai|access-date=2 March 2023|archive-date=July 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723024826/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-putin-ukraine-aid-b2076215.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She was one of 18 Republicans to vote against admitting ] and ] to NATO.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3565022-the-18-house-republicans-who-voted-against-a-resolution-to-support-finland-sweden-joining-nato/|title=The 18 House Republicans who voted against a resolution to support Finland, Sweden joining NATO|work=The Hill|first=Mychael|last=Schnell|date=July 19, 2022|access-date=2 March 2023|archive-date=July 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720012415/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3565022-the-18-house-republicans-who-voted-against-a-resolution-to-support-finland-sweden-joining-nato/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In 2023, Greene was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President ] to remove U.S. troops from ] within 180 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 | title=H.Con.Res. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of … -- House Vote #136 -- Mar 8, 2023 | access-date=March 10, 2023 | archive-date=March 10, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310180559/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/118-2023/h136 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |title=House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria |date=March 8, 2023 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=March 10, 2023 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404204512/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2023-03-08/house-votes-down-bill-directing-removal-of-troops-from-syria |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In October 2023, Greene sponsored a resolution to censure Democratic U.S. representative ] for alleged "antisemitic activity" and "sympathizing" with ].<ref>{{cite news |title=House rejects effort to censure Rashida Tlaib over the Palestinian-American's rhetoric about Israel |url=https://apnews.com/article/congress-house-censure-resolution-greene-tlaib-48d109c21c11f8df80053d15ff7b77b7 |work=AP News |date=November 2, 2023}}</ref> | |||
=== Opioid epidemic in the United States === | |||
In May 2023, she claimed that ] contributed to the ], saying, "Three hundred Americans are dying every single day. Mayorkas, and I argue Biden as well — President Biden — both of them should be impeached for that."<ref>{{cite news |last=Lillis |first=Mike |title=Greene leaning toward yes on 's— sandwich' debt bill — but she also wants impeachment |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4027240-greene-leaning-towards-yes-on-s-sandwich-debt-bill-but-she-also-wants-impeachment/ |work=The Hill |date=May 30, 2023}}</ref> | |||
=== Gun rights === | |||
At a September 2020 gun rights rally in ], Greene said she would always protect gun owners' rights and would not vote for any laws making it harder for people to possess guns.<ref name="d1eeI">{{Cite news |last=Filbin|first=Patrick|date=September 19, 2020 |title=Catoosa County welcomes congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene for Second Amendment rally |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/sep/19/catoosa-county-welcomes-marjorie-taylor-greene/532547/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118055002/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2020/sep/19/catoosa-county-welcomes-marjorie-taylor-greene/532547/ |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |access-date=November 28, 2020 |work=]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=Luke|last2=Rosenberg|first2=Matthew|date=January 29, 2021|title=Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/republicans-trump-capitol-riot.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129135400/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/republicans-trump-capitol-riot.html |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref> She said: "The government will never tell me how many guns I can own, and how many bullets I am allowed to fire if someone were to attack me or my kids".<ref>{{cite news|date=September 20, 2020|title=Senator Loeffler, Marjorie Taylor Green speak at Catoosa Co. rally Saturday|work=]|url=https://newschannel9.com/news/local/senator-loeffler-marjorie-taylor-green-speak-at-rally-in-catoosa-co-rally-saturday|access-date=July 11, 2021|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711112857/https://newschannel9.com/news/local/senator-loeffler-marjorie-taylor-green-speak-at-rally-in-catoosa-co-rally-saturday|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In June 2021, Greene introduced a bill to abolish the ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dima|first=Jake|date=June 17, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to abolish ATF and auction off confiscated firearms|work=]|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/marjorie-taylor-green-bill-abolish-atf|url-status=live|access-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619180244/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/marjorie-taylor-green-bill-abolish-atf|archive-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref> The bill also sought to provide monetary grants to the families of ] agents killed as a result of ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beavers |first1=Olivia |title=Infrastructure deal gains GOP steam |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2021/06/17/infrastructure-deal-gains-gop-steam-493291 |access-date=July 12, 2021 |work=] |date=June 17, 2021 |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712090842/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2021/06/17/infrastructure-deal-gains-gop-steam-493291 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In June 2022, Greene argued that Canada's proposed gun control laws would leave Canada "weak and vulnerable to being invaded and easily taken over by another stronger country", such as "Russia, who is very angry at America right now."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Place |first=Nathan |date=June 1, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for saying Canada gun laws could spark Russian invasion |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-canada-gun-laws-russia-b2092104.html |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=] |language=en |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601200124/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-canada-gun-laws-russia-b2092104.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In July 2022, Greene claimed that the July 4 ] was "designed to make Republicans go along with more gun control" because the shooting occurred "in a rich, white neighborhood". She also claimed that "We didn't see that at all the Pride parades in the month of June" and that "As soon as we hit MAGA month ... we have shootings on July Fourth". Although Greene conceded that her comments might sound "like a conspiracy theory", she said that "the definition of a right-wing conspiracy theory" is "just the news a month early."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldiner |first=Dave |date=July 4, 2022 |title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blames July Fourth mass shooting on LGBTQ plot to enact 'more gun control' |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-highland-park-mass-shooting-marjorie-taylor-greene-lgbtq-plot-20220706-tsgiznkdcjgijdyiqqn7gztxs4-story.html |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=] |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706175717/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-highland-park-mass-shooting-marjorie-taylor-greene-lgbtq-plot-20220706-tsgiznkdcjgijdyiqqn7gztxs4-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== Infrastructure === | |||
In November 2021, Greene said that any Republican who supported the ] was "a traitor to our party, a traitor to their voters and a traitor to our donors".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sonmez |first1=Felicia |title=GOP Rep. Fred Upton receives death threats after voting for bipartisan infrastructure deal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-rep-fred-upton-receives-death-threats-after-voting-for-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal/2021/11/09/78fe5ac8-4195-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html |access-date=November 10, 2021 |newspaper=] |date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211110034043/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-rep-fred-upton-receives-death-threats-after-voting-for-bipartisan-infrastructure-deal/2021/11/09/78fe5ac8-4195-11ec-9ea7-3eb2406a2e24_story.html |archive-date=November 10, 2021}}</ref> She called the $1.2 trillion bill Biden's "communist takeover of America".<ref name=Burke>{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Melissa |title=GOP Rep. Upton receives death threats after backing bipartisan public works bill |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/09/upton-receives-death-threats-after-backing-bipartisan-public-works-bill/6351806001/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |work=] |date=November 9, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109232256/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/09/upton-receives-death-threats-after-backing-bipartisan-public-works-bill/6351806001/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Elbeshbishi |first1=Sarah |title=House GOP members who voted for infrastructure bill face backlash from Republican colleagues |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/06/house-gop-members-who-voted-infrastructure-bill-face-backlash/6318451001/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |work=] |date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109180553/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/06/house-gop-members-who-voted-infrastructure-bill-face-backlash/6318451001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Greene criticized the 13 House Republicans who voted for the bill as "American job and energy killers" and derided them as "China-First and America-Last". ], one of the 13, said that he received over 1,000 calls, including death threats, after Greene publicized their office phone numbers on Twitter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Cameron |title=GOP rep shares threatening voicemail after infrastructure vote |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/580666-gop-rep-shares-threatening-voicemail-after-infrastructure-vote |access-date=November 10, 2021 |work=] |date=November 9, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109202326/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/580666-gop-rep-shares-threatening-voicemail-after-infrastructure-vote |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Melissa |title=GOP congressman gets threatening voicemail after backing infrastructure bill |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/infrastructure-bill-fred-upton-threats-voicemail/ |access-date=November 10, 2021 |work=] |date=November 9, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109184447/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/infrastructure-bill-fred-upton-threats-voicemail/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
=== LGBT rights === | |||
On February 2, 2021, Greene co-sponsored the Old Glory Only Act, a bill to ban ] from flying ]s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Avery|first=Dan|date=February 4, 2021|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene backs bill that would ban Pride flags at U.S. embassies|work=]|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-backs-bill-would-ban-pride-flags-n1256796|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182822/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-backs-bill-would-ban-pride-flags-n1256796|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bollinger|first=Alex|date=February 2, 2021|title=QAnon congresswoman sponsors bill to ban the rainbow flag at embassies|work=]|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/qanon-congresswoman-sponsors-bill-ban-rainbow-flag-embassies/|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702050743/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/qanon-congresswoman-sponsors-bill-ban-rainbow-flag-embassies/|url-status=live}}</ref> Two days later, she said she was "censored" by Twitter for "absolutely believing with all my heart that God's creation is he created them male and female".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Browning|first=Bill|date=February 5, 2021|title=Before Marjorie Taylor Greene was tossed from House committees she defended herself with transphobia|work=]|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-tossed-house-committees-defended-transphobia/|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711155410/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-tossed-house-committees-defended-transphobia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Palmer|first=Ewan|date=February 5, 2021|title=What Marjorie Taylor Greene Said in Speech Denouncing QAnon—Full Transcript|work=]|url=https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-speech-1567044|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182806/https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-speech-1567044|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
On February 24, 2021, Greene tried to block the ] while it was being debated on the House floor,<ref name="Bryant">{{cite news|last=Bryant|first=Miranda|date=February 25, 2021|title=Outrage as Marjorie Taylor Greene displays transphobic sign in Congress|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/25/marjorie-taylor-greene-transgender-sign|work=]|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303102536/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/25/marjorie-taylor-greene-transgender-sign|url-status=live}}</ref> saying that it would "destroy God's creation" and "violate everything we hold dear in God's creation".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Antigay Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Equality Act Protects Pedophiles|work=]|url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/2/24/antigay-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-equality-act-protects-pedophiles|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629235444/https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/2/24/antigay-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-equality-act-protects-pedophiles|url-status=live}}</ref> She proposed replacing it with a bill that would exempt ]s, allow people to sue the federal government "if their religious rights are violated", and prevent ] and girls from participating in ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Marcus|first=Josh|date=February 23, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to replace LGBTQ+ Equality Act|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-equality-act-b1806385.html|access-date=February 25, 2021|work=]|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224235243/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-equality-act-b1806385.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After floor debate on the bill that day, Representative ], whose congressional office is directly across from Greene's, displayed a ] outside her office. In response, Greene displayed a ] poster outside her office reading: "There are TWO genders: Male & Female. Trust The Science!".<ref name="Bryant"/> Newman has a ] daughter, whom Greene called Newman's "biological son".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chamlee |first1=Virginia |date=February 25, 2021 |title=Lawmaker with Transgender Daughter Responds to Colleague's Transphobic Sign Outside Her Office |url=https://people.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-attacks-colleagues-trans-daughter/ |work=] |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303015413/https://people.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-attacks-colleagues-trans-daughter/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In April 2021, Greene supported a bill by Representative ] that would bar schools from ] such as bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bollinger|first=Alex|date=March 3, 2021|title=Republican introduces anti-trans bathroom bill in Congress to stop 'radical gender ideology'|work=]|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/03/republican-introduces-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-congress-stop-radical-gender-ideology/|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702050757/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/03/republican-introduces-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-congress-stop-radical-gender-ideology/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In June 2021, during an interview with ], Greene called ] "men playing dress up" and "literally having an identity crisis", saying, "They never will be , and I refuse to recognize them that way."<ref name="Browning"/> Later in June, she said that schools teaching about LGBT people is "mental/emotional child abuse".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Browning|first=Bill|date=June 30, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene claims that teaching about gay people is 'emotional child abuse'|work=]|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-claims-teaching-gay-people-emotional-child-abuse/|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702153134/https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-claims-teaching-gay-people-emotional-child-abuse/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In April 2022, Greene criticized ] for not answering Senator ]'s question "what is a woman?" Greene said, "We came from Adam's rib. God created us with his hands. We may be the weaker sex, we are the weaker sex, but we are our partner's, our husband's wife."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-definition-woman-backlash/ |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene gave her definition of a woman and it backfired spectacularly |first=Lili |last=Rutai |date=April 6, 2022 |work=] |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710042309/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/04/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-definition-woman-backlash/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
In May 2022, Greene claimed that straight people would go extinct within less than two centuries due to LGBT-inclusive educators, calling them "trans terrorists". She also falsely claimed that the perpetrator of the ] in Texas was transgender.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jankowicz |first=Mia |date=June 1, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene groundlessly claims straight people face extinction within 150 years because of LGBTQ+ education |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-says-straight-people-will-go-extinct-thanks-lgbtq-visibility-2022-6 |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |archive-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602024354/https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-says-straight-people-will-go-extinct-thanks-lgbtq-visibility-2022-6 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On June 1, 2022, Greene said that "an entire" ] celebrating LGBT people "needs to end".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaplan |first=Anna |date=June 1, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Doubles Down On Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric—Suggests Pride Month 'Needs To End' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakaplan/2022/06/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-doubles-down-on-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-suggests-pride-month-needs-to-end/ |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=Forbes |language=en |archive-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602003819/https://www.forbes.com/sites/annakaplan/2022/06/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-doubles-down-on-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-suggests-pride-month-needs-to-end/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On August 19, 2022, Greene introduced the "Protect Children's Innocence Act", which would make giving ] to ] a felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison, prohibit using federal funds for gender-affirming care or health insurance covering it, and prohibit institutions of higher education from providing instruction on such care. Fourteen Republicans have co-sponsored the bill.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brooke Migdon |first=Emily Brooks |date=August 19, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to make gender-affirming care for transgender youth a felony |url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3607955-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-to-make-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth-a-felony/ |access-date=August 19, 2022 |website=The Hill |language=en-US |archive-date=August 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819174639/https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/3607955-marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-bill-to-make-gender-affirming-care-for-transgender-youth-a-felony/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2022, after ] ], who is gay, called "]" "an anti-LGBTQ hate word" that "plays into the slander that LGBTQ people are ]", Greene responded that the Protect Children's Innocence Act would stop "communist groomers" such as Wiener.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ferrannini |first1=John |last2=Hari |first2=Amanda |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene hurls homophobic slur at Bay Area rep |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/marjorie-taylor-greene-hurls-homophobic-slur-at-bay-area-rep/ |access-date=November 27, 2022 |work=] |date=November 26, 2022 |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127002328/https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/marjorie-taylor-greene-hurls-homophobic-slur-at-bay-area-rep/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
On December 6, 2023, Greene expressed strong disapproval of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 for maintained policies that allow transgender individuals to serve and enlist and declared her intent to vote against it.<ref>{{cite video |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene expresses her views on transgender military policies |url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3633232120254295 |website=Facebook |publisher=Marjorie Taylor Greene |date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> On November 24, 2024, she, responding to an article report from '']'' that Donald Trump allegedly planned an executive order to ban all transgender individuals from serving and enlisting in the U.S. military, which the Trump transition team later denied, said that a ban would improve recruitment and save money.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 |user=mtgreenee |number=1860837390689927348 |date=November 28, 2024 |title=Supporting a transgender military ban is about ensuring operational readiness and focusing military resources on real threats. Protecting America should always come first. |url=https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1860837390689927348 |access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref> | |||
=== Race, religion, and immigration === | |||
