Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose racist and antisemitic conspiracy theories put her on the fringes of the Republican Party when she [144][333] In turn, McCarthy called some of Greene's comments "deeply disturbing". [211], In 2023, Greene was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. In sharing the video, Greene wrote that: "This is what the UN wants all over the world". She further suggested that red states disenfranchise people who move there from blue states for a period of five years. This must be done perfectly or liberal judges would let them off. [56] By the time she was sworn in in January 2021, Greene reported having moved to Rome, also firmly in the 14th. [1][33][38] The couple are its vice president and president, respectively. "[253] 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. [39] In 2011, Greene stepped down as the company's CFO and began CrossFit training. Other donors included Barb Van Andel-Gaby the chair of board of The Heritage Foundation and attorney L. Lin Wood, who later promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. "[271][272], In late 2021, Greene advocated a "national divorce" between red states and blue states. They say 13 is unlucky for some, and controversial Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene certainly made the wrong call when she posted the phone numbers of Eleven Republicans joined the unanimous Democrats in the vote. The first occasion was on May 18, 2021, when she was fined $500. Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced fresh questions about her history of incendiary behavior and spreading baseless attacks on Democratic opponents -- but doubled down in an interview with "60 Minutes" which aired on CBS on Sunday night. "[7] 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". [33], Greene was listed as the chief financial officer of Taylor Commercial from 2007 to 2011,[1] but a 2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation determined that she had no significant presence at the company. [255][256] Greene's office said on April 16 that the new caucus would be launched "very soon",[257] but the next day her spokesman said it was still in an early planning stage and that Greene was not "launching anything". Newsletter Signup [341] McConnell confirmed it the following day, referring to his comments on Greene and adding: "I think I adequately spoke out about how I feel". She quipped that people during the ice age didnt have to [326], On April 28, 2022, in an interview with the far-right 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". [86], Greene was expected to face Democratic IT specialist Kevin Van Ausdal, but he withdrew from the race on September 11. [201], In March 2021, Greene was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'tat, for reasons reported to be unclear. [131] Throughout the tour, the two repeated unsubstantiated claims of fraud purported to have occurred during the 2020 election. [304][305], 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. Van Ausdal, whose name remained on the ballot, took 25%. [216], In June 2021, Greene introduced a bill to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. [300] She said the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand were a false flag for the same end. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) just said something wicked to stepparents everywhere by implying that they arent really parents. "[154][155] 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. He has amassed three hundred thousand followers on Twitter. She ran on the slogan "Save America, Stop Socialism! [99][100][101][87][102] Meadows's wife, Debbie Meadows, is the executive director of RightWomen Pac, which endorsed Greene and contributed $17,500 to her runoff campaign. [101][303], In a February 2019 interview, Greene suggested that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been replaced in public appearances by a body double. [370], Greene's Twitter accounts have been suspended and locked many times for violating Twitter's policies. [105], In September 2021, the Federal Election Commission asked Greene's 2022 re-election campaign treasurer, her husband, to provide information about $3.5 million of unitemized campaign contributions from undisclosed donors received in the first half of 2021. [46][a], In February 2019, Greene visited the U.S. Capitol and congressional offices. "[152] Later in June, she said that schools teaching about LGBT people is "mental/emotional child abuse". One told the extremist lawmaker that she's an "embarrassment to the state of Georgia." [164] 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. Powder Springs is one of two predominantly Black suburbs drawn into the far-right Republicans district. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was elected in November 2020, has three children with her husband, Perry. [