Greene opposes the ] movement and has called it a ] group.<ref name="Kuznia" /> In a video, she compared Black Lives Matter activists to ] participants at the August 2017 ] in ],<ref name="Polit20200618" /> a rally she had previously called an "inside job".<ref name="CNN20200825" /> She ended one of her videos commenting: "The most mistreated group of people in the United States today are white males."<ref name="Polit20200618">{{Cite news |last1=Mutnick |first1=Ally |last2=Zanona |first2=Melanie |date=June 18, 2020 |title=House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |work=] |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812214015/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/17/house-republicans-condemn-gop-candidate-racist-videos-325579 |url-status=live}}</ref> After the ], Greene posted on Facebook that his death "must be investigated and justice will be served", calling the video "heartbreaking".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greene|first=Marjorie Taylor|date=May 28, 2020|title=Post about death of George Floyd|url=https://www.facebook.com/MarjorieTaylorGreene/videos/686260428863051/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609133200/https://www.facebook.com/MarjorieTaylorGreene/videos/686260428863051/|archive-date=June 9, 2020|access-date=June 26, 2021|type=video|via=Facebook}}</ref> One year later, when ] was ], Greene claimed the verdict was a result of ] by Black Lives Matter – which she compared to the ] and called "the most powerful domestic terrorist organization" in the United States – and falsely asserted that Washington, D.C. was "completely dead" on the night of the verdict because people were "scared to go out" for "fear of riots".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Klein|first=Charlotte|date=April 21, 2021|title=In Shocking Turn of Events, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene Aren't Happy With Chauvin Verdict|work=]|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/tucker-carlson-marjorie-taylor-greene-derek-chauvin-verdict-george-floyd|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725002849/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/tucker-carlson-marjorie-taylor-greene-derek-chauvin-verdict-george-floyd|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Vallejo|first=Justin|date=April 21, 2021|title=Fox, Newsmax, Taylor Greene and Cruz question jury as conservatives cope with Chauvin murder verdict|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/floyd-chauvin-fox-newsmax-greene-b1835415.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626193201/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/floyd-chauvin-fox-newsmax-greene-b1835415.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bump|first=Philip|date=April 22, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene says BLM protests are 'the same tactics the Ku Klux Klan used to use'|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/22/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-blm-protests-are-same-tactics-ku-klux-klan-used-use/|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422181652/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/22/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-blm-protests-are-same-tactics-ku-klux-klan-used-use/|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene denounced the ], a civil rights and police reform bill,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Edmondson|first=Catie|date=June 25, 2020|title=House Passes Sweeping Policing Bill Targeting Racial Bias and Use of Force|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/us/politics/house-police-overhaul-bill.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626005004/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/us/politics/house-police-overhaul-bill.html |archive-date=June 26, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> as an "Anti-Police bill", erroneously claiming it would bar law enforcement from using ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sommerfeldt|first=Chris|date=March 1, 2021|title=Rep. Greene downplays Jan. 6 attackers as 'teenagers' who 'walked through the Capitol'|work=]|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-capitol-riot-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-attackers-teenagers-20210301-arwg5no2qrffjgg2xyoh34rloi-story.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626203228/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-capitol-riot-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-attackers-teenagers-20210301-arwg5no2qrffjgg2xyoh34rloi-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In a recording obtained by '']'', Greene said that Muslims who believe in ] should not be in the U.S. government. She also contended that the Democratic Party is holding ] as "slaves". Her comments on black people, Muslims, and Jews were denounced by Republican House leaders and a spokesman for ] chairman ].<ref name="Polit20200618" /> Greene said that the election of Omar and Tlaib in the ] was part of "an Islamic invasion of our government",<ref name="Behrmann">{{cite news|last=Behrmann|first=Savannah|date=August 12, 2020|title=Trump calls QAnon conspiracy theory supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene a GOP 'star' after Georgia win|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/11/qanon-conspiracy-theory-supporter-marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-primary/3351661001/|work=]|access-date=August 12, 2020|archive-date=August 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812071354/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/11/qanon-conspiracy-theory-supporter-marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-primary/3351661001/|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2021, she called ] supporters of "terrorism" and "]" who "don't belong in Congress" and referred to them as the "] Squad".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Place|first=Nathan|date=May 12, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene ripped apart after calling Squad the 'Jihad Squad' and saying they should be removed from Congress|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-jihad-squad-b1846358.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626190159/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-jihad-squad-b1846358.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=McAuliff|first=Michael|date=May 25, 2021|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, facing blowback for comparing COVID vaccine to Holocaust, says 'media and Democrats' are the real problem|work=]|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-marjorie-taylor-greene-covid-holocaust-gop-criticism-20210525-rhqflvlf5fbibdp4juauorjcum-story.html|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626190159/https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-marjorie-taylor-greene-covid-holocaust-gop-criticism-20210525-rhqflvlf5fbibdp4juauorjcum-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In a late January 2021 interview with far-right British political commentator ], Greene said that she would "love to trade for some of our white people here that have no appreciation for our country".<ref>{{cite news|last=Spiers|first=Elizabeth|date=January 29, 2021|title=The GOP wants government to run like business. But not for lawmakers' behavior.|newspaper=]|type=op-ed|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/29/margaret-taylor-greene-workplace/|url-access=limited|access-date=February 21, 2021|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207194832/https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/01/29/margaret-taylor-greene-workplace/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Spearman|first=Kahron|date=January 28, 2021|title=Video resurfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene wanting Muslim congresswomen to retake oaths on Bible|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/marjorie-taylor-greene-muslim-congresswomen-bible-video/|access-date=July 14, 2021|work=]|archive-date=July 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714220725/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/marjorie-taylor-greene-muslim-congresswomen-bible-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
On April 16, 2021, it was reported that Greene and other House Republicans, such as Gaetz, ], and ], were interested in launching an ], and Gohmert confirmed Greene's involvement to reporters.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Morgan|first=David|date=April 16, 2021|title=Conservative U.S. House Republicans to form 'America First' caucus|work=]|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republican-effort-form-america-first-caucus-raises-hackles-over-race-2021-04-16/|access-date=July 2, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190051/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republican-effort-form-america-first-caucus-raises-hackles-over-race-2021-04-16/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to a leaked seven-page document on the aims of the caucus, they believe that "America is a nation with a border, and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquely ] political traditions."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Talbot |first1=Haley |last2=Kapur |first2=Sahil |date=April 16, 2021 |title=Hard-right Republicans forming new caucus to protect 'Anglo-Saxon political traditions' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/hard-right-republicans-forming-new-caucus-protect-anglo-saxon-political-n1264338 |work=] |access-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417000731/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/hard-right-republicans-forming-new-caucus-protect-anglo-saxon-political-n1264338 |url-status=live }}</ref> The document also stated the caucus would "work towards an infrastructure that reflects the architectural, engineering and aesthetic value that befits the progeny of European architecture."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Peterson|first=Kristina|date=April 17, 2021|title=House GOP Group Drops Plan to Establish 'America First' Caucus|work=]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-house-leaders-criticize-effort-to-establish-america-first-caucus-11618691925|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211025231855/https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/gop-house-leaders-criticize-effort-to-establish-america-first-caucus-11618691925|archive-date=October 25, 2021}}</ref> House Republican leader ] indirectly criticized the caucus as pushing "] dog whistles".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zanona |first1=Melanie |date=April 16, 2021 |title=McCarthy responds to MAGA caucus: GOP isn't party of 'nativist dog whistles' |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/16/kevin-mccarthy-maga-caucus-482607 |work=] |access-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417000537/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/16/kevin-mccarthy-maga-caucus-482607 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lillis|first=Mike|date=April 20, 2021|title=Republicans race for distance from 'America First Caucus'|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/549116-republicans-race-for-distance-from-america-first-caucus|access-date=July 2, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183015/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/549116-republicans-race-for-distance-from-america-first-caucus|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene's office said on April 16 that the new caucus would be launched "very soon",<ref name="America First caucus scrapped">{{Cite news|last=Diaz|first=Daniella|date=April 18, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene scraps planned launch of controversial 'America First' caucus amid blowback from GOP|work=]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608141604/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-america-first-caucus/index.html|archive-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref> but the next day her spokesman said it was still in an early planning stage and that Greene was not "launching anything".<ref name="America First caucus scrapped" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Solender |first1=Andrew |date=April 17, 2021 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Off America First Caucus Following Backlash |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/04/17/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-off-america-first-caucus-following-backlash/ |work=] |access-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417220630/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/04/17/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-off-america-first-caucus-following-backlash/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Greene disavowed the caucus and stated she was not involved, calling it a "staff level draft proposal from an outside group that hadn't read".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Blake|first=Aaron|date=April 20, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene and the implosion of the America First Caucus|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/20/marjorie-taylor-greene-implosion-america-first-caucus/|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423180528/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/20/marjorie-taylor-greene-implosion-america-first-caucus/|archive-date=April 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Allan|date=April 18, 2021|title=GOP Reps. Greene, Gosar distance themselves from 'Anglo-Saxon' traditions document|work=]|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-reps-greene-gosar-try-distance-anglo-saxon-traditions-document-n1264437|access-date=July 2, 2021|archive-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702081840/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-reps-greene-gosar-try-distance-anglo-saxon-traditions-document-n1264437|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In February 2022, Senate minority leader ] criticized Greene for attending the ], saying there was no place in the party for "white supremacists or anti-Semitism".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-white-nationalist-conference/ |title=McConnell says no space in GOP for 'white supremacists or anti-Semitism' after two House Republicans participate in white nationalist's conference |first1=Jonathan |last1=Edwards |first2=Mariana |last2=Alfaro |date=February 28, 2022 |newspaper=] |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302002126/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-white-nationalist-conference/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Greene has defended ] and described herself as a "proud Christian nationalist."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html|title=The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: 'We Are Seeing Them Emboldened'|first=Elizabeth|last=Dias|work=The New York Times|date=July 8, 2022|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=September 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920054141/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/us/christian-nationalism-politicians.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-semitic-racist-christian-nationalism_n_62df62d2e4b06e213fc29dfc|title=Rachel Maddow Rips Republicans' Promotion Of Christian Nationalism|last=Papenfuss|first=Mary|date=July 26, 2022|work=]|access-date=July 26, 2022|archive-date=July 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726173550/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-semitic-racist-christian-nationalism_n_62df62d2e4b06e213fc29dfc|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-christian-nationalism-republican-party_n_62dd70bde4b081f3a9007344|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says GOP 'Should Be Christian Nationalists' Party|work=]|last=Golgowski|first=Nina|date=July 24, 2022|access-date=October 5, 2023|archive-date=October 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008004151/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-christian-nationalism-republican-party_n_62dd70bde4b081f3a9007344|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
===Climate change and weather events=== | |||
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|source = —Tweet of April 15, 2023<ref name=MTG_tweet_20230415>{{Cite tweet |last=Greene |first=Marjorie Taylor | |user=RepMTG |number=1647251668373839878 |date=April 15, 2023 |title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 |location=Hapeville, GA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418204120/https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1647251668373839878 |archive-date=April 18, 2023 }} described in {{cite news |last1=Al-Arshani |first1=Sarah |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene says climate change is a 'scam' and that fossil fuels are 'amazing' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-fossil-fuels-amazing-climate-change-scam-2023-4 |work=Business Insider |date=April 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418011925/https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-fossil-fuels-amazing-climate-change-scam-2023-4 |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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Greene ] the ] that ] is caused primarily by human activity, saying in 2021 that "maybe perhaps we live on a ball that rotates around the sun, that flies through the universe, and maybe our climate just changes."<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1375998828751450114|user=thehill|title=.@mtgreenee: 'How much taxes and how much money did the people back in the ice age spend to warm up the earth?... maybe perhaps we live on a ball that rotates around the sun, that flies through the universe, and maybe our climate just changes.'|author='']''|date=March 27, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524231059/https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1375998828751450114|archive-date=May 24, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1396810561548083202|user=mtgreenee|title=The Earth's climate has always changed, and there is NO amount of taxes or government that can change it. Government is not God. The Green New Deal by @AOC is just another communist manifesto. It should be burned along with all these masks we are forced to wear.|last=Greene|first=Marjorie Taylor|access-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524180149/https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1396810561548083202|archive-date=May 24, 2021|url-status=live|date=May 24, 2021}}</ref> In an August 2022 interview, Greene said, "People die in the cold. This Earth warming, and carbon, is actually healthy for us. It helps us to feed people, it keeps people alive. ... We need to hold Democrats accountable and defund all of their climate garbage"<ref name=Guardian_20221104>{{cite news |last1=Lakhani |first1=Nina |last2=Milman |first2=Oliver |title=Republican candidates on climate: 'fake science' to 'carbon is healthy' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/republican-democrat-candidates-climate-crisis |work=The Guardian |date=November 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104115008/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/republican-democrat-candidates-climate-crisis |archive-date=November 4, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>—contrary to the scientific consensus that the costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.<ref name=NASA_Effects_of_climate_change>{{cite web |title=The Effects of Climate Change / The effects of human-caused global warming are happening now, are irreversible on the timescale of people alive today, and will worsen in the decades to come |url=https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/ |website=National Aeronautics and Space Administration |access-date=November 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103140958/https://climate.nasa.gov/effects/ |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Greene's April 15, 2023 tweet said climate change was a "scam" and that "fossil fuels are natural and amazing", saying that "there are some very powerful people that are getting rich beyond their wildest dreams convincing many that carbon is the enemy".<ref name=MTG_tweet_20230415/> Her tweet included a chart that omitted carbon dioxide and methane,<ref name=MTG_tweet_20230415/> the two most dominant ].<ref name=EPA_GHGs>{{cite web |title=Overview of Greenhouse Gases |url=https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases |website=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417145459/https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases |archive-date=April 17, 2023 |date=2016 |url-status=live }} See pie chart for</ref> | |||
After ] caused destruction in several American states, Greene in October 2024 posted online "a map of hurricane affected areas with an overlay of electoral map by political party shows how hurricane devastation could affect the election", showing many Republican-leaning areas affected, then she wrote later that day: "Yes they can control the weather … It's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chatelain |first1=Ryan |title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says 'they can control the weather'; it's not clear who she means |url=https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/10/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-they-can-control-the-weather |access-date=October 5, 2024 |work=] |date=October 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rozzen |first1=Michael |title=Fact or Fiction: Marjorie Taylor Greene implying Democrats caused Hurricane Helene to harm Republicans? |url=https://www.10news.com/news/fact-or-fiction/fact-or-fiction-marjorie-taylor-greene-implying-democrats-caused-hurricane-helene-to-harm-republicans |access-date=October 5, 2024 |work=] |date=October 4, 2024}}</ref> | |||
===Evolution=== | |||
Greene has said that she ] the ] of ], calling it a "type of so-called science" and saying: "I don't believe in evolution. I believe in God."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moran|first=Lee|date=June 9, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene: I Don't Believe In Evolution, That Type Of So-Called 'Science'|work=]|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-evolution_n_60c0ab37e4b0b449dc34073f|access-date=June 27, 2021|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627081143/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-evolution_n_60c0ab37e4b0b449dc34073f|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ibrahim|first=Nur|date=June 12, 2021|title=Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Say She Doesn't Believe in Evolution?|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-evolution/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210628020544/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-evolution/|archive-date=June 28, 2021|access-date=June 27, 2021|website=]}}</ref> | |||
===Secession=== | |||
In late 2021, Greene advocated a "national divorce" between ]. She further suggested that red states ] people who move there from blue states for a period of five years.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-steven-bannon-debate-national-divorce-of-states-2021-10 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene and Steven Bannon debate 'national divorce' between Democrat and Republican states |date=October 17, 2021 |work=] |first=Alia |last=Shoaib |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=March 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301175535/https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-steven-bannon-debate-national-divorce-of-states-2021-10 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-national-divorce-states-b1984460.html |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for a national divorce between Republican and Democratic states |date=December 30, 2021 |work=] |first=Andrew |last=Feinberg |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222044432/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-national-divorce-states-b1984460.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She repeated these suggestions in February 2023, to the condemnation of Democrats and some Republicans, including ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3866860-gop-governor-says-greenes-call-for-a-national-divorce-is-evil/ |title=GOP governor says Greene's call for 'a national divorce' is 'evil' |date=February 20, 2023 |work=] |first=Julia |last=Mueller |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226230854/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3866860-gop-governor-says-greenes-call-for-a-national-divorce-is-evil/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cheney-blasts-marjorie-taylor-greenes-call-national-divorce-liberal-co-rcna71537 |title=Liz Cheney blasts Marjorie Taylor Greene's call for a 'national divorce' between liberal and conservative states |date=February 22, 2023 |work=] |first=Summer |last=Concepcion |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226214501/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/cheney-blasts-marjorie-taylor-greenes-call-national-divorce-liberal-co-rcna71537 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/02/21/mitt-romney-says-marjorie-taylor/ |title=Mitt Romney says Marjorie Taylor Greene's call for a 'national divorce' is 'insanity' and attention-seeking |date=February 22, 2023 |work=] |first=Bryan |last=Schott |access-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222042932/https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/02/21/mitt-romney-says-marjorie-taylor/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The next day, Greene elaborated that she wants "a legal agreement" that would separate states more than they are now "while maintaining our legal union".<ref>Godfrey, Elaine. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225011821/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/states-disunion-secession-movements-richard-kreitner/673191/ |date=February 25, 2023 }}, '']'' (23 February s 2023).</ref> | |||
=== Political violence and extremism === | |||
In an interview with gun activist Chris Dorr on October 27, 2020, a week before election day, Greene told viewers: "the only way you get your freedoms back is it's earned with the price of blood."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Follman|first=Mark|date=January 29, 2021|title=A newly uncovered video shows Majorie Taylor Greene endorsed political violence just before Election Day|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-endorsed-political-violence-video-guns-elections-congress/|access-date=January 29, 2021|work=]|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302220245/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-endorsed-political-violence-video-guns-elections-congress/|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 29, 2021, '']'' detailed Greene's support for and past ties with ], including the ] and the ]; both groups had members participate in the ].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
==== Rhetoric involving killing of opponents ==== | |||
In a January 2019 Facebook video, Greene said Pelosi is guilty of ] and that treason is a crime punishable by death. Greene made the video to promote a petition she started on ] to impeach Pelosi for treason — a remedy that does not exist in the ]<ref>{{Cite web|last=MacGuill|first=Dan|date=May 24, 2019|title=Did State Governors 'Vote to Impeach' U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/governors-pelosi-impeach/|url-status=live|access-date=June 26, 2021|website=]|quote=First, the U.S. Constitution does not outline a process for the impeachment or removal of a speaker of the House of Representatives.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210628002953/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/governors-pelosi-impeach/|archive-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> — due to her opposition to ], as well as alleged support for ] policies. More than 140,000 people signed the petition.<ref>{{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Saranac Hale|date=January 31, 2019|title=Bogus Claim About 'Impeaching' Pelosi|url=https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/bogus-claim-about-impeaching-pelosi/|access-date=June 26, 2021|website=]|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715120836/https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/bogus-claim-about-impeaching-pelosi/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnn210126"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Greene|first=Marjorie Taylor|date=January 26, 2019|title=Police Are Now Seeking the Removal of Nancy Pelosi|url=https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/remove-nancy-pelosi/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521003231/https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/remove-nancy-pelosi/|archive-date=May 21, 2021|access-date=June 26, 2021|website=Law Enforcement Today}}</ref> In February 2019 videos live-streamed on Facebook, Greene visited Pelosi's office and suggested that Pelosi would either be killed or imprisoned for treason. She then suggested that Representative ] had also committed treason.<ref name="cnn210126" /> | |||
In 2018 and 2019, Greene's Facebook account expressed support for the execution of leading Democrats, including Pelosi, ], and ], as well as support for the execution of FBI agents.<ref name="cnn210126" /><ref name="Thebault">{{Cite news|last=Thebault|first=Reis|date=January 26, 2021|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's endorsement of conspiracy theories, violence sparks calls for her resignation – again|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/26/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-violence/|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210129073846/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/26/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-violence/|archive-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref> For example, in response to an April 2018 post asking, "Now do we get to hang them?? Meaning H & O???", Greene's account responded: "Stage is being set. Players are being put in place. We must be patient. This must be done perfectly or liberal judges would let them off."<ref name="cnn210126" /> Greene did not deny the authenticity of the reported content, but stated that the ] article was "focused on my time before running for political office", that "teams of people manage my pages", and that CNN had reported on content that "did not represent my views".<ref name="cnn210126" /><ref name="Thebault" /> | |||
=== Advocacy based on conspiracy theories === | |||
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After the first round of voting in the 2020 Republican primary election, but before the Republican primary ], ''Politico'' rereleased videos Greene published in which she expressed racist, ], and ] views. Her support for ] and the ] conspiracy theory in the videos were condemned, including by conservatives, such as McCarthy and ] ],<ref name="Polit20200618" /><ref name="nicholasreimann" /> but they took no action against her, with McCarthy remaining neutral in the runoff.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Melanie |last1=Zanona |first2=Ally |last2=Mutnick |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/09/republicans-marjorie-taylor-greene-392735 |title=Republicans called her videos 'appalling' and 'disgusting.' But they're doing little to stop her. |work=] |date=August 8, 2020 |access-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809160742/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/09/republicans-marjorie-taylor-greene-392735 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of Greene's social media postings and publications remained online through her 2020 campaign.<ref name="NYM20210130">{{cite magazine|last=Jacobs|first=Ben|date=January 30, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Is 'the Worst Enemy for Most Causes That She Supposedly Supports'|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-the-worst-enemy-for-her-causes.html|url-status=live|magazine=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307160606/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-the-worst-enemy-for-her-causes.html|archive-date=March 7, 2021|access-date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> After they drew attention in January 2021, she deleted them.<ref name="CNN20210128">{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/28/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-removes-social-media-posts/index.html|work=]|author1-first=Em|author1-last=Steck|author2-first=Andrew|author2-last=Kaczynski|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene removes social media posts amid scrutiny of past controversial comments|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221022623/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/28/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-removes-social-media-posts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Greene has promoted multiple conspiracy theories, including ] that Hillary Clinton is responsible for a series of murders, that Democratic Party elites are responsible for a ], that the government orchestrated the ], that the ] in ], was a ] attack intended to help introduce ], that the ] was staged, that Barack Obama secretly visited North Korea and sabotaged ] to cover up untoward dealings with Iran, that Obama and his advisor ] were ], and that the ] was ]. Greene also promoted a false ] conspiracy theory that the ], a deadly ] in California, may have been caused by "what looked like lasers or beams of blue light" from "space solar generators" in a scheme involving California Governor ], companies ], ], and ].<ref name="MTG initials" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gilbert|first1=David|date=January 29, 2021|title=Here's Every Disturbing Conspiracy Marjorie Taylor Greene Believes In: A complete conspiracy compendium|work=]|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/3an47j/heres-every-disturbing-conspiracy-marjorie-taylor-greene-believes-in|url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130060821/https://www.vice.com/en/article/3an47j/heres-every-disturbing-conspiracy-marjorie-taylor-greene-believes-in|archive-date=January 30, 2021|quote=Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene does not discriminate – at least when it comes to conspiracy theories.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Steck|first1=Em|last2=Kaczynski|first2=Andrew|date=February 4, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's history of dangerous conspiracy theories and comments|work=]|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-history-of-conspiracies/index.html|access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227191659/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/politics/kfile-marjorie-taylor-greene-history-of-conspiracies/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Ting/> | |||
In May 2022, using a ''],'' Greene promoted the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government is planning to force Americans to eat ] grown in a "peach tree dish" by ].<ref name="peach tree" /> | |||
In August 2022, Greene claimed that Democrats had designed the ] to boost Biden in ] because the ] had not achieved this, shortly before doubting he had been killed.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Salon|url=https://www.salon.com/2022/08/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-pushes-conspiracy-theory-on-al-qaeda-leaders-is-there-proof_partner/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908063246/https://www.salon.com/2022/08/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-pushes-conspiracy-theory-on-al-qaeda-leaders-is-there-proof_partner/|archive-date=September 8, 2022|date=August 2, 2022|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes conspiracy theory on Al Qaeda leader's death: "Is there proof?"|last=Edwards|first=David}}</ref> | |||
==== Pizzagate and QAnon ==== | |||
{{further|Pizzagate conspiracy theory|QAnon}} | |||
Greene has said there are links between Hillary Clinton and ] and ]<ref name=Bethea>{{cite news |last=Bethea |first=Charles |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/how-the-qanon-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-reached-the-doorstep-of-congress |title=How the 'QAnon Candidate' Marjorie Taylor Greene Reached the Doorstep of Congress |magazine=] |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516000115/https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/how-the-qanon-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-reached-the-doorstep-of-congress |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2017 speculated that the Pizzagate conspiracy theory is real.<ref name="CNN20200825">{{cite news|last1=Kaczynski|first1=Andrew|last2=Steck|first2=Em|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/kfile-marjorie-greene-spread-conspiracies/index.html|title=GOP candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene spread conspiracies about Charlottesville and 'Pizzagate'|work=]|date=August 25, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128071803/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/kfile-marjorie-greene-spread-conspiracies/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Reviving the ] conspiracy theory, she claimed Clinton murdered her political enemies.<ref name="NBC20200814">{{cite news|last=Zadrozny|first=Brandy|author-link=Brandy Zadrozny|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/georgia-congressional-candidate-s-writings-highlight-qanon-support-n1236724|title=House GOP candidate known for QAnon support was 'correspondent' for conspiracy website|work=]|date=August 14, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228193726/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/georgia-congressional-candidate-s-writings-highlight-qanon-support-n1236724|url-status=live}}</ref> In a video posted to ] in 2018, Greene suggested ]'s ] was a "Clinton murder" because he was a possible rival to her for ].<ref name="NYT20210130">{{cite news|last=Edmondson|first=Catie|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-republicans.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130004008/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-republicans.html |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's Controversies Are Piling Up. Republicans Are Quiet|work=]|date=January 30, 2021|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> | |||
In January 2021, ] found a 2018 Facebook post that showed Greene agreeing with a conspiracy theory known as ],<ref name="CukJg">{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gedm/marjorie-taylor-greene-believes-in-frazzledrip-qanons-wildest-conspiracy-theory|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Believes in Frazzledrip, QAnon's Wildest Conspiracy Theory|last=Gilbert|first=David|work=]|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223221234/https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gedm/marjorie-taylor-greene-believes-in-frazzledrip-qanons-wildest-conspiracy-theory|url-status=live}}</ref> which asserts that there is a video of Hillary Clinton and her assistant ] murdering a child in a satanic ritual and that Clinton later ordered a hit on a police officer to cover it up.<ref name="Thebault"/><ref name="mm210126">{{cite news|last=Hananoki|first=Eric|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/marjorie-taylor-greene-endorsed-deranged-conspiracy-theory-about-democrats-and-satanic|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsed a deranged conspiracy theory about Democrats and satanic child murder|work=]|date=January 26, 2021|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302133412/https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/marjorie-taylor-greene-endorsed-deranged-conspiracy-theory-about-democrats-and-satanic|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="JZ7Rz">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/technology/2018/12/12/18136132/google-youtube-congress-conspiracy-theories|title=YouTube's conspiracy theory crisis, explained|first=Jane|last=Coaston|date=December 12, 2018|work=]|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=February 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209192241/https://www.vox.com/technology/2018/12/12/18136132/google-youtube-congress-conspiracy-theories|url-status=live}}</ref> Greene dismissed Media Matters' findings as the work of "]s{{sic}} bloggers".<ref name="KAu3v">{{cite tweet|first=Marjorie Taylor|last=Greene|user=mtgreene|number=1352340910483386369|title=Communists bloggers like @mmfa run the same playbook of lies and smears on people they feel threatened by.}}</ref> | |||
Greene supported the debunked far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, which she discovered through columnist ].<ref name="LittleVillage">{{cite news |last=McClatchey |first=Emma |date=May 4, 2021 |title=How UI grad Liz Crokin became one of QAnon's biggest influencers |work=Little Village |url=https://littlevillagemag.com/qanon-influencer-ui-alum-liz-crokin/ |access-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212102608/https://littlevillagemag.com/qanon-influencer-ui-alum-liz-crokin/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2017 video, she said that "many of the things" said on ] by the eponymous ] — whom she called a "patriot" — "have really proven to be true".<ref name="TDB20200611">{{cite news|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=June 11, 2020|title=History! Congress Poised to Get Its First QAnon Believer|work=]|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-green-a-georgia-republican-is-poised-to-become-congress-first-qanon-believing-member|url-status=live|access-date=August 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812015220/https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-green-a-georgia-republican-is-poised-to-become-congress-first-qanon-believing-member|archive-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name="nicholasreimann">{{Cite news|last=Reimann|first=Nicholas|date=June 10, 2020|title=A QAnon Follower May Win This U.S. Congressional Seat|work=]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/06/10/a-qanon-follower-may-win-this-us-congressional-seat/|url-status=live|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815195446/https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2020/06/10/a-qanon-follower-may-win-this-us-congressional-seat/|archive-date=August 15, 2020}}</ref> She said, "There's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of ] ] out, and I think we have the president to do it."<ref name="g9m3k">{{Cite news |last=Domonoske |first=Camila |date=August 12, 2020 |title=QAnon Supporter Who Made Bigoted Videos Wins Ga. Primary, Likely Heading To Congress |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901628541/qanon-supporter-who-made-bigoted-videos-wins-ga-primary-likely-heading-to-congre |work=] |access-date=September 5, 2020 |archive-date=August 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817000853/https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901628541/qanon-supporter-who-made-bigoted-videos-wins-ga-primary-likely-heading-to-congre |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
According to her author biography page, Greene wrote 59 articles for the now-defunct conspiracy theory website American Truth Seekers, including one linking the Democratic Party to "Child Sex, Satanism, and the Occult".<ref name="NBC20200814" /><ref name="CNN20200825" /> When she ran for the House of Representatives in 2020, she distanced herself from that conspiracy theory and said she had not referred to Q or QAnon during her campaign. She said she no longer had a connection with QAnon and mentioned having found "misinformation".<ref name="u0p3A">{{cite news|last=Brufke|first=Juliegrace|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/512143-controversial-gop-georgia-candidate-attempts-to-distance-from-qanon|title=Controversial GOP Georgia candidate attempts to distance from QAnon|work=]|date=August 14, 2020|access-date=January 13, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302123422/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/512143-controversial-gop-georgia-candidate-attempts-to-distance-from-qanon|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
==== False flag claims ==== | |||
In a 2017 video posted to Facebook, Greene expressed doubt that the perpetrator of the ], a large-scale incident she believes was intended as an attack on the right to bear arms, acted alone.<ref name="y8VvH">{{cite news |first=Lawton |last=Sack |date=May 30, 2019 |title=Las Vegas Shooting Conspiracist Running in GA-6 |url=https://www.georgiapol.com/2019/05/30/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracist-running-in-ga-6/ |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=GeorgiaPol |archive-date=September 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916220137/https://www.georgiapol.com/2019/05/30/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracist-running-in-ga-6/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NBC20200814" /> She claimed that the ], in which a counter-protester was ], was an "inside job".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaczynski |first1=Andrew |last2=Steck |first2=Em |date=August 25, 2020 |title=GOP candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene spread conspiracies about Charlottesville and 'Pizzagate' |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/kfile-marjorie-greene-spread-conspiracies/index.html |work=] |access-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128071803/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/25/politics/kfile-marjorie-greene-spread-conspiracies/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She said the 2019 ] in New Zealand were a false flag for the same end.<ref name="SPLC2019" /> | |||
In a 2018 interview, Greene expressed support for ] that ] did not hit ] during the ]; she referred to "the so-called plane that crashed into the Pentagon" and said that "it's odd there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon," despite an abundance of evidence.<ref name="Rodrigo" /> On another occasion, at a conservative conference in 2018, Greene said 9/11 was part of a U.S. government plot.<ref name="NBC20200814" /> Following an August 2020 Media Matters report on her comments, Greene wrote on Twitter: "Some people claimed a missile hit the Pentagon. I now know that is not correct."<ref name="NBC20200814" /><ref name=Rodrigo>{{cite news |last1=Rodrigo |first1=Chris |title=QAnon-supporting congressional candidate embraced 9/11 conspiracy theory |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/511888-qanon-supporting-congressional-candidate-embraced-9-11-conspiracy-theory |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=] |date=February 1, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205155346/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/511888-qanon-supporting-congressional-candidate-embraced-9-11-conspiracy-theory |url-status=live }}</ref> She has also claimed that ] staff member ] was murdered by the ] gang on Obama's behalf.<ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Daniel|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/18/republican-qanon-congress-marjorie-taylor-greene|title=QAnon conspiracy theorist to feel warm embrace of Republicans in Congress|work=]|date=September 18, 2020|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208102301/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/18/republican-qanon-congress-marjorie-taylor-greene|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Greene, Obama is ]; in actuality, he is a Christian.<ref name="NYT20210130" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Edmondson |first1=Catie |date=January 30, 2021 |title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene video: Obama secretly a Muslim, Clintons killed JFK Jr., Pentagon attack on 9/11 is questionable |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-marjorie-taylor-greene-conspiracies-20210130-as4fmrrzd5hzzfc5hsjmlknz2e-story.html |work=] |access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref> | |||
In a February 2019 interview, Greene suggested that ] Justice ] had been replaced in public appearances by a body double.<ref name=Vallejo>{{cite news |last1=Vallejo |first1=Justin |date=January 30, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been replaced by a body double |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-rbg-body-double-b1795025.html |work=] |access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref> A QAnon-related conspiracy theory claimed that Ginsburg had died years earlier and that Democrats used a body double to conceal her death so they could hold onto her Supreme Court seat during Trump's presidency.<ref name=Vallejo /> Ginsburg ] on September 18, 2020, during Trump's presidency, and Trump appointed ] as her successor.<ref name=Vallejo /><ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Eilish |date=January 30, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a body double |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/marjorie-taylor-greene-ruth-bader-ginsburg-body-double/ |work=] |access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref> | |||
==== Shootings ==== | |||
In a 2018 Facebook post found by Media Matters in January 2021, Greene claimed that the 2018 ] in ], was an organized false flag operation. In another post, she claimed that the 2012 ] was also a false flag operation. In another Facebook post later in 2018 she wrote: "I am told that Nancy Pelosi tells Hillary Clinton several times a month that 'we need another school shooting' in order to persuade the public to want strict gun control."<ref name="SVNmI">{{cite news|last=Hananoki|first=Eric|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/false-flag-conspiracy-theory/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-2018-parkland-school-shooting-was|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Facebook in 2018: Parkland school shooting was a false flag planned event|work=Media Matters for America|date=January 19, 2021|access-date=January 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="0BLwa">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/false-flag-conspiracy-theory/facebook-2018-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-endorsed-conspiracy-theories|title=On Facebook in 2018, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene endorsed conspiracy theories that 9/11 was an inside job and that Sandy Hook was staged|first=Eric|last=Hananoki|website=]|date=January 21, 2021|access-date=January 22, 2021}}</ref> Parkland shooting survivors such as ] and ], as well as ], whose daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting, condemned Greene's remarks and demanded that she resign from Congress.<ref name="r47Av">{{cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/marjorie-taylor-greene-parkland-false-flag|title=Parkland Survivors Want Marjorie Taylor Greene To Resign For Calling The Shooting A 'False Flag'|last=Jamieson|first=Amber|work=]|date=January 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Gz6Y0">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/22/marjorie-taylor-greene-parkland-sandyhook/|title=Advocates push for Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation over report that she spread falsehoods about school shootings|last=Salcedo|first=Andrea|newspaper=]|date=January 22, 2021}}</ref> Greene called Hogg, who advocates gun control, "#littleHitler"<ref name="cnn210126" /> and, in a 2019 interview with a gun-rights group, denounced him as an "idiot" who is trained "like a dog".<ref name = NBC20210203 /> A March 2019 video shows Greene following and taunting Hogg, accusing him of using children for his cause.<ref name="Snopes20210128">{{cite news|last=MacGuill|first=Dan|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-parkland/|title=Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Confront a Parkland Shooting Survivor and Call Him a 'Coward'?|work=]|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210313100505/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/marjorie-taylor-greene-parkland/|archive-date=March 13, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> After the encounter, she called him a "coward" and falsely claimed he is funded by ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Marcos|first=Cristina|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536118-video-shows-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-calling-parkland-shooting-survivor-a|title=Video shows Rep. Greene calling Parkland shooting survivor a 'coward'|work=]|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Oriana|url=https://www.axios.com/david-hogg-marjorie-taylor-green-harassment-8fbfb81a-3745-40d3-973b-b5daca948d86.html|title=David Hogg: "I absolutely remember" Marjorie Taylor Greene harassment|work=]|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=January 29, 2021}}</ref> The website '']'' found the video uploaded by Guttenberg and others was the second incident in which Greene targeted Hogg. Both occurred on March 25, 2019, and Greene live-streamed the first to her Facebook account. The second video was uploaded to Greene's YouTube account in January 2020.<ref name="Snopes20210128" /> | |||
In January 2021, a Greene staffer threatened to have ] reporter Meredith Aldis arrested after Aldis tried to ask Greene a question at a town hall event about her harassment of Hogg.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Kane|first1=Caitlin|title=Reporter says she was threatened with arrest after trying to ask Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a question at town hall |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-town-hall-reporter-question/ |access-date=January 28, 2021 |work=] |date=January 28, 2021}}</ref> | |||
Soon after these comments came to light, Representative ], whose district includes ], circulated a letter to the House Republican leadership urging them not to seat Greene on the Education Committee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-jahana-hayes-marjorie-taylor-greene-20210128-6mh4y37yvvh2zb66jqzn46ebmi-story.html|title=Rep. Jahana Hayes asks Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene not be seated on House Education Committee after she questioned legitimacy of Sandy Hook shooting|last=Hamad|first=Michael|work=]|date=January 28, 2021}}</ref> Hogg called for Greene to be expelled from Congress, saying that Speaker McCarthy tacitly supported Greene by not taking actions to sanction her.<ref name="NBC20210203">{{cite news|last1=Gregorian|first1=Dareh|last2=Richardson|first2=Randi|last3=Moe|first3=Alex|date=February 3, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked Parkland survivor in unearthed video: An 'idiot' who's trained 'like a dog'|work=]|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/marjorie-taylor-greene-mocked-parkland-survivor-unearthed-video-idiot-who-n1256516|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> | |||
In the aftermath of the ] in May 2022, Greene claimed that the shooter had engaged in cross-dressing, echoing similar claims by right-wing politicians and media figures that the shooter was transgender.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2022/05/30/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-latest-republican-spreading-lie-uvalde-massacre-gunman-was-transgender/ |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Latest Republican Spreading Lie Uvalde Massacre Gunman Was Transgender |last=Ennis |first=Dawn |date=May 30, 2022 |work=Forbes |access-date=May 31, 2022 |quote=Greene joins a bandwagon of far-right House Republicans and conservative media stars who have perpetrated what The Independent called a 'false rumor': A lie that the shooter in the Uvalde school massacre was either transgender or a crossdresser.}}</ref> Greene went on to claim without evidence that the shooter was in the same ] server as the teen accused of carrying out the ] and that there was a third party who "groomed" both young men, adding that there were suggestions that this groomer was a former FBI agent.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-uvalde-transgender-b2090515.html |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene becomes latest Republican to push baseless transgender rumour about Uvalde shooter |last=Bowden |first=John |date=May 30, 2022 |work=] |access-date=May 31, 2022 |quote=On Saturday Georgia congresswoman began broadcasting live shortly before 9.30pm, and told her followers in a broadcast titled "something doesn't add up" that the Uvalde shooter "had a lot of mental issues going on, as was shown with him wearing eyeliner, cross-dressing, a lot of his language, being a loner".}}</ref> | |||
==== Georgia Guidestones bombing ==== | |||
Greene has criticized the presence of the ], a 19-foot high megalithic granite monument installed in ] in 1982, an attraction that drew 20,000 annual visitors. In an interview with '']'' conspiracist ] on July 7, 2022, the day they were dynamited by unknown saboteurs, she said ecumenical texts inscribed on it represented a nefarious future of "population control" as envisioned by the "hard left". She added, "There is a war of good and evil going on, and people are done with globalism".<ref>, '']'', Amy Cheng. Retrieved July 7, 2022.</ref> | |||
==== White genocide conspiracy theory ==== | |||
In 2018, Greene shared a video, '']'' repeating the antisemitic ] that ] are conspiring to flood ] to replace the native white populations. The video, uncovered by ], said that those supporting refugees are using "immigrant pawns" to commit "the biggest genocide in human history". In sharing the video, Greene wrote that: "This is what the ] wants all over the world".<ref name = jpost>{{cite news |last1=Sales |first1=Ben |date=August 27, 2020 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene shared antisemitic and Islamophobic video |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/marjorie-taylor-greene-shared-antisemitic-and-islamophobic-video-640093 |work=] |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> The white genocide conspiracy theory has been associated with ] and espouses the unsubstantiated belief that white people, in a "]", will eventually become a minority in Europe and North America due to declining white birth rates and high rates of immigration. Greene has also falsely called ] — a Jewish businessman and ] — a ].<ref name="UYPN0">{{cite news |first1=Ben |last1=Nadler |first2=Russ |last2=Bynum |date=August 12, 2020 |title=QAnon-supporting candidate unrepentant despite GOP criticism |url=https://apnews.com/d78785cf8183d11c7e52d7aad5949279 |access-date=August 13, 2020 |work=]|archive-date=August 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813023115/https://apnews.com/d78785cf8183d11c7e52d7aad5949279 |url-status=live}}</ref> She promoted the conspiracy theory that Soros' family collaborated with the Nazis in Hungary and is "trying to continue what was not finished".<ref name="Polit20200618" /> | |||
==== Camp Fire conspiracy theory ==== | |||
In 2018, Greene's Facebook account shared a conspiracy theory about the ], a deadly Californian wildfire, suggesting that it could have been caused by "what looked like lasers or beams of blue light" from "space solar generators" in a scheme involving California governor ], companies ], ], and ].<ref name="Ting">{{cite news|last=Ting|first=Eric|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-California-wildfires-lasers-15906292.php|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's nonsense theory about the Camp Fire, Jerry Brown and space lasers|work=]|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Hananoki|first=Eric|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/marjorie-taylor-greene-penned-conspiracy-theory-laser-beam-space-started-deadly-2018|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene penned conspiracy theory that a laser beam from space started deadly 2018 California wildfire|work=Media Matters for America|date=January 28, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Steinberg|first=Rachel|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/us/congresswoman-s-comments-linking-rothschilds-to-california-wildfires-prompt-mockery-and-outrage-1.511357|title=Congresswoman's comments linking Rothschilds to California wildfires prompt mockery and outrage|work=]|date=January 29, 2021|access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Chait |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Chait |title=GOP Congresswoman Blamed Wildfires on Secret Jewish Space Laser |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-wildfires-space-laser-rothschild-execute.html |work=] |access-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210129233824/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-wildfires-space-laser-rothschild-execute.html |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |date=January 28, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> For these comments, Greene was condemned by the ], the ], and ], with the latter group stating that Greene had promoted "wild anti-Semitic conspiracy theories".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Solender |first1=Andrew |title=Right-Wing Groups Denounce Marjorie Taylor Greene As Democrats Move To Oust Her |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/01/29/right-wing-groups-denounce-marjorie-taylor-greene-as-democrats-move-to-oust-her/ |access-date=July 11, 2021 |work=] |date=January 29, 2021}}</ref><ref name="BenSam">{{cite news |last1=Samuels |first1=Ben |title='Jewish Space Lasers' Conspiracy: U.S. Jewish Groups Call for Republican Lawmaker's Removal |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jewish-groups-call-for-republican-lawmaker-s-removal-over-space-lasers-conspiracy-1.9495245 |access-date=July 11, 2021 |work=] |date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210131131504/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-jewish-groups-call-for-republican-lawmaker-s-removal-over-space-lasers-conspiracy-1.9495245 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Meanwhile, Representative ] and the ] called for Greene to be expelled from Congress.<ref name="BenSam" /> | |||
], a ] company, noted several fundamental problems with the conspiracy theory, including that its ] system did not beam power using the ] part of the ], and so could not be observed as the "blue beams of light" referenced by the theory; that the system does not use lasers, and so could not have "laser beams"; that Solaren's power contract with PG&E ended in 2015; and that by 2021, Solaren had not launched any solar power satellites into space at all, let alone had one in space in 2018.<ref name="Solaren20210129">{{cite web|website=]|url=https://www.solarenspace.com/2021/01/29/facebook-post-referencing-solaren-space-solar-setting-the-record-straight/|title=Facebook Post Referencing Solaren Space Solar – Setting the Record Straight|date=January 29, 2021|access-date=January 31, 2021}}</ref> | |||
===Catholic Church leadership === | |||
On April 28, 2022, in an interview with the Catholic advocacy group ], Greene attacked the ], accusing them of "destroying" America with their work regarding immigrants and refugees and claiming that Satan was "controlling the church". Her statement was widely condemned by both Democrats and Republicans. ] president ] called Greene a "disgrace" and demanded that Congress sanction her. He added, "Greene has a history of offending African Americans and Jews, so bigotry is something that is apparently baked into her". Her attack was compared with other instances of ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/firebrand-politician-marjorie-taylor-greene-lashes-out-us-catholic-bishops|title=Firebrand politician Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at US Catholic bishops|date=April 29, 2022|website=]}}</ref> | |||
Greene was baptized, raised, and married as a member of the Roman Catholic Church, but stopped attending Catholic mass services in reaction to ].<ref name=":13">{{cite web |last=McCormick |first=Bill |date=April 29, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene showed that the most brutal anti-Catholicism can come from Catholics |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2022/04/29/marjorie-taylor-greene-catholic-242915 |website=]}}</ref> Greene was ] in 2011 into ], an evangelical ] network based in Alpharetta, in a baptism published in an online video.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" /> | |||
In response to Donohue's statement, Greene released a statement detailing her decision to leave the Church upon her realization that she "could not trust the Church leadership to protect my children from ]s and that they harbored monsters even in their own ranks." She claimed that her criticisms were limited to Church leadership and did not apply to lay Catholics.<ref>{{Cite tweet |first=Marjorie Taylor |last=Greene |user=RepMTG |number=1519422483929182209 |date=April 27, 2022 |title=Today, I released the following statement regarding @CatholicLeague President Bill Donohue's comments. |access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref> | |||
=== Responses === | |||
==== Within Congress ==== | |||
Democrats have condemned Greene's incendiary statements and promotion of conspiracy theories. Representative ] introduced a motion to remove Greene from her committee assignments,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=MoveToStrip>{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|last3=Foran|first3=Clare|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-committee-assignments/index.html|title=House Democrats move swiftly to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments|work=CNN|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref> saying that Greene's behavior is "appalling" and "has helped fuel domestic terrorism, endangered lives of her colleagues and brought shame on the entire House of Representatives".<ref name = CBS20210202>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-marjorie-taylor-greene-cancer-republican-party/|work=]|agency=]|title=McConnell says Marjorie Taylor Greene is a 'cancer for the Republican Party'|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> On February 1, 2021, ] ] gave McCarthy and other Republican House leaders an ultimatum: unless they stripped Greene of her committee seats within 72 hours, the Democrats would bring Wasserman Schultz's motion before the full House.<ref name="Ultimatum">{{cite news|last1=Caygle|first1=Heather|last2=Ferris|first2=Sarah|last3=Zanona|first3=Melanie|date=February 1, 2021|title=Dems deliver GOP ultimatum over Marjorie Taylor Greene|work=]|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/democrats-marjorie-taylor-greene-ultimatum-464382|access-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313042121/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/democrats-marjorie-taylor-greene-ultimatum-464382|archive-date=March 13, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=MoveToStrip /> In turn, McCarthy called some of Greene's comments "deeply disturbing".<ref name = Independent20210202>{{cite news|title=Mitt Romney says GOP has no space for 'kooks' like Marjorie Taylor Greene|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-green-mitt-romney-kooks-b1796590.html|first=Josh|last=Marcus|work=]|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> | |||
With Republican officials under mounting pressure to denounce Greene,<ref name = pressure /> Senate Minority Leader ] issued a statement to '']'' in which he attacked "loony lies and conspiracy theories" as a "cancer for the Republican Party".<ref name="Hill20210201">{{cite news|last1=Brufke|first1=Juliegrace|last2=Wong|first2=Scott|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536850-mcconnell-says-taylor-greene-a-cancer-to-gop-country|title=McConnell says Taylor Greene's embrace of conspiracy theories a 'cancer' to GOP, country|work=]|date=February 1, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225155403/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536850-mcconnell-says-taylor-greene-a-cancer-to-gop-country|url-status=live}}</ref> The statement did not name Greene, but reporting<ref name = CBS20210202 /><ref name = CNN20210202>{{cite news|title=McConnell: Marjorie Taylor Greene's views are a 'cancer' for the GOP|first1=Jessica|last1=Dean|first2=Caroline|last2=Kelly|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/01/politics/mcconnell-marjorie-taylor-greene-cancer-republican-party/index.html|work=]}}</ref><ref name = ABC20210202>{{cite news|title=US Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell calls Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'loony lies' a 'cancer'|agency=]|work=]|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-02/democrats-bid-to-remove-marjorie-taylor-greene-from-committees/13112588 |first=Brian |last=Slodysko}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene: Congresswoman faces expulsion threat|last1=Zurcher|first1=Anthony|work=]|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55897126}}</ref> described the statement as "unmistakably about"<ref>{{cite news|title=Why Did McConnell Attack Greene and Defend Cheney?|first=Ed|last=Kilgore|work=]|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2021|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/02/why-did-mcconnell-attack-greene-and-defend-cheney.html}}</ref> and "clearly targeted" at Greene.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mitch McConnell says congresswoman's 'loony lies' are 'a cancer' for Republicans|first=Ed|last=Pilkington|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|work=]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/01/mitch-mcconnell-conspiracy-theories-cancer-marjorie-taylor-greene}}</ref> McConnell confirmed it the following day, referring to his comments on Greene and adding: "I think I adequately spoke out about how I feel".<ref name = WSJ20210202>{{cite news|work=]|title=McConnell, McCarthy Take Different Approaches in Post-Trump Era|first1=Kristina|last1=Peterson|first2=Lindsay|last2=Wise|date=February 2, 2021|access-date=February 2, 2021|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-mccarthy-take-different-approaches-in-post-trump-era-11612311215|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210203065902/https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcconnell-mccarthy-take-different-approaches-in-post-trump-era-11612311215|archive-date=February 3, 2021|url-status=live|url-access = subscription}}</ref> His statement said: "Somebody who's suggested that perhaps no airplane hit ] on ], that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the ] crashed ]'s airplane is not living in reality."<ref name="Hill20210201" /> In response, Greene tweeted that the Republican Party's only problem are "weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully".<ref name = CNN20210202 /><ref name = ABC20210202 /> After McConnell's statement, several other Republican senators voiced criticisms of Greene.<ref name = CNN20210202-NoDecision /> ] said that the Republican Party's "] is not large enough to both accommodate conservatives and kooks".<ref name = Independent20210202 /> ] said that he would have "a hard time supporting ... being on the Education Committee" in the light of "her positions on the school shootings being staged", adding: "Real authority has moral authority."<ref name = CNN20210202-NoDecision /> Both Florida senators condemned the idea that the ] might have not have been real; ] said that anyone arguing it was a ] is "either deranged or a sadist".<ref name = NBC20210203 /><ref name = CNN20210202-NoDecision /> Greene used the criticism for a fundraising push,<ref name = WSJ20210202 /> saying, "Democrats are trying to expel me from Congress" and telling her supporters to "StandWithMTG".<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1356582678284406786|user=mtgreenee|title=Democrats are trying to expel me from Congress. Help me raise $50,000 today and send a message.|last=Greene|first=Marjorie Taylor|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Spocchia|first=Gino|date=February 3, 2021|title=Ilhan Omar hits out after Marjorie Taylor Greene uses her face in fundraising push|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/omar-marjorie-taylor-greene-congress-b1796914.html|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> | |||
McCarthy met with Greene on February 2 and then held meetings with the ],<ref>{{cite news|title=McCarthy meets with Rep. Greene; GOP faces Cheney decision|first1=Alan|last1=Fram|first2=Steve|last2=Peoples|first3=Brian|last3=Slodysko|work=]|url=https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-greene-gop-cheney-0dca1beb85f006a3e0ee84ed05fbb6db|date=February 3, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> which is responsible for committee assignments for Republican members of the House. No decision was made that day,<ref name="CNN20210202-NoDecision">{{cite news|last1=Raju|first1=Manu|author-link=Manu Raju|last2=Zaslav|first2=Ali|last3=Fox|first3=Lauren|date=February 2, 2021|title=GOP senators distance themselves from Marjorie Taylor Greene but no decision yet on removing her from committees|work=]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/02/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-reaction/index.html|access-date=February 3, 2021}}</ref> but Greene was a major topic of discussion for the Republican Congressional Caucus meeting on February 3, along with the fate of Representative ] after her vote in favor of ].<ref name = WSJ20210202 /> Greene retained Trump's support,<ref name = Independent20210202 /> which presented McCarthy with the problem of having to manage the expectations of the Republican Party's various factions in dealing with Cheney and Greene.<ref name = WSJ20210202 /> | |||
===== Removal from House Committee assignments ===== | |||
As controversy grew about her previous comments, Greene removed her old social media posts<ref>{{cite news |last=Bade|first=Rachael|date=February 2, 2020 |title=Politico Playbook: Cheney and Greene face their reckonings|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/02/02/cheney-and-greene-face-their-reckonings-491599|work=]|access-date=February 5, 2021}}</ref> and spoke before the ] on February 3, 2021, to state that her social media content did not reflect who she is, prompting a standing ovation.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=DeBonis|first1=Mike|last2=Kane|first2=Paul|date=February 3, 2021|title=Greene apologizes to GOP colleagues for past comments|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/03/joe-biden-live-updates/|access-date=July 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Brufke|first=Juliegrace|date=February 3, 2021|title=Greene apologizes to GOP colleagues — and gets standing ovation|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537263-greene-apologizes-to-gop-colleagues-and-gets-standing-ovation|access-date=July 25, 2021|archive-date=July 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713185259/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537263-greene-apologizes-to-gop-colleagues-and-gets-standing-ovation|url-status=live}}</ref> In lieu of total removal from her assignments, McCarthy stated that he had suggested Greene be moved to the ].<ref name="CNN_020421"/> That day, the Democratic-controlled ] passed Wasserman Schultz's motion to remove Greene from her committee assignments.<ref name="CNN_020421"/> McCarthy indicated his conference would not act against Greene.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/03/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-committee-assignments/index.html|title=House Republican leader punts on punishing Marjorie Taylor Greene as Democrats move toward removing her from committees|first1=Manu|last1=Raju|first2= Lauren|date=February 4, 2021|last2=Fox|first3=Daniella|last3=Diaz |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-committees-house-resolution-watch-live-stream-today-2021-02-03/|title=House Democrats advance measure to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees|work=]|last1=Quinn|first1=Melissa|date=February 4, 2021}}</ref> Pelosi chastised McCarthy for acquiescing to Greene, referring to him as "McCarthy (Q-CA)", in reference to the ].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Marcus|first=Josh|date=February 4, 2021|title=Pelosi says 'cowardly' McCarthy has made GOP the QAnon party over Marjorie Taylor Greene scandal|work=]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pelosi-qanon-marjorie-taylor-greene-mccarthy-b1797301.html|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Choi|first=Joseph|date=February 3, 2021|title=Pelosi issues statement blasting 'cowardly' GOP leader 'McCarthy (Q-CA)'|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537228-pelosi-refers-to-gop-leader-as-mccarthy-q-ca|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627025951/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537228-pelosi-refers-to-gop-leader-as-mccarthy-q-ca|url-status=live}}</ref> On February 4, the full House voted to remove Greene from her committee assignments.<ref name = CNN_020421 /> The vote was 230 to 199, with 11 Republicans joining all Democrats.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537445-house-votes-to-kick-greene-off-committees-over-embrace-of-conspiracy-theories|title=House votes to kick Greene off committees over embrace of conspiracy theories|last1=Marcos|first1=Cristina|last2=Lillis|first2=Mike|date=February 4, 2021|access-date=February 4, 2021|work=]|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302105529/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537445-house-votes-to-kick-greene-off-committees-over-embrace-of-conspiracy-theories|url-status=live}}</ref> After the vote, Greene described herself as "freed", calling the committees part of "basically a tyrannically controlled government".<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|last=Khan|first=Mariam|date=February 5, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene declares she is 'freed' after being booted from House committees|work=]|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/greene-declares-freed-booted-house-committees/story?id=75706246|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Collins|first=Eliza|date=February 5, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Committee Removal Silences Her Constituents, but Frees Up Her Time|work=]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-her-removal-from-committees-stifles-her-constituents-11612546899|url-status=live|url-access=subscription|access-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210704170800/https://www.wsj.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-her-removal-from-committees-stifles-her-constituents-11612546899|archive-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> | |||
===== House Speaker removal efforts ===== | |||
On May 8, 2024, Greene's efforts to unseat Republican ] as House speaker failed. The vote to remove lost by a vote of 359 to 43. Seven Democrats voted "present" (that is they abstained.)<ref>, '']'', Catie Edmondson, May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.</ref> | |||
==== Outside Congress ==== | |||
The ] and the ] condemned Greene's statements.<ref name=pressure /> | |||
On February 9, 2021, Shaun Holmes, the father of a 10-year-old boy with ], confronted Greene at a ] Republican Party meeting. Asked about her use of the word "]" to refer to individuals with the syndrome, Greene said: "I guess it was a slang word. You can actually look it up in the dictionary", adding: "I do apologize for that being offensive to anyone."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spocchia |first1=Gino |title=Father of child with Down's syndrome confronts Marjorie Taylor Greene over disabled slur at GOP meeting |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop-downs-syndrome-b1801455.html |access-date=February 12, 2021 |work=] |date=February 12, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Maggiore|first=Sabrina|date=February 10, 2021|title=Whitfield Co. Republican, father of son with DS confronts Rep. Greene over offensive word|work=]|url=https://newschannel9.com/news/local/whitfield-county-republican-confronts-rep-greene-over-use-of-offensive-word|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> | |||
In February 2021, ] attempted to distance itself from Greene, who once owned an affiliated gym and is an avid proponent of CrossFit fitness regimens.<ref name="CrossFit fed up">{{Cite news |first1=Ryan |last1=Brooks |first2=Amber |last2=Jamieson |date=March 11, 2021 |title=CrossFit Is Finally Fed Up With Marjorie Taylor Greene|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryancbrooks/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-crossfit|access-date=April 2, 2021|work=]}}</ref> CrossFit spokesperson Andrew Weinstein told '']'': "CrossFit supports respectful fact-based political dialogue to address our common challenges, and we strongly oppose the loathsome and dangerous lies attributed to Ms. Greene."<ref name="CrossFit fed up" /> | |||
On May 21, 2021, ] filed an ] complaint against Greene for an alleged violation of ] campaign finance provisions, accusing her of "implicit" unlawful solicitation of unlimited contributions in an advertisement appearance made on behalf of a ] that targeted Senators ] and ]. In the ad, she calls on viewers to "fight back now, before it's too late" before a separate voice-over asks them to contribute to the PAC seconds thereafter.<ref>{{Cite news|last=McFadden|first=Alyce|date=May 21, 2021|title=FEC complaint accuses Marjorie Taylor Greene of violating election law|work=] |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-accused-of-violating-electionlaw/|url-status=live|access-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526143052/https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/05/marjorie-taylor-greene-accused-of-violating-electionlaw/|archive-date=May 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Arnsdorf|first=Isaac|date=May 21, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Appeared in a Super PAC Ad Asking for Money. That Might Break the Rules.|work=]|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-appeared-in-a-super-pac-ad-asking-for-money-that-might-break-the-rules|access-date=July 3, 2021}}</ref> | |||
During her 2020 campaign and the beginning of her first term in Congress, Greene became one of the most recognizable names in the GOP.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Filbin|first=Patrick|date=February 6, 2021|title=How U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's time in the national spotlight is playing back home in Georgia|work=]|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/feb/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-spotlight/541128/|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Yokley|first=Eli|date=February 3, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Is on Her Way to Becoming a Household Name|work=]|url=https://morningconsult.com/2021/02/03/marjorie-taylor-greene-aoc-approval-polling/|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Relman|first=Eliza|date=February 10, 2021|title=GOP voters like Marjorie Taylor Greene more than ever after Democrats stripped her of committee seats|work=]|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-sees-surge-in-popularity-among-gop-2021-2|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> On January 29, 2021, Greene stated she had raised $1.6 million amid criticism from Democratic lawmakers.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mitchell|first=Tia|date=January 29, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene says she raised $1.6 million after calls for her expulsion|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-raised-16-million-after-calls-for-her-expulsion/DOPUOGZ66FGV5CUGHATP2RXRFY/|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> In a February 2021 poll by ], shortly after her removal from her committee assignments, 45% of surveyed adult U.S. citizens viewed her unfavorably, 33% did not know, and 21% viewed her favorably.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 6–9, 2021|title=1500 U.S. Adult Citizens|url=https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/rqqxdo2ujy/econTabReport.pdf|access-date=July 4, 2021|newspaper=]/]|page=60}}</ref> In a mid-May 2021 poll by ], the majority of GOP voters surveyed had either never heard of or had no opinion on Greene; among those who had an opinion, Greene was seen overall more favorably than unfavorably.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yokley|first=Eli|date=May 19, 2021|title=More Than Half of GOP Voters Now Dislike Cheney After Her Ouster From Leadership|url=https://morningconsult.com/2021/05/19/cheney-stefanik-trump-gop-polling/|access-date=July 4, 2021|website=]}}</ref> {{As of|2021|July}}, opinions on Greene among her constituents in the 14th district are split.<ref> | |||
* {{Cite news|last1=Andone|first1=Dakin|last2=Reston|first2=Maeve|date=May 29, 2021|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene may be politically safe, but her conservative Georgia constituents have concerns about her tactics|work=]|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/29/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-14th-district-holocaust/index.html|access-date=July 4, 2021}} | |||
* {{Cite news|last=Aldis|first=Meredith|date=February 6, 2021|title=Northwest Georgia voters react to Marjorie Taylor Greene's removal from committee assignments|work=]|url=https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/43301691/northwest-georgia-voters-react-to-marjorie-taylor-greenes-removal-from-committee-assignments|access-date=July 4, 2021}} | |||
* {{Cite news|last=Filbin|first=Patrick|date=February 6, 2021|title=How U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's time in the national spotlight is playing back home in Georgia|work=]|url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/feb/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-spotlight/541128/|access-date=July 4, 2021}} | |||
* {{Cite news|last=Hagen|first=Lisa|date=February 10, 2021|title=What Do Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia Constituents Think Of Her?|department=]|work=]|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/966500943/what-do-congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-georgia-constituents-think-of-her|access-date=July 4, 2021}} | |||
* {{Cite news|last=Sales|first=Ben|date=February 10, 2021|title='Scary,' 'spunky,' 'wackadoodle': How Jewish constituents of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert describe their new congresswomen|agency=]|url=https://www.jta.org/2021/02/10/united-states/scary-spunky-wackadoodle-how-jewish-constituents-of-marjorie-taylor-greene-and-lauren-boebert-describe-their-new-congresswomen|access-date=July 4, 2021}}</ref> | |||
In his 2021 memoir, former ] governor ], a Republican, denounced Greene for her "baseless, factless, absurd, and dangerous" rhetoric, including her support of QAnon.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Sheth|first1=Sonam|last2=Relman|first2=Eliza|date=November 17, 2021|title=Chris Christie rails against Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'reprehensible, crazy' conspiracy theories and urges the GOP to denounce her|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/christie-rails-against-marjorie-taylor-greene-urges-gop-to-denounce-her-2021-11|access-date=November 22, 2021|work=]|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
===== Student loan forgiveness ===== | |||
In 2022, the White House criticized Greene for attacking its student loan forgiveness program, calling her hypocritical since she accepted forgiveness of a $183,504 loan from the ].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Eric|last=Garcia|date=August 26, 2022 |title=Joe Biden doubles down on criticism of Marjorie Taylor Greene on student loans |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-marjorie-taylor-greene-on-student-loans-b2153754.html |access-date=August 27, 2022 |work=]|language=en}}</ref> | |||
===== Twitter ===== | |||
Greene's Twitter accounts have been ] many times for violating Twitter's policies. Her Twitter account was temporarily suspended five times in 2021,<ref name="1Hc8r" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite news|date=April 5, 2021|title=Twitter mistakenly suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene, again|work=]|url=https://apnews.com/article/twitter-mistakenly-suspends-majorie-taylor-greene-again-9ae8cb2aa4a2094ee1d6c9dc7a56e74b|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212010112/https://apnews.com/article/twitter-mistakenly-suspends-majorie-taylor-greene-again-9ae8cb2aa4a2094ee1d6c9dc7a56e74b|archive-date=February 12, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Additional sources: | |||
* {{cite news|last=O'Carroll|first=Oliver|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-expel-congress-b1819655.html|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene locked out of Twitter as Democrats move to expel her from Congress|work=]|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021}} | |||
* {{cite news|last=Williams|first=Jordan|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/544043-greenes-office-says-twitter-suspended-her-account-again|title=Twitter says Greene account suspended in error|work=]|date=March 19, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319165724/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/544043-greenes-office-says-twitter-suspended-her-account-again|url-status=live}} | |||
* {{Cite news|date=July 20, 2021|title=Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene over 'misleading' Covid posts|work=]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57897401|access-date=July 24, 2021}} | |||
* {{cite news|last=Pietsch|first=Bryan|date=July 20, 2021|title=Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading covid-19 misinformation|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/20/marjorie-taylor-green-twitter-suspended-covid/|access-date=July 20, 2021}} | |||
* {{Cite news|last1=Fung|first1=Brian|last2=O'Sullivan|first2=Donie|date=August 10, 2021|title=Twitter suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for one week|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/10/tech/twitter-marjorie-taylor-greene/index.html|access-date=August 10, 2021|work=]}}</ref> from manual reviews or automated systems.<ref name=":12" /> Her personal account was permanently suspended for spreading ]; her official congressional account remains active.<ref name="CNN20220102">{{cite news |last1=Donie |first1=O'Sullivan |title=One of Marjorie Taylor Greene's verified Twitter accounts permanently suspended from Twitter |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/02/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-suspension/index.html |access-date=January 2, 2022 |work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dzhanova|first1=Yelena|last2=Dorman|first2=John L.|date=January 2, 2022|title=Twitter reportedly suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's account for spreading COVID-19 misinformation|work=]|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suspends-marjorie-taylor-greenes-account-covid-19-misinformation-2022-1|access-date=January 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Scott_1/3/2022">{{cite news | last=Scott | first=Eugene | title=Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended from Facebook for 24 hours for covid-19 misinformation, one day after Twitter account suspension | newspaper=] | date=January 3, 2022 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/03/marjorie-taylor-greene-suspended-facebook-24-hours-covid-19-misinformation-one-day-after-twitter-account-suspension/ | access-date=January 4, 2022}}</ref> Her personal account was reinstated in November 2022, weeks after ] acquired Twitter.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saric |first1=Ivana |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal Twitter account reinstated |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/11/21/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-reinstated |work=Axios |date=November 21, 2022}}</ref> | |||
Greene's personal Twitter account was locked for 12 hours on January 17, 2021, "for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy".<ref name="1Hc8r" /> Twitter's action was based on a company policy it had used to remove thousands of QAnon-related accounts after the storming of the United States Capitol.<ref name="NPR2021">{{Cite news|title=Twitter Suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Account|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/insurrection-at-the-capitol/2021/01/17/957891462/twitter-suspends-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-account-temporarily|access-date=January 17, 2021|work=]|first=Bill|last=Chappell|date=January 17, 2021}}</ref> Before the suspension, Greene's posts included false claims about voting fraud and statements blaming electoral officials in Georgia for their failure to act on such claims.<ref name="1Hc8r">{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Allan|title=Twitter temporarily suspends GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/twitter-temporarily-suspends-gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-n1254557|date=January 17, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|work=]}}</ref><ref name="DYEJi">{{Cite news|last1=O'Sullivan|first1=Donie|last2=LeBlanc|first2=Paul|title=Twitter temporarily suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for election misinformation|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter/index.html|access-date=January 17, 2021|work=]}}</ref><ref name="nb0zN">{{Cite news|last=Fuchs|first=Hailey|date=January 17, 2021|title=Twitter temporarily suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene's personal account.|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/twitter-temporarily-suspends-marjorie-taylor-greenes-personal-account.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117222830/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/17/us/twitter-temporarily-suspends-marjorie-taylor-greenes-personal-account.html |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name="NPR2021" /> Upon returning to Twitter, she criticized the company: "Contrary to how highly you think of yourself and your moral platitude, you are not the judge of humanity. God is."<ref>{{cite news |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene locked out of Twitter |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/18/marjorie-taylor-greene-locked-out-of-twitter/ |access-date=July 11, 2021 |work=] |date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210711105937/https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/18/marjorie-taylor-greene-locked-out-of-twitter/ |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
As of March 19, 2021, Greene was barred from ]ing anyone on her public Twitter or any other social media account while in office and was forced to pay $10,000 to cover ] for ], whose co-founder says it will donate the money to two nonprofit organizations.<ref name="AP March 25, 2021">{{cite news |work=] |date=March 25, 2021 |title=Rep. Greene agrees not to block critics from Twitter account |url=https://apnews.com/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-los-angeles-media-political-action-committees-social-media-c7e5e59dd6c48b2aa322fe0b6fc21298 |access-date=April 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421053328/https://apnews.com/article/marjorie-taylor-greene-los-angeles-media-political-action-committees-social-media-c7e5e59dd6c48b2aa322fe0b6fc21298 |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> This resulted from an out-of-court settlement between Greene and MeidasTouch after MeidasTouch sued Greene for violating the ]'s ] rights when she blocked it from posting on her Twitter page.<ref name="AP March 25, 2021"/> | |||
In July 2022, Twitter labeled two tweets by Greene, in which she ]ed and ] ] ], as violating their rules on hateful conduct, but did not delete them, saying it believed it was in the public's interest for the tweets to remain accessible.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3565337-twitter-wont-remove-marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-transgender-tweets/ |title=Twitter won't remove Marjorie Taylor Greene anti-transgender tweets |date=July 19, 2022 |work=] |first=Caroline |last=Vakil |access-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720162651/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3565337-twitter-wont-remove-marjorie-taylor-greene-anti-transgender-tweets/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
=====2022 primary ballot challenges===== | |||
In early 2022, Greene said that under a provision of a state law, several Georgia electors had filed papers seeking to remove her from the ] as unqualified for office. Electors alleged she had been involved in assisting the ]. On April 1, 2022, Greene filed a federal lawsuit in which she vigorously denied the allegations and sought to have the law blocked as unconstitutional. The law allows a candidate to be removed from a ballot after review by an ] and the ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wille |first1=Jacklyn |title=Rep. Greene Sues Over Effort to Remove Her From Georgia Ballot |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/rep-greene-sues-over-effort-to-remove-her-from-georgia-ballot|work=Bloomberg Law |date=April 4, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Marshall |title=Judge appears likely to allow January 6-related candidacy challenge against Marjorie Taylor Greene |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-candidacy-challenge-lawsuit/index.html |work=CNN |date=April 8, 2022}}</ref> A federal judge denied her challenge on April 18, requiring her to give evidence four days later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-candidacy/index.html|title=Challenge to Marjorie Taylor Greene's candidacy can move forward, federal judge rules|first=Marshall|last=Cohen|work=]|date=April 18, 2022}}</ref> She testified for three hours on April 22. On May 6, the judge ruled that she was eligible for reelection, but the final decision belongs to Georgia secretary of state ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boboltz |first=Sara |date=May 6, 2022 |title=Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene Should Be Cleared To Seek Reelection Bid |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-georgia-reelection_n_6268080fe4b07c34e9e6bb88 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |work=] |language=en}}</ref> | |||
== In popular culture == | |||
On January 30, 2021, the tenth episode of '']''{{'}}s ] featured a ] where a caricature of Greene, played by ], espoused debunked conspiracy theories and discussed how she "told supporters that they should physically murder Nancy Pelosi".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Johnson|first=Ted|date=January 30, 2021|title='Saturday Night Live' Cold Open Riffs On Marjorie Taylor Greene, The GameStop Frenzy And Jack Dorsey's Beard|work=]|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/saturday-night-live-cold-open-marjorie-taylor-greene-1234684190/|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Mastrangelo|first=Dominick|date=January 31, 2021|title='Saturday Night Live' targets Marjorie Taylor Greene, GameStop in return to air|work=]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/536655-saturday-night-live-targets-marjorie-taylor-greene-gamestop-in-return-to-air|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626221147/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/536655-saturday-night-live-targets-marjorie-taylor-greene-gamestop-in-return-to-air|url-status=live}}</ref> After Greene opposed the ], her character featured again in February on the '']'' sketch, wherein she misspelled "science", compared herself to ], pulled a handgun on co-anchor ], and claimed to be possessed by a demon.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Alter|first=Rebecca|date=February 28, 2021|title=''SNL''{{'}}s Marjorie Taylor Greene Pulled a Gun on Colin Jost on Weekend Update|work=]|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/watch-snls-marjorie-taylor-greene-on-weekend-update.html|access-date=July 3, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Holmes|first=Juwan J.|date=February 28, 2021|title=SNL's demon-possessed Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks down how "traditional" gender roles work|work=]|url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/02/snls-demon-possessed-marjorie-taylor-greene-breaks-traditional-gender-roles-work/|access-date=July 3, 2021}}</ref> In June 2021, '']'' played a satirical, conspiracy-themed calendar song mocking Greene after she requested Biden reply to a letter she sent "by June 31", a date which does not exist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amore |first=Samson |date=June 7, 2021 |title=Colbert Offers a 'Calendar Song' Learning Aid to Marjorie Taylor Greene After Her June 31 Gaffe (Video) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/colbert-calendar-song-marjorie-taylor-greene-june-31-gaffe/ |access-date=February 7, 2023 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dicker |first=Ron |date=June 8, 2021 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Sings Spoof Calendar Song In 'Late Show' Bit After June 31 Goof |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-calendar-song_n_60bf9ab9e4b003865d53456a |access-date=February 7, 2023 |work=]}}</ref> | |||
On June 15, 2021, after Greene's visit to the Holocaust Museum, '']'' host ] called Greene "human excrement", "Klan Mom", and "the sorriest excuse for a congresswoman we've ever had", comparing her understanding of the Holocaust to that of a sixth-grader and digitally imposing a ] over her apology video.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|date=June 16, 2021|title=Kimmel on Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'Sorriest excuse for a congresswoman we've ever had'|work=]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/16/jimmy-kimmel-marjorie-taylor-greene-late-night-recap|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|last=Wilstein|first=Matt|date=June 16, 2021|title=Jimmy Kimmel Turns Marjorie Taylor Greene Into Hitler|work=]|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jimmy-kimmel-turns-marjorie-taylor-greene-into-hitler|access-date=June 26, 2021}}</ref> ] host ] called her "your crazy aunt's even crazier friend" who has become "notorious for saying absolutely anything with zero shame".<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> '']'' co-host ] called Greene's apology "as empty as her head" and jokingly remarked, "wait till she hears about slavery!"<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ortiz|first=Andi|date=June 15, 2021|title='The View' Hosts Scoff at Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'Empty' Apology for Anti-Mask Holocaust Comparisons (Video)|work=]|url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-view-marjorie-taylor-greene-holocaust-comments-apology/|access-date=July 3, 2021}}</ref> | |||
On February 9, 2022, while discussing the police guarding the Capitol building, Greene, using a ], called them "] police", confusing the cold Spanish soup with the ]. The incident met with a wave of jokes about her confusion.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 9, 2022|title='Gazpacho police': Nazi gaffe lands Republican congresswoman in the soup|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/09/marjorie-taylor-greene-gazpacho-police|work=]}}</ref> A similar incident occurred in May 2022, with Greene calling a ] a "peach tree dish" during a livestream.<ref name="peach tree">{{Cite news |last=Naughtie |first=Andrew |date=May 30, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene warns of meat grown in a 'peach tree dish' while peddling Bill Gates conspiracy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-green-bill-gates-meat-b2090463.html |access-date=June 12, 2022 |work=]}}</ref> | |||
In April 2022, Kimmel said of Greene, "Where is ] when you really need him?" in response to Greene accusing Republicans who supported then-Supreme Court nominee ] of being "pro-]", referencing the incident in which ] ] at the ]. Greene accused Kimmel of threatening violence against her and tweeted that she contacted the Capitol Police. Greene had previously refused to honor the Capitol Police in June 2021, when she voted against rewarding them with the ] for defending the ] during the ]. On April 8, Nick Dyer, Greene's spokesman, said that "threats against Congresswoman Greene invoking Jimmy Kimmel have been coming into our office."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Eugene |date=April 8, 2022 |title=Greene contacts U.S. Capitol Police over late-night host Kimmel's joke |language=en-US |newspaper=] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-jimmy-kimmel/ |access-date=April 10, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> | |||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
Greene married Perry Greene in 1995 while in college. They have three children.<ref name="MTG initials" /><ref name="Businesswoman image key">{{Cite news|last=Schrade|first=Brad|date=April 23, 2021|title=Businesswoman image key to Marjorie Taylor Greene's rise|work=]|url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/national-politics/businesswoman-image-key-to-greenes-rise/5RX3LQEGUJFI5P6N6EQWZCA5T4/|url-status=live|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508215918/https://www.ajc.com/politics/national-politics/businesswoman-image-key-to-greenes-rise/5RX3LQEGUJFI5P6N6EQWZCA5T4/|archive-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref> Perry Greene announced in September 2022 that he was filing for divorce and that their marriage was "irretrievably broken".<ref>{{cite news |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene and husband getting divorced 10 years after alleged affairs |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-divorce-affair-b2177654.html |work=]|first=Josh|last=Marcus |access-date=September 29, 2022 |language=en |date=September 29, 2022}}</ref> On December 22, 2022, the divorce was finalized.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-officially-divorced-from-perry-greene|title=Far-Right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Officially a Single Woman|first=Alec|last=Karam|work=Daily Beast|date=December 22, 2022|accessdate=December 23, 2022}}</ref> In 2023, Greene began dating Brian Glenn, the director of programming for the ].<ref>{{cite news |author=Graeme Massie |date=May 23, 2023 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend caught in drag video: 'It does feel kind of good, actually' |work=] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-brian-glenn-drag-b2343868.html}}</ref> | |||
Greene and her husband, Perry, have owned Taylor Commercial, a construction company based in ], since 2002.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 11, 2019 |title=Republican announces bid for Congress {{!}} News |url=http://www.thecrier.net/news/article_a10d7fe2-8c95-11e9-ab42-f73e656a5b68.html |accessdate=June 10, 2020 |newspaper=Dunwoody Crier |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610042329/http://www.thecrier.net/news/article_a10d7fe2-8c95-11e9-ab42-f73e656a5b68.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She has long lived in Alpharetta, which is in the 6th District. While members of the House are only required to live in the state they represent, Greene stated soon after considering a run for the 14th that she intended to move to that district if she ran there.<ref>{{cite news |first=Diane |last=Wagner |date=December 9, 2019 |title=GOP candidate from outside the district eyeing Graves' Congressional seat {{!}} Local News |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/gop-candidate-from-outside-the-district-eyeing-graves-congressional-seat/article_c8a4be70-1ac1-11ea-b192-bf6c7065f882.html |accessdate=June 10, 2020 |newspaper=Rome News-Tribune |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610042850/https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/gop-candidate-from-outside-the-district-eyeing-graves-congressional-seat/article_c8a4be70-1ac1-11ea-b192-bf6c7065f882.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She subsequently bought a home in nearby ], which is in the 14th.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926538094/npr-podcast-monitors-georgia-woman-called-americas-qanon-candidate|title=NPR Podcast 'No Compromise' Spotlights America's 'QAnon Candidate'|first1=Lisa|last1=Hagen|first2=Chris|last2=Haxel|work=]|date=October 22, 2020|access-date=October 22, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022114554/https://www.npr.org/2020/10/22/926538094/npr-podcast-monitors-georgia-woman-called-americas-qanon-candidate|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
Greene was baptized, raised, and married as a member of the ], but stopped attending Catholic ] in reaction to the ].<ref name=":13" /> She was ] in 2011 into ], an evangelical ] network based in Alpharetta, in a baptism published in an online video.<ref name=":14">{{cite news|last=Gira Grant|first=Melissa|date=February 3, 2021|title=The Ascension of Marjorie Taylor Greene|magazine=]|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/161222/ascension-marjorie-taylor-greene|url-status=live|url-access=limited|access-date=February 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215040058/https://newrepublic.com/article/161222/ascension-marjorie-taylor-greene|archive-date=February 15, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":15">{{Cite news|last=Huckabee|first=Tyler|date=January 28, 2021|title=Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — Facing Backlash Over Violent Social Media — Was Baptized at One of America's Largest Churches|work=]|url=https://www.relevantmagazine.com/faith/church/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-facing-backlash-over-violent-social-media-posts-was-baptized-at-andy-stanleys-church/|url-status=live|access-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428203229/https://www.relevantmagazine.com/faith/church/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-facing-backlash-over-violent-social-media-posts-was-baptized-at-andy-stanleys-church/|archive-date=April 28, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{cite AV media|url=https://vimeo.com/21124232|title=Baptism Video Marjorie Greene – SP Grad|date=March 16, 2011|type=video|publisher=Starting Point|location=Atlanta|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127160201/https://vimeo.com/21124232|archive-date=January 27, 2021|via=Vimeo}}</ref> She speaks often about her faith and has said that she wants to bring "my faith and my family values to Washington".<ref name="Bethea" /> | |||
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According to ABC affiliate ] in Atlanta, in May 2021, Greene broke Georgia law by claiming ]s on two properties. One of the properties is an older home, and the other is a property that she purchased in ] when she ran for office. Only one exemption may legally be claimed. Greene responded that the issue was "paperwork, which is being taken care of".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gray|first=Justin|date=May 14, 2021|title=Investigation: Marjorie Taylor Greene filed homestead exemptions on 2 homes, violating state law|work=]|url=https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/investigation-marjorie-taylor-greene-filed-homestead-exemptions-2-homes-violating-state-law/IXIQMH5PBFBGLCFF5ZV44QC6XY/|url-status=live|access-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609230457/https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton-county/investigation-marjorie-taylor-greene-filed-homestead-exemptions-2-homes-violating-state-law/IXIQMH5PBFBGLCFF5ZV44QC6XY/|archive-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref> | |||
Greene participated in the ] quarterfinals for the 2014, 2015 and 2018 ]. In 2015, she placed 47th amongst 40-to-44-year-old women worldwide, but did not progress to the next stage. Her benchmark statistics list a 285lb ] and a 300lb ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://games.crossfit.com/athlete/65675|title = Majorie Green | date = 2023 | website = Crossfit Games | publisher = Crossfit LLC | access-date = 7 October 2023}}</ref> | |||
In November 2023, Greene released a "tell-all" book titled ''MTG''. The book, published by ], details Greene's upbringing, her first campaign for Congress, and her three-year tenure as a United States representative.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fortinsky|first=Sarah|date=September 19, 2023|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4212726-greene-to-release-tell-all-book-this-fall/|title=Greene to release tell-all book this fall|work=]|access-date=November 24, 2023}}</ref> | |||
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American politician (born 1974) "Marjorie Greene" redirects here. For the philosopher, see Marjorie Grene. For the mathematician and tennis player born Marjorie Greene, see Marjorie Hahn. "Taylor Greene" redirects here. For the baseball player, see Taylor Green.
Marjorie Taylor Greene | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 14th district | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office January 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Tom Graves |
Personal details | |
Born | Marjorie Taylor (1974-05-27) May 27, 1974 (age 50) Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Perry Greene
(m. 1995; div. 2022) |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Rome, Georgia, U.S. |
Education | University of Georgia (BBA) |
Signature | |
Website | House website |
Marjorie Taylor Greene (née Taylor; born May 27, 1974), sometimes referred to by her initials MTG, is an American far-right politician, businesswoman, and conspiracy theorist who has been the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to Congress in 2020 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves and was reelected in 2022 and 2024.
Greene has promoted antisemitic and white supremacist views including the white genocide conspiracy theory, QAnon, and Pizzagate. She has amplified conspiracy theories that allege government involvement in mass shootings in the United States, implicate the Clinton family in murder, and suggest the attacks of 9/11 were a hoax. Before running for Congress, Greene supported calls to execute prominent Democratic Party politicians, including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. As a congresswoman, she equated the Democratic Party with Nazis, and compared COVID-19 safety measures to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust, later apologizing for this comparison. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Greene promoted Russian propaganda and praised Vladimir Putin. Greene identifies as a Christian nationalist.
A vocal advocate of former president Donald Trump, Greene aided and supported Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election and has promoted Trump's false claims of a stolen election. She called for the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Georgia to be decertified, and was part of a group of Republican legislators who unsuccessfully challenged votes for Joe Biden during the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count, even though federal agencies and courts overseeing the election found no evidence of electoral fraud. Days after Biden's inauguration, Greene filed articles of impeachment alleging abuse of power.
On February 4, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove Greene from all committee roles in response to her endorsements of political violence. Eleven Republicans joined unanimous Democrats in the vote. Greene was appointed to new committee roles in January 2023. In June 2023, Greene was expelled from the conservative House Freedom Caucus after insulting fellow caucus member Congresswoman Lauren Boebert. Greene unsuccessfully attempted to oust Mike Johnson from his role as Speaker of the House of Representatives on May 8, 2024.
Early life and education
Marjorie Taylor was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, on May 27, 1974, the daughter of Robert Taylor. She graduated from South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia, in 1992, and the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1996.
In statements made in 2019 and in a February 4, 2021 House floor speech, Greene explained her position on gun rights and school shootings. In those remarks, she alluded to being affected by a September 1990 incident at her high school in which an armed student held 53 students hostage for over five hours.
Early career
In 2002, Greene's father sold Taylor Commercial, an Alpharetta, Georgia-based general-contracting company that he had founded, to Greene and her then-husband, Perry. As of 2019, Greene and Perry were the company's vice president and president, respectively. Greene was listed as the chief financial officer of Taylor Commercial from 2007 to 2011, but a 2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation determined that she had no significant presence at the company. In 2011, Greene stepped down as the company's CFO and began CrossFit training.
By 2012, Greene worked as a part-time coach at an Alpharetta CrossFit gym. In August 2013, she opened CrossFit Passion in Alpharetta with Travis Mayer, a CrossFit athlete. Greene left the business in early 2017. In a 2015 interview, Greene said she and Mayer knew little about how to run a business when they started.
Greene has said that she became politically engaged during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. In 2017, she began writing for the now defunct American Truth Seekers, a conspiracy news website, which published 59 articles by Greene. In January 2018, she started writing for Law Enforcement Today, a pro-police fake news website, which featured 27 articles Greene authored. In 2017, Greene visited Washington, D.C. to protest against a Republican gun control compromise.
Greene was a top official of the Family America Project, a conservative group founded in January 2018. She was a moderator of the organization's Facebook group. In that group, members posted death threats against Democrats; bigotry directed at the Obamas; and support for multiple conspiracy theories, including claims associated with the John Birch Society about the U.S. government being infiltrated by communists.
In February 2019, Greene visited the U.S. Capitol and congressional offices. In a livestream video Greene posted on Facebook, she is seen outside Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office, calling through the mail slot for Ocasio-Cortez to unlock the door and "face the American citizens that you serve". She also asserted that Ocasio-Cortez should "get rid of diaper". Greene also referred to Ocasio-Cortez's office as a day care center. When visiting the offices of representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, Greene falsely claimed that they were not "official" representatives because they were sworn in to Congress on the Quran. In the videos, Greene said that she wanted Omar and Tlaib to instead be sworn in on the Bible and accused the two representatives of supporting Islamic law.
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
2020
Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia § District 14Primary election
Having originally announced her intention to run in Georgia's 7th congressional district, Greene instead began her campaign in the 6th district, where she resided, on June 4, 2019. She stated her commitment to balance the federal budget and restrain Congress from using its constitutional power to spend new money into existence, adding: "If we look at our country as our household, we're going to go under foreclosure because we're overspending." Greene also criticized her expected primary opponent, former U.S. representative Karen Handel, for supporting large omnibus spending bills and a series of electoral losses: "She's lost seven races in her entire political career... She steps down from seats that she does win so she can campaign for something else. Basically I would call her professional campaigner, but she loses."
On December 13, 2019, Greene announced that she was shifting her campaign to the 14th district after incumbent Tom Graves announced he would not run for reelection there. The district includes much of Northwest Georgia, stretching from the Georgia side of the Chattanooga metropolitan area to the exurbs of Atlanta. Members of the House are constitutionally required to live in the state they represent, but not necessarily in the same congressional district. Hence, although Greene had long lived in Milton, in the 6th district, there would have been no legal barrier to Greene running for the 14th. Still, she said she intended to move to the 14th if she ran there. She subsequently bought a home in nearby Paulding County, which is in the 14th. By the time she was sworn in in January 2021, Greene reported having moved to Rome, also firmly in the 14th.
On February 29, 2020, Greene spoke at a gun rights rally in Villanow hosted by Silent No Longer, a group campaigning to make Walker County a Second Amendment sanctuary. At the rally, she held up a banner for American Patriots USA – a far-right group attempting to further its influence with Georgia Republicans. Greene posed for photos with Chester Doles, a 5th-generation Ku Klux Klansman, Grand Klaliff leader, and founder of APUSA; Doles has nearly a dozen assault arrests and served two separate prison sentences in Maryland.
Greene campaigned as a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump but was not endorsed by him. She ran on the slogan "Save America, Stop Socialism!" In the days before the primary, Facebook took down a Greene video for violating its terms of service. In the video, Greene held an AR-15 style rifle and warned antifa groups to "stay the hell out of Northwest Georgia".
Greene finished first in the June 9 primary. Trump tweeted, "A big winner". Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, she faced neurosurgeon John Cowan in a runoff election. Although Cowan was a Trump supporter, Greene labeled him a RINO, short for "Republican in name only".
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Marjorie Taylor Greene | 43,892 | 40.3 | |
Republican | John Cowan | 22,862 | 21.0 | |
Republican | John Barge | 9,619 | 8.8 | |
Republican | Clayton Fuller | 7,433 | 6.8 | |
Republican | Bill Hembree | 6,988 | 6.4 | |
Republican | Kevin Cooke | 6,699 | 6.2 | |
Republican | Matt Laughridge | 6,220 | 5.7 | |
Republican | Ben Bullock | 3,883 | 3.6 | |
Republican | Andy Gunther | 1,220 | 1.1 | |
Total votes | 108,816 | 100.0 |
Runoff election
In a July 14 runoff debate, Cowan questioned Taylor Commercial's acceptance of Paycheck Protection Program money in relation to Greene's opposition to congressional appropriations of relief funds during the pandemic and also Taylor Commercial's donations to Greene's political campaign. Taylor Commercial received $182,300 in PPP funding from the Small Business Administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. SBA filings declared Taylor Commercial expected to save 12 jobs with the funds. Around two months after her company received the PPP loan, Greene donated $450,000 to her campaign.
Greene won the August 11 runoff. On the day after her runoff victory, Trump tweeted his support for her, calling her a future Republican star.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Marjorie Taylor Greene | 43,813 | 57.1 | |
Republican | John Cowan | 32,982 | 42.9 | |
Total votes | 76,795 | 100.0 |
General election
Greene was considered an overwhelming favorite to win the seat in the general election, as the 14th district typically votes heavily Republican. In 2017, the Cook Political Report ranked the district the 10th-most Republican in the country.
On September 3, 2020, Greene shared a meme to her Facebook page depicting herself holding an AR-15 style rifle next to a collage of pictures of Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and Tlaib. She wrote that it was time for "strong conservative Christians to go on the offense against these socialists who want to rip our country apart"; the caption under the images was "Squad's worst nightmare". Nancy Pelosi called the meme a threat of violence, and Omar demanded that it be deleted after claiming it had triggered death threats. In response to questions from Forbes about whether the meme was a threat, a Greene campaign spokesperson dismissed that idea. Facebook deleted the meme the next day for violating its policies on inciting violence, prompting Greene to claim that Democrats were trying to "cancel" her. On September 19, 2020, Greene appeared at a gun rights rally in Ringgold, Georgia, where the Georgia III% Martyrs provided security "wearing camouflage, body armor, radios, and in one case a battle ax". During the rally, Greene had Chester Doles – with whom she had posed for a photo earlier in the year – ejected, and U.S. senator Kelly Loeffler made a brief appearance.
Greene was expected to face Democratic IT specialist Kevin Van Ausdal, but he withdrew from the race on September 11. This left Greene unopposed in the general election, which she won with 74% of the vote. Van Ausdal, whose name remained on the ballot, took 25%. During her victory speech, Greene called Pelosi "anti-American", a "hypocrite", and a "bitch" whom "we're going to kick ... out of Congress", and had a reporter from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ousted from the venue after he tweeted quotes from her speech. She later mocked Van Ausdal's appearance and got into an argument with former Republican senator Jeff Flake on Twitter.
In the days after the election, Greene made deceptive claims that her husband Perry's Floyd County voting record revealed voter fraud, writing on social media that when her husband went to vote early, he was told he had received an absentee ballot despite not requesting one. Floyd County chief elections clerk Robert Brady told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that nothing happened to the missing ballot, and that it was canceled according to procedure, adding that "he signed an affidavit on 23rd and he was allowed to vote. ... He only voted one time."
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Marjorie Taylor Greene | 229,827 | 74.7 | |
Democratic | Kevin Van Ausdal | 77,798 | 25.3 | |
Total votes | 307,625 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Endorsements
Prominent Republicans who supported Greene in her candidacy included Donald Trump; U.S. representatives Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, and Matt Gaetz; Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk; and Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows. Meadows's wife, Debbie Meadows, is the executive director of RightWomen Pac, which endorsed Greene and contributed $17,500 to her runoff campaign. Other donors included Barb Van Andel-Gaby – the chair of the board of the Heritage Foundation – and attorney L. Lin Wood, who later promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Greene also received support from the House Freedom Fund, a political action committee and the campaign fundraising arm of the House Freedom Caucus. The Georgia Republican Party contributed $5,220 to her campaign treasury on March 2, 2020.
2022
In September 2021, the Federal Election Commission asked Greene's 2022 re-election campaign treasurer, her then-husband, to provide information about $3.5 million of unitemized campaign contributions from undisclosed donors received in the first half of 2021. By federal law, only individual contributions under $200 are allowed to be unitemized or have donor identity withheld. Greene received more donations than any other House Republican in the first three months of 2021.
In April, Greene faced a legal challenge to her eligibility based on her alleged involvement in organizing and promoting the 2021 United States Capitol attack, based on the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which bars people who have engaged in insurrection from serving in Congress. In May, Greene defeated Jennifer Strahan in the Republican primary.
Greene was reelected in November 2022, defeating Democratic nominee Marcus Flowers; Greene received 65.9 percent of the vote.
2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene's opponent in the 2024 general election was the Democratic Party nominee, retired Army Brigadier General Shawn Harris, a cattle rancher and 40-year military veteran. Greene was reelected in November 2024, receiving 64.4 percent of the vote.
Tenure
On her first day in office, Greene wore a face mask onto the House floor that read "Trump Won", despite Trump having lost the 2020 U.S. presidential election to Joe Biden. During the counting of electoral votes, Greene raised an objection to counting Michigan's electoral votes. The objection was not signed by a member of the U.S. Senate and therefore was rejected.
In response to the January 6 United States Capitol attack by Trump supporters, Greene called for an end to violence and for support for Trump. She refused to wear a face mask while sheltering in place during the riot, and during the debate to impeach Trump she tweeted: "Democrats must be held accountable for the political violence inspired by their rhetoric." This prompted Democratic representative Jason Crow to call her "morally bankrupt", "depraved" and "frankly dangerous".
In a series of tweets following the attack on the Capitol, Greene falsely suggested that the rioters were members of antifa dressed as Trump supporters. Greene made these claims even though Anthony Aguero, a conservative activist and close associate of hers, was one of the people who stormed the Capitol. She also retweeted a clip from Fox News host Tucker Carlson, in which Carlson – citing Revolver News, a right-wing news website – claimed that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation might have organized and participated in the attack. Later that month, Greene asked Trump to issue her a pardon for her efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Greene has supported efforts to impeach Joe Biden. On January 21, 2021, the second day of Biden's presidency, Greene filed articles of impeachment against him, citing alleged abuse of power as the reason for impeachment. In an interview with Greg Kelly of Newsmax, she perpetuated the Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory alleging that Biden had been bought off by foreign interests. By September 2022, Greene had introduced five different resolutions to impeach Biden.
On January 27, 2021, Representative Jimmy Gomez announced he had drafted a resolution to expel Greene from the House after reports that she had previously called for violence against Democrats. Representative Jake Auchincloss also called for Greene's resignation or expulsion due to her threats of violence against fellow lawmakers. On January 28, with the revelations of Greene's threats against Democratic members of the House, Pelosi spoke of an "enemy within the House of Representatives" and the need to increase security measures, stating that this referred to "members who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence on other members of Congress" – alluding to Greene and other Republican representatives, such as Lauren Boebert, who wanted to bring guns onto the House floor. Pelosi also criticized the House Republican leadership for placing Greene on the Education Committee after Greene had questioned the authenticity of deadly school shootings around the country.
On January 29, 2021, representatives Nikema Williams and Sara Jacobs introduced a resolution to censure Greene for making threatening comments to her colleagues and to call for her resignation. The bill was referred to the House Ethics committee and never received a vote. On March 19, Gomez formally introduced his resolution to expel Greene, with the support of 72 Democrats and no Republicans. The bill was referred to the House Ethics committee and never received a vote.
The Washington Post reported in May 2021 that two of its reporters observed Greene aggressively confront Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber, loudly asking why she supported antifa and Black Lives Matter, which Greene falsely characterized as terrorists. Ocasio-Cortez did not respond and called on House leadership to ensure that Congress remains "a safe, civil place for all Members and staff".
Later in May, Greene voted against the January 6 commission, a proposed commission which would have investigated the attack on the Capitol. During a speech she made against establishing a commission, Greene called for justice for Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporter who was fatally shot by a Capitol police officer when she stormed the Capitol and attempted to break into the House chamber.
Also in May, Greene and Gaetz initiated a nationwide "America First Tour", beginning in The Villages, Florida. Throughout the tour, the two repeated unsubstantiated claims of fraud purported to have occurred during the 2020 election. Later in July, a scheduled rally in Laguna Hills, California, was canceled after the venue withdrew.
In June 2021, Greene was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6. When Pelosi announced the creation of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, Greene declared her interest in being seated on it.
In August 2021, after the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack requested that over 30 telecommunications companies retain phone records related to the attack, including those of Greene and several other members of Congress, she promised that companies that complied would be "shut down".
In February 2022, Greene spoke at a conference hosted by white supremacist Nick Fuentes, where Fuentes called the January 6 attack "awesome" and praised Putin and Hitler. When criticized for her attendance, Greene denounced these criticisms as "identity politics" and an attempt to "cancel" her, and labelled critics "Pharisees".
On June 22, 2023, Greene and Congresswoman Elise Stefanik introduced a pair of resolutions to expunge both of Trump's impeachments. The next day, Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy lent his support to the resolutions.
In June 2023, Greene was expelled from the Freedom Caucus by a vote of its members. The vote came after Greene called fellow caucus member Lauren Boebert a "little bitch" during an argument on the House floor. It was the first time the group ever voted to expel one of its members. While the remark towards Boebert was given as the primary reason for Greene's expulsion, Greene had also gone against some caucus positions and had allied herself with Speaker McCarthy, who was opposed by many in the caucus during the speaker election.
Greene told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2024 that if Trump won the upcoming election, she would be "certainly particularly interested" in serving as the secretary of homeland security.
Committee assignments
Further information: § Removal from House Committee assignmentsGreene was briefly a member of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Education and Labor. She was removed from all committee assignments on February 4, 2021 due to incendiary remarks she had made before her election. She was appointed to new committee roles in January 2023.
For the 118th Congress:
- Committee on Homeland Security
- Committee on Oversight and Accountability
- Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic
Caucus memberships
- Election Integrity Caucus
- Republican Study Committee
- Second Amendment Caucus
Greene had also been a member of the House Freedom Caucus, but was voted out in mid-2023 after insulting Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, another member of the caucus. Greene had allegedly called Boebert a "little bitch", and accused Boebert of copying articles of impeachment served against Biden.
Political positions
After she won the 2020 Republican primary runoff election, Greene wrote on Twitter: "The GOP establishment, the media, & the radical left, spent months & millions of dollars attacking me." She has expressed support for Donald Trump and declared her intention to push Republicans further to the right.
Abortion
Greene opposes abortion, calling it "the worst scar a woman can carry for the rest of her life". In videos apparently recorded between 2017 and 2019, Greene said that abortion and Planned Parenthood are two factors holding back minorities in the country, and in an August 2020 interview with Fox News, she indicated her support for defunding Planned Parenthood. On April 15, 2021, Greene and Boebert cast two lone votes against a bill to reauthorize the National Marrow Donor Program. Explaining her vote, Greene falsely claimed: "Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue by taxpayers." In 2021, Greene falsely claimed that the Plan B contraceptive "kills a baby in the womb"; Plan B actually prevents ovulation and thus prevents pregnancy, instead of terminating a pregnancy.
COVID-19
See also: COVID-19 misinformation by the United StatesIn September 2020, Greene wrote on Twitter that "children should not wear masks", calling recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health officials "unhealthy for their psychological, emotional, and educational growth" and "emasculating" for boys. She called restrictions imposed in the U.S. Capitol in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including face mask requirements, "tyrannical control" by Democrats. She opposed any form of mandatory mask-wearing, compulsory vaccination, or lockdowns in response to the pandemic. After Greene called masks "oppressive", National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Anthony Fauci responded that her stance was "very disturbing" given the data on the seriousness of the outbreak. Greene and other Republicans refused to wear masks in a secured room with other members of Congress during the storming of the Capitol in January 2021; afterward, it was reported that several representatives tested positive for the virus, including Bonnie Watson Coleman, Pramila Jayapal, and Brad Schneider.
Greene refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine, claiming there was no reason to because she is "perfectly healthy". By March 2021, the private sector had begun efforts to create vaccine passports to better enable those who had been inoculated to resume public gatherings, and some states and the federal government were considering such plans, though the Biden administration said participation would not be compulsory. On Facebook and Twitter, Greene suggested the plan might be "Biden's mark of the beast", a reference to the Book of Revelation, echoing a far-right conspiracy theory that getting vaccinated is equivalent to pledging allegiance to the devil. She added: "It's still fascism, or communism, whatever you want to call it, but it's coming from private companies. So, I have a term for that. I call it 'corporate communism.'" Days later, Greene introduced a bill in the House, the We Will Not Comply Act, which sought to ban vaccine passports, as well as the Fire Fauci Act, which would eliminate Fauci's salary until his successor is confirmed by the Senate, although Senate confirmation is not required for Fauci's position as NIAID director. According to August 2021 financial disclosures, in 2020 Greene owned stocks in three COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, with at least $15,000 of stock in both Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, and at least $1,000 of stock in AstraZeneca.
Greene has been fined many times for not wearing a mask on the House floor. The first occasion was on May 18, 2021, when she was fined $500. Two days later, on a podcast hosted by evangelical commentator David Brody, Greene called Pelosi "mentally ill" and said that Pelosi's requirement that House members continue wearing masks until they all prove they have been vaccinated "is exactly the type of abuse" as Jews being "put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany" during the Holocaust. Greene said she incurred a second fine of $2,500 after she again entered the House floor without a mask, and she dubbed Pelosi "Speaker Maskhole" in response. The day after the podcast, she defended her comments, adding, "any rational Jewish person doesn't like what's happening with overbearing mask mandates and overbearing vaccine policies." Her comments drew widespread criticism, including from leading Republican representatives and the Jewish community. On June 14, Greene publicly apologized for her comments after a private visit to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, she compared Biden's suggestion to provide door-to-door vaccinations to "medical brownshirts" and said: "You can't force people to be part of the human experiment." By the end of October 2021, she had been fined 20 times for not wearing a mask on the House floor. According to House rules, subsequent fines were $2,500 each. Thus, with the 20th occasion, she had been fined a total of $48,000.
On June 4, 2021, Greene sent Biden a letter calling for an investigation into Fauci over his statements on the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In the letter, she called COVID-19 a "manufactured plague" caused by a "Chinese-made virus". Days later, she suggested that only a bioweapon could explain the existence and spread of the virus. Greene also said that she did not support the use of gain-of-function research to identify emerging diseases and develop vaccines and treatments.
In July 2021, Greene dismissed the COVID-19 variants, including the Delta variant, saying, "no one cares". She also posted misinformation about the virus, saying it "is not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65". When a reporter informed Greene that non-obese and young people were also dying from the virus and asked her whether she bore "responsibility for keeping people in Georgia safe", Greene laughed and said, "I think people's responsibility is their own."
At an August 2021 fundraiser in Alabama, Greene claimed that Biden would be "sending one of his police state friends to your front door" to inquire whether they had received a vaccine, and said, "in the South, we all love our Second Amendment rights, and we're not really big on strangers showing up on our front door." At the same event, Greene claimed that the virus was Fauci's "experiment". When NBC News contacted Greene's office to confirm that a video of the event was genuine, a spokesman for her responded, "These claims are ridiculous and yet another conspiracy theory from the left." On August 12, Greene admitted that COVID-19 is spreading, but falsely said that hospitals were not overwhelmed with afflicted patients, and added, "we're human, we can't live forever, we're going to catch all kinds of diseases and illnesses and other viruses." In November 2022, Greene promoted the anti-vaccine film Died Suddenly, which promotes misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and Great Reset conspiracy theories.
2020 presidential election
Greene is a supporter of former president Donald Trump; on January 4, 2021, she called for the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Georgia to be decertified. After Trump's second impeachment, she introduced an article of impeachment against Biden on January 21, the day after he took office; no one co-sponsored it.
During an interview with Steve Bannon on July 7, 2021, Greene rejected a conspiracy theory that suggested Trump would be reinstated as president in August 2021.
On October 22, 2021, Greene purchased shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company that had just merged with Trump Media & Technology Group for the purpose of funding Trump's planned social media app, Truth Social.
Foreign policy
During a speech at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, Greene adamantly opposed foreign aid, saying: "I wanted to take my regular, normal person, normal, everyday American values, which is: We love our country. We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not for... China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam – whatever, wherever." This remark about Guam, which is a U.S. territory whose residents are U.S. citizens, prompted Guam delegate Michael San Nicolas to offer Greene Chamorro chip cookies in what he called "cookie diplomacy". Guam governor Lou Leon Guerrero told the Guam Daily Post that her office would be "more than happy to send Representative Greene's office a copy of Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam".
In March 2021, Greene was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'état, for reasons reported to be unclear.
In June 2021, Greene was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
In July 2021, Greene stated on Bannon's show that, if she had the authority to, she would kick out every Chinese person in the United States who is loyal to the Chinese Communist Party and impose strict tariffs on China. Also in July, Greene voted against the bipartisan ALLIES Act, which would increase the number of special immigrant visas for Afghan allies of the U.S. military during its invasion of Afghanistan by 8,000, while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed in the House by a vote of 407–16.
Throughout the Russo–Ukrainian War, Greene has promoted Russian propaganda, including claims that Ukraine is a Nazi state, and praised Vladimir Putin. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she criticized the "corrupt" Ukrainian government and argued against sending Ukraine weapons. She has suggested that Ukraine instigated the invasion by agitating Russia. In 2024, Greene proposed an amendment to a House foreign aid bill on Ukraine that would require all members of the House voting in favor of the bill to enlist in the Ukrainian military. Former Republican congressman Ken Buck has called Greene "Moscow Marjorie", due to her "getting her talking points from the Kremlin".
Greene has been critical of NATO. She was one of 18 Republicans to vote against admitting Sweden and Finland to NATO.
In 2023, Greene was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.
In October 2023, Greene sponsored a resolution to censure Democratic U.S. representative Rashida Tlaib for alleged "antisemitic activity" and "sympathizing" with Hamas.
Opioid epidemic in the United States
In May 2023, she claimed that lax security at the Mexico–United States border contributed to the opioid epidemic in the United States, saying, "Three hundred Americans are dying every single day. Mayorkas, and I argue Biden as well — President Biden — both of them should be impeached for that."
Gun rights
At a September 2020 gun rights rally in Ringgold, Georgia, Greene said she would always protect gun owners' rights and would not vote for any laws making it harder for people to possess guns. She said: "The government will never tell me how many guns I can own, and how many bullets I am allowed to fire if someone were to attack me or my kids".
In June 2021, Greene introduced a bill to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The bill also sought to provide monetary grants to the families of Border Patrol agents killed as a result of Operation Fast and Furious.
In June 2022, Greene argued that Canada's proposed gun control laws would leave Canada "weak and vulnerable to being invaded and easily taken over by another stronger country", such as "Russia, who is very angry at America right now."
In July 2022, Greene claimed that the July 4 Highland Park parade shooting was "designed to make Republicans go along with more gun control" because the shooting occurred "in a rich, white neighborhood". She also claimed that "We didn't see that at all the Pride parades in the month of June" and that "As soon as we hit MAGA month ... we have shootings on July Fourth". Although Greene conceded that her comments might sound "like a conspiracy theory", she said that "the definition of a right-wing conspiracy theory" is "just the news a month early."
Infrastructure
In November 2021, Greene said that any Republican who supported the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was "a traitor to our party, a traitor to their voters and a traitor to our donors". She called the $1.2 trillion bill Biden's "communist takeover of America". Greene criticized the 13 House Republicans who voted for the bill as "American job and energy killers" and derided them as "China-First and America-Last". Fred Upton, one of the 13, said that he received over 1,000 calls, including death threats, after Greene publicized their office phone numbers on Twitter.
LGBT rights
On February 2, 2021, Greene co-sponsored the Old Glory Only Act, a bill to ban U.S. embassies from flying pride flags. Two days later, she said she was "censored" by Twitter for "absolutely believing with all my heart that God's creation is he created them male and female".
On February 24, 2021, Greene tried to block the Equality Act while it was being debated on the House floor, saying that it would "destroy God's creation" and "violate everything we hold dear in God's creation". She proposed replacing it with a bill that would exempt nonprofit organizations, allow people to sue the federal government "if their religious rights are violated", and prevent trans women and girls from participating in women's sports. After floor debate on the bill that day, Representative Marie Newman, whose congressional office is directly across from Greene's, displayed a transgender pride flag outside her office. In response, Greene displayed a transphobic poster outside her office reading: "There are TWO genders: Male & Female. Trust The Science!". Newman has a transgender daughter, whom Greene called Newman's "biological son".
In April 2021, Greene supported a bill by Representative Mary Miller that would bar schools from allowing transgender students to use facilities such as bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their gender identity.
In June 2021, during an interview with Steve Bannon, Greene called transgender women "men playing dress up" and "literally having an identity crisis", saying, "They never will be , and I refuse to recognize them that way." Later in June, she said that schools teaching about LGBT people is "mental/emotional child abuse".
In April 2022, Greene criticized Ketanji Brown Jackson for not answering Senator Marsha Blackburn's question "what is a woman?" Greene said, "We came from Adam's rib. God created us with his hands. We may be the weaker sex, we are the weaker sex, but we are our partner's, our husband's wife."
In May 2022, Greene claimed that straight people would go extinct within less than two centuries due to LGBT-inclusive educators, calling them "trans terrorists". She also falsely claimed that the perpetrator of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas was transgender.
On June 1, 2022, Greene said that "an entire" pride month celebrating LGBT people "needs to end".
On August 19, 2022, Greene introduced the "Protect Children's Innocence Act", which would make giving gender-affirming care to transgender youth a felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison, prohibit using federal funds for gender-affirming care or health insurance covering it, and prohibit institutions of higher education from providing instruction on such care. Fourteen Republicans have co-sponsored the bill. In November 2022, after California state senator Scott Wiener, who is gay, called "groomer" "an anti-LGBTQ hate word" that "plays into the slander that LGBTQ people are pedophiles", Greene responded that the Protect Children's Innocence Act would stop "communist groomers" such as Wiener.
On December 6, 2023, Greene expressed strong disapproval of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 for maintained policies that allow transgender individuals to serve and enlist and declared her intent to vote against it. On November 24, 2024, she, responding to an article report from The Times that Donald Trump allegedly planned an executive order to ban all transgender individuals from serving and enlisting in the U.S. military, which the Trump transition team later denied, said that a ban would improve recruitment and save money.
Race, religion, and immigration
Greene opposes the Black Lives Matter movement and has called it a Marxist group. In a video, she compared Black Lives Matter activists to white nationalist participants at the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a rally she had previously called an "inside job". She ended one of her videos commenting: "The most mistreated group of people in the United States today are white males." After the murder of George Floyd, Greene posted on Facebook that his death "must be investigated and justice will be served", calling the video "heartbreaking". One year later, when Derek Chauvin was found guilty of Floyd's murder, Greene claimed the verdict was a result of jury intimidation by Black Lives Matter – which she compared to the Ku Klux Klan and called "the most powerful domestic terrorist organization" in the United States – and falsely asserted that Washington, D.C. was "completely dead" on the night of the verdict because people were "scared to go out" for "fear of riots". Greene denounced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a civil rights and police reform bill, as an "Anti-Police bill", erroneously claiming it would bar law enforcement from using facial recognition.
In a recording obtained by Politico, Greene said that Muslims who believe in Sharia law should not be in the U.S. government. She also contended that the Democratic Party is holding Black Americans as "slaves". Her comments on black people, Muslims, and Jews were denounced by Republican House leaders and a spokesman for National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Tom Emmer. Greene said that the election of Omar and Tlaib in the 2018 midterm elections was part of "an Islamic invasion of our government", and in 2021, she called the Squad supporters of "terrorism" and "Hamas" who "don't belong in Congress" and referred to them as the "Jihad Squad". In a late January 2021 interview with far-right British political commentator Katie Hopkins, Greene said that she would "love to trade for some of our white people here that have no appreciation for our country".
On April 16, 2021, it was reported that Greene and other House Republicans, such as Gaetz, Louie Gohmert, and Paul Gosar, were interested in launching an America First Caucus, and Gohmert confirmed Greene's involvement to reporters. According to a leaked seven-page document on the aims of the caucus, they believe that "America is a nation with a border, and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions." The document also stated the caucus would "work towards an infrastructure that reflects the architectural, engineering and aesthetic value that befits the progeny of European architecture." House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy indirectly criticized the caucus as pushing "nativist dog whistles". Greene's office said on April 16 that the new caucus would be launched "very soon", but the next day her spokesman said it was still in an early planning stage and that Greene was not "launching anything". Greene disavowed the caucus and stated she was not involved, calling it a "staff level draft proposal from an outside group that hadn't read".
In February 2022, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell criticized Greene for attending the America First Political Action Conference, saying there was no place in the party for "white supremacists or anti-Semitism".
Greene has defended Christian nationalism and described herself as a "proud Christian nationalist."
Climate change and weather events
"Fossil fuels are natural and amazing"—Tweet of April 15, 2023"We live on a spinning planet that rotates around a much bigger sun along with other planets and heavenly bodies rotating around the sun that all create gravitational pull on one another while our galaxy rotates and travels through the universe. Considering all of that, yes our climate will change, and it's totally normal!"
Greene rejects the scientific consensus that climate change is caused primarily by human activity, saying in 2021 that "maybe perhaps we live on a ball that rotates around the sun, that flies through the universe, and maybe our climate just changes." In an August 2022 interview, Greene said, "People die in the cold. This Earth warming, and carbon, is actually healthy for us. It helps us to feed people, it keeps people alive. ... We need to hold Democrats accountable and defund all of their climate garbage"—contrary to the scientific consensus that the costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time. Greene's April 15, 2023 tweet said climate change was a "scam" and that "fossil fuels are natural and amazing", saying that "there are some very powerful people that are getting rich beyond their wildest dreams convincing many that carbon is the enemy". Her tweet included a chart that omitted carbon dioxide and methane, the two most dominant greenhouse gas emissions.
After Hurricane Helene caused destruction in several American states, Greene in October 2024 posted online "a map of hurricane affected areas with an overlay of electoral map by political party shows how hurricane devastation could affect the election", showing many Republican-leaning areas affected, then she wrote later that day: "Yes they can control the weather … It's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done."
Evolution
Greene has said that she does not accept the scientific consensus of evolution, calling it a "type of so-called science" and saying: "I don't believe in evolution. I believe in God."
Secession
In late 2021, Greene advocated a "national divorce" between red states and blue states. She further suggested that red states disenfranchise people who move there from blue states for a period of five years. She repeated these suggestions in February 2023, to the condemnation of Democrats and some Republicans, including Spencer Cox, Liz Cheney, and Mitt Romney. The next day, Greene elaborated that she wants "a legal agreement" that would separate states more than they are now "while maintaining our legal union".
Political violence and extremism
In an interview with gun activist Chris Dorr on October 27, 2020, a week before election day, Greene told viewers: "the only way you get your freedoms back is it's earned with the price of blood." On January 29, 2021, The New York Times detailed Greene's support for and past ties with extremist militia groups, including the Three Percenters and the Oath Keepers; both groups had members participate in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Rhetoric involving killing of opponents
In a January 2019 Facebook video, Greene said Pelosi is guilty of treason and that treason is a crime punishable by death. Greene made the video to promote a petition she started on We the People to impeach Pelosi for treason — a remedy that does not exist in the U.S. Constitution — due to her opposition to Trump's proposed border wall, as well as alleged support for sanctuary city policies. More than 140,000 people signed the petition. In February 2019 videos live-streamed on Facebook, Greene visited Pelosi's office and suggested that Pelosi would either be killed or imprisoned for treason. She then suggested that Representative Maxine Waters had also committed treason.
In 2018 and 2019, Greene's Facebook account expressed support for the execution of leading Democrats, including Pelosi, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, as well as support for the execution of FBI agents. For example, in response to an April 2018 post asking, "Now do we get to hang them?? Meaning H & O???", Greene's account responded: "Stage is being set. Players are being put in place. We must be patient. This must be done perfectly or liberal judges would let them off." Greene did not deny the authenticity of the reported content, but stated that the CNN article was "focused on my time before running for political office", that "teams of people manage my pages", and that CNN had reported on content that "did not represent my views".
Advocacy based on conspiracy theories
See also: § COVID-19After the first round of voting in the 2020 Republican primary election, but before the Republican primary runoff election, Politico rereleased videos Greene published in which she expressed racist, antisemitic, and Islamophobic views. Her support for bigotry and the QAnon conspiracy theory in the videos were condemned, including by conservatives, such as McCarthy and Republican whip Steve Scalise, but they took no action against her, with McCarthy remaining neutral in the runoff. Some of Greene's social media postings and publications remained online through her 2020 campaign. After they drew attention in January 2021, she deleted them.
Greene has promoted multiple conspiracy theories, including the claim that Hillary Clinton is responsible for a series of murders, that Democratic Party elites are responsible for a satanic child sex trafficking ring, that the government orchestrated the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, that the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, was a false flag attack intended to help introduce gun control, that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was staged, that Barack Obama secretly visited North Korea and sabotaged nuclear diplomacy to cover up untoward dealings with Iran, that Obama and his advisor Valerie Jarrett were secretly Muslim, and that the September 11 attack on the Pentagon was fake. Greene also promoted a false anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that the 2018 Camp Fire, a deadly wildfire in California, may have been caused by "what looked like lasers or beams of blue light" from "space solar generators" in a scheme involving California Governor Jerry Brown, companies PG&E, Rothschild & Co, and Solaren.
In May 2022, using a malapropism, Greene promoted the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government is planning to force Americans to eat fake meat grown in a "peach tree dish" by Bill Gates.
In August 2022, Greene claimed that Democrats had designed the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri to boost Biden in the midterms because the Russian invasion of Ukraine had not achieved this, shortly before doubting he had been killed.
Pizzagate and QAnon
Further information: Pizzagate conspiracy theory and QAnonGreene has said there are links between Hillary Clinton and pedophilia and human sacrifice and in 2017 speculated that the Pizzagate conspiracy theory is real. Reviving the Clinton kill list conspiracy theory, she claimed Clinton murdered her political enemies. In a video posted to YouTube in 2018, Greene suggested John F. Kennedy Jr.'s death in a plane crash in 1999 was a "Clinton murder" because he was a possible rival to her for a U.S. Senate election in New York.
In January 2021, Media Matters found a 2018 Facebook post that showed Greene agreeing with a conspiracy theory known as Frazzledrip, which asserts that there is a video of Hillary Clinton and her assistant Huma Abedin murdering a child in a satanic ritual and that Clinton later ordered a hit on a police officer to cover it up. Greene dismissed Media Matters' findings as the work of "Communists [sic] bloggers".
Greene supported the debunked far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, which she discovered through columnist Liz Crokin. In a 2017 video, she said that "many of the things" said on 4chan by the eponymous Q — whom she called a "patriot" — "have really proven to be true". She said, "There's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles out, and I think we have the president to do it."
According to her author biography page, Greene wrote 59 articles for the now-defunct conspiracy theory website American Truth Seekers, including one linking the Democratic Party to "Child Sex, Satanism, and the Occult". When she ran for the House of Representatives in 2020, she distanced herself from that conspiracy theory and said she had not referred to Q or QAnon during her campaign. She said she no longer had a connection with QAnon and mentioned having found "misinformation".
False flag claims
In a 2017 video posted to Facebook, Greene expressed doubt that the perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, a large-scale incident she believes was intended as an attack on the right to bear arms, acted alone. She claimed that the August 2017 Charlottesville white nationalist rally, in which a counter-protester was killed in a car attack, was an "inside job". She said the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand were a false flag for the same end.
In a 2018 interview, Greene expressed support for a conspiracy theory that a plane did not hit the Pentagon during the September 11 attacks; she referred to "the so-called plane that crashed into the Pentagon" and said that "it's odd there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon," despite an abundance of evidence. On another occasion, at a conservative conference in 2018, Greene said 9/11 was part of a U.S. government plot. Following an August 2020 Media Matters report on her comments, Greene wrote on Twitter: "Some people claimed a missile hit the Pentagon. I now know that is not correct." She has also claimed that Democratic National Committee staff member Seth Rich was murdered by the MS-13 gang on Obama's behalf. According to Greene, Obama is secretly a Muslim; in actuality, he is a Christian.
In a February 2019 interview, Greene suggested that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been replaced in public appearances by a body double. A QAnon-related conspiracy theory claimed that Ginsburg had died years earlier and that Democrats used a body double to conceal her death so they could hold onto her Supreme Court seat during Trump's presidency. Ginsburg actually died on September 18, 2020, during Trump's presidency, and Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett as her successor.
Shootings
In a 2018 Facebook post found by Media Matters in January 2021, Greene claimed that the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, was an organized false flag operation. In another post, she claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was also a false flag operation. In another Facebook post later in 2018 she wrote: "I am told that Nancy Pelosi tells Hillary Clinton several times a month that 'we need another school shooting' in order to persuade the public to want strict gun control." Parkland shooting survivors such as David Hogg and Cameron Kasky, as well as Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting, condemned Greene's remarks and demanded that she resign from Congress. Greene called Hogg, who advocates gun control, "#littleHitler" and, in a 2019 interview with a gun-rights group, denounced him as an "idiot" who is trained "like a dog". A March 2019 video shows Greene following and taunting Hogg, accusing him of using children for his cause. After the encounter, she called him a "coward" and falsely claimed he is funded by George Soros. The website Snopes found the video uploaded by Guttenberg and others was the second incident in which Greene targeted Hogg. Both occurred on March 25, 2019, and Greene live-streamed the first to her Facebook account. The second video was uploaded to Greene's YouTube account in January 2020.
In January 2021, a Greene staffer threatened to have WRCB-TV reporter Meredith Aldis arrested after Aldis tried to ask Greene a question at a town hall event about her harassment of Hogg.
Soon after these comments came to light, Representative Jahana Hayes, whose district includes Sandy Hook, circulated a letter to the House Republican leadership urging them not to seat Greene on the Education Committee. Hogg called for Greene to be expelled from Congress, saying that Speaker McCarthy tacitly supported Greene by not taking actions to sanction her.
In the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting in May 2022, Greene claimed that the shooter had engaged in cross-dressing, echoing similar claims by right-wing politicians and media figures that the shooter was transgender. Greene went on to claim without evidence that the shooter was in the same Discord server as the teen accused of carrying out the 2022 Buffalo shooting and that there was a third party who "groomed" both young men, adding that there were suggestions that this groomer was a former FBI agent.
Georgia Guidestones bombing
Greene has criticized the presence of the Georgia Guidestones, a 19-foot high megalithic granite monument installed in Elberton in 1982, an attraction that drew 20,000 annual visitors. In an interview with InfoWars conspiracist Alex Jones on July 7, 2022, the day they were dynamited by unknown saboteurs, she said ecumenical texts inscribed on it represented a nefarious future of "population control" as envisioned by the "hard left". She added, "There is a war of good and evil going on, and people are done with globalism".
White genocide conspiracy theory
In 2018, Greene shared a video, With Open Gates: The Forced Collective Suicide of European Nations repeating the antisemitic white genocide conspiracy theory that Zionists are conspiring to flood Europe with migrants to replace the native white populations. The video, uncovered by Media Matters, said that those supporting refugees are using "immigrant pawns" to commit "the biggest genocide in human history". In sharing the video, Greene wrote that: "This is what the UN wants all over the world". The white genocide conspiracy theory has been associated with white supremacy and espouses the unsubstantiated belief that white people, in a "Great Replacement", will eventually become a minority in Europe and North America due to declining white birth rates and high rates of immigration. Greene has also falsely called George Soros — a Jewish businessman and Holocaust survivor — a Nazi. She promoted the conspiracy theory that Soros' family collaborated with the Nazis in Hungary and is "trying to continue what was not finished".
Camp Fire conspiracy theory
In 2018, Greene's Facebook account shared a conspiracy theory about the Camp Fire, a deadly Californian wildfire, suggesting that it could have been caused by "what looked like lasers or beams of blue light" from "space solar generators" in a scheme involving California governor Jerry Brown, companies PG&E, Rothschild & Co, and Solaren. For these comments, Greene was condemned by the Republican Jewish Coalition, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Christians United for Israel, with the latter group stating that Greene had promoted "wild anti-Semitic conspiracy theories". Meanwhile, Representative Jimmy Gomez and the Jewish Democratic Council of America called for Greene to be expelled from Congress.
Solaren, a solar energy company, noted several fundamental problems with the conspiracy theory, including that its space-based solar power system did not beam power using the visible light part of the electromagnetic spectrum, and so could not be observed as the "blue beams of light" referenced by the theory; that the system does not use lasers, and so could not have "laser beams"; that Solaren's power contract with PG&E ended in 2015; and that by 2021, Solaren had not launched any solar power satellites into space at all, let alone had one in space in 2018.
Catholic Church leadership
On April 28, 2022, in an interview with the Catholic advocacy group Church Militant, Greene attacked the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, accusing them of "destroying" America with their work regarding immigrants and refugees and claiming that Satan was "controlling the church". Her statement was widely condemned by both Democrats and Republicans. Catholic League president Bill Donohue called Greene a "disgrace" and demanded that Congress sanction her. He added, "Greene has a history of offending African Americans and Jews, so bigotry is something that is apparently baked into her". Her attack was compared with other instances of anti-Catholicism in the United States.
Greene was baptized, raised, and married as a member of the Roman Catholic Church, but stopped attending Catholic mass services in reaction to Catholic Church sexual abuse cases. Greene was rebaptized in 2011 into North Point Community Church, an evangelical megachurch network based in Alpharetta, in a baptism published in an online video.
In response to Donohue's statement, Greene released a statement detailing her decision to leave the Church upon her realization that she "could not trust the Church leadership to protect my children from pedophiles and that they harbored monsters even in their own ranks." She claimed that her criticisms were limited to Church leadership and did not apply to lay Catholics.
Responses
Within Congress
Democrats have condemned Greene's incendiary statements and promotion of conspiracy theories. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz introduced a motion to remove Greene from her committee assignments, saying that Greene's behavior is "appalling" and "has helped fuel domestic terrorism, endangered lives of her colleagues and brought shame on the entire House of Representatives". On February 1, 2021, House majority leader Steny Hoyer gave McCarthy and other Republican House leaders an ultimatum: unless they stripped Greene of her committee seats within 72 hours, the Democrats would bring Wasserman Schultz's motion before the full House. In turn, McCarthy called some of Greene's comments "deeply disturbing".
With Republican officials under mounting pressure to denounce Greene, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement to The Hill in which he attacked "loony lies and conspiracy theories" as a "cancer for the Republican Party". The statement did not name Greene, but reporting described the statement as "unmistakably about" and "clearly targeted" at Greene. McConnell confirmed it the following day, referring to his comments on Greene and adding: "I think I adequately spoke out about how I feel". His statement said: "Somebody who's suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the Clintons crashed JFK Jr.'s airplane is not living in reality." In response, Greene tweeted that the Republican Party's only problem are "weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully". After McConnell's statement, several other Republican senators voiced criticisms of Greene. Mitt Romney said that the Republican Party's "big tent is not large enough to both accommodate conservatives and kooks". Kevin Cramer said that he would have "a hard time supporting ... being on the Education Committee" in the light of "her positions on the school shootings being staged", adding: "Real authority has moral authority." Both Florida senators condemned the idea that the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting might have not have been real; Marco Rubio said that anyone arguing it was a false flag is "either deranged or a sadist". Greene used the criticism for a fundraising push, saying, "Democrats are trying to expel me from Congress" and telling her supporters to "StandWithMTG".
McCarthy met with Greene on February 2 and then held meetings with the House GOP Steering Committee, which is responsible for committee assignments for Republican members of the House. No decision was made that day, but Greene was a major topic of discussion for the Republican Congressional Caucus meeting on February 3, along with the fate of Representative Liz Cheney after her vote in favor of Trump's second impeachment. Greene retained Trump's support, which presented McCarthy with the problem of having to manage the expectations of the Republican Party's various factions in dealing with Cheney and Greene.
Removal from House Committee assignments
As controversy grew about her previous comments, Greene removed her old social media posts and spoke before the House Republican Conference on February 3, 2021, to state that her social media content did not reflect who she is, prompting a standing ovation. In lieu of total removal from her assignments, McCarthy stated that he had suggested Greene be moved to the Small Business Committee. That day, the Democratic-controlled House Rules Committee passed Wasserman Schultz's motion to remove Greene from her committee assignments. McCarthy indicated his conference would not act against Greene. Pelosi chastised McCarthy for acquiescing to Greene, referring to him as "McCarthy (Q-CA)", in reference to the QAnon conspiracy theory. On February 4, the full House voted to remove Greene from her committee assignments. The vote was 230 to 199, with 11 Republicans joining all Democrats. After the vote, Greene described herself as "freed", calling the committees part of "basically a tyrannically controlled government".
House Speaker removal efforts
On May 8, 2024, Greene's efforts to unseat Republican Mike Johnson as House speaker failed. The vote to remove lost by a vote of 359 to 43. Seven Democrats voted "present" (that is they abstained.)
Outside Congress
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Republican Jewish Coalition condemned Greene's statements.
On February 9, 2021, Shaun Holmes, the father of a 10-year-old boy with Down syndrome, confronted Greene at a Whitfield County Republican Party meeting. Asked about her use of the word "retard" to refer to individuals with the syndrome, Greene said: "I guess it was a slang word. You can actually look it up in the dictionary", adding: "I do apologize for that being offensive to anyone."
In February 2021, CrossFit attempted to distance itself from Greene, who once owned an affiliated gym and is an avid proponent of CrossFit fitness regimens. CrossFit spokesperson Andrew Weinstein told BuzzFeed News: "CrossFit supports respectful fact-based political dialogue to address our common challenges, and we strongly oppose the loathsome and dangerous lies attributed to Ms. Greene."
On May 21, 2021, Common Cause filed an FEC complaint against Greene for an alleged violation of McCain–Feingold campaign finance provisions, accusing her of "implicit" unlawful solicitation of unlimited contributions in an advertisement appearance made on behalf of a super PAC that targeted Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. In the ad, she calls on viewers to "fight back now, before it's too late" before a separate voice-over asks them to contribute to the PAC seconds thereafter.
During her 2020 campaign and the beginning of her first term in Congress, Greene became one of the most recognizable names in the GOP. On January 29, 2021, Greene stated she had raised $1.6 million amid criticism from Democratic lawmakers. In a February 2021 poll by YouGov, shortly after her removal from her committee assignments, 45% of surveyed adult U.S. citizens viewed her unfavorably, 33% did not know, and 21% viewed her favorably. In a mid-May 2021 poll by Morning Consult, the majority of GOP voters surveyed had either never heard of or had no opinion on Greene; among those who had an opinion, Greene was seen overall more favorably than unfavorably. As of July 2021, opinions on Greene among her constituents in the 14th district are split.
In his 2021 memoir, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a Republican, denounced Greene for her "baseless, factless, absurd, and dangerous" rhetoric, including her support of QAnon.
Student loan forgiveness
In 2022, the White House criticized Greene for attacking its student loan forgiveness program, calling her hypocritical since she accepted forgiveness of a $183,504 loan from the Paycheck Protection Program.
Greene's Twitter accounts have been suspended and locked many times for violating Twitter's policies. Her Twitter account was temporarily suspended five times in 2021, from manual reviews or automated systems. Her personal account was permanently suspended for spreading COVID-19 vaccine misinformation; her official congressional account remains active. Her personal account was reinstated in November 2022, weeks after Elon Musk acquired Twitter.
Greene's personal Twitter account was locked for 12 hours on January 17, 2021, "for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy". Twitter's action was based on a company policy it had used to remove thousands of QAnon-related accounts after the storming of the United States Capitol. Before the suspension, Greene's posts included false claims about voting fraud and statements blaming electoral officials in Georgia for their failure to act on such claims. Upon returning to Twitter, she criticized the company: "Contrary to how highly you think of yourself and your moral platitude, you are not the judge of humanity. God is."
As of March 19, 2021, Greene was barred from blocking anyone on her public Twitter or any other social media account while in office and was forced to pay $10,000 to cover legal fees for MeidasTouch, whose co-founder says it will donate the money to two nonprofit organizations. This resulted from an out-of-court settlement between Greene and MeidasTouch after MeidasTouch sued Greene for violating the political action committee's First Amendment rights when she blocked it from posting on her Twitter page.
In July 2022, Twitter labeled two tweets by Greene, in which she misgendered and deadnamed Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine, as violating their rules on hateful conduct, but did not delete them, saying it believed it was in the public's interest for the tweets to remain accessible.
2022 primary ballot challenges
In early 2022, Greene said that under a provision of a state law, several Georgia electors had filed papers seeking to remove her from the 2022 Republican primary ballot as unqualified for office. Electors alleged she had been involved in assisting the 2021 United States Capitol attack. On April 1, 2022, Greene filed a federal lawsuit in which she vigorously denied the allegations and sought to have the law blocked as unconstitutional. The law allows a candidate to be removed from a ballot after review by an administrative law judge and the Georgia Secretary of State. A federal judge denied her challenge on April 18, requiring her to give evidence four days later. She testified for three hours on April 22. On May 6, the judge ruled that she was eligible for reelection, but the final decision belongs to Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger.
In popular culture
On January 30, 2021, the tenth episode of Saturday Night Live's 46th season featured a cold open where a caricature of Greene, played by Cecily Strong, espoused debunked conspiracy theories and discussed how she "told supporters that they should physically murder Nancy Pelosi". After Greene opposed the Equality Act, her character featured again in February on the Weekend Update sketch, wherein she misspelled "science", compared herself to Pennywise the Dancing Clown, pulled a handgun on co-anchor Colin Jost, and claimed to be possessed by a demon. In June 2021, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert played a satirical, conspiracy-themed calendar song mocking Greene after she requested Biden reply to a letter she sent "by June 31", a date which does not exist.
On June 15, 2021, after Greene's visit to the Holocaust Museum, Jimmy Kimmel Live! host Jimmy Kimmel called Greene "human excrement", "Klan Mom", and "the sorriest excuse for a congresswoman we've ever had", comparing her understanding of the Holocaust to that of a sixth-grader and digitally imposing a toothbrush mustache over her apology video. Daily Show host Trevor Noah called her "your crazy aunt's even crazier friend" who has become "notorious for saying absolutely anything with zero shame". The View co-host Joy Behar called Greene's apology "as empty as her head" and jokingly remarked, "wait till she hears about slavery!"
On February 9, 2022, while discussing the police guarding the Capitol building, Greene, using a malapropism, called them "gazpacho police", confusing the cold Spanish soup with the Gestapo. The incident met with a wave of jokes about her confusion. A similar incident occurred in May 2022, with Greene calling a Petri dish a "peach tree dish" during a livestream.
In April 2022, Kimmel said of Greene, "Where is Will Smith when you really need him?" in response to Greene accusing Republicans who supported then-Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson of being "pro-pedophile", referencing the incident in which Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. Greene accused Kimmel of threatening violence against her and tweeted that she contacted the Capitol Police. Greene had previously refused to honor the Capitol Police in June 2021, when she voted against rewarding them with the Congressional Gold Medal for defending the Capitol Building during the 2021 United States Capitol attack. On April 8, Nick Dyer, Greene's spokesman, said that "threats against Congresswoman Greene invoking Jimmy Kimmel have been coming into our office."
Personal life
Greene married Perry Greene in 1995 while in college. They have three children. Perry Greene announced in September 2022 that he was filing for divorce and that their marriage was "irretrievably broken". On December 22, 2022, the divorce was finalized. In 2023, Greene began dating Brian Glenn, the director of programming for the Right Side Broadcasting Network.
Greene was baptized, raised, and married as a member of the Roman Catholic Church, but stopped attending Catholic Mass in reaction to the child sexual abuse crisis in the church. She was rebaptized in 2011 into North Point Community Church, an evangelical megachurch network based in Alpharetta, in a baptism published in an online video. She speaks often about her faith and has said that she wants to bring "my faith and my family values to Washington".
According to ABC affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta, in May 2021, Greene broke Georgia law by claiming homestead exemptions on two properties. One of the properties is an older home, and the other is a property that she purchased in Georgia's 14th congressional district when she ran for office. Only one exemption may legally be claimed. Greene responded that the issue was "paperwork, which is being taken care of".
Greene participated in the CrossFit quarterfinals for the 2014, 2015 and 2018 CrossFit Games. In 2015, she placed 47th amongst 40-to-44-year-old women worldwide, but did not progress to the next stage. Her benchmark statistics list a 285lb back squat and a 300lb deadlift.
In November 2023, Greene released a "tell-all" book titled MTG. The book, published by Winning Team Publishing, details Greene's upbringing, her first campaign for Congress, and her three-year tenure as a United States representative.
See also
Explanatory notes
- Other claims in the Facebook group included COVID-19 misinformation; birtherism; allegations that Barack Obama is secretly Muslim; the Pizzagate conspiracy theory; accusations that George Soros is an "ex-Nazi billionaire" who funds nearly all of "the Democratic liberal agenda" and "OWNS Antifa, most members of congress, Black Matter, and Acorn"; that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had set out to "destroy America" but were foiled by Donald Trump; that the "deep state" would deploy "bioweapons on the military and whole cities" if Donald Trump refused to step down as president; and that a "cabal of ruling elites" seeks to form a "New World Order".
- She had filed with the FEC on May 29.
- Withdrew, remained on ballot
References
- Kruse, Michael (February 25, 2021). "'Nobody Listened To Me': The Quest to Be MTG". Politico. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- Sources describing Greene as "far-right" include:
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External links
- Marjorie Taylor Greene official U.S. House website
- Campaign website
- Marjorie Taylor Greene at Ballotpedia
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at the Library of Congress
- Profile at Vote Smart
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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Preceded byTom Graves | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 14th congressional district 2021–present |
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Preceded byBob Good | United States representatives by seniority 306th |
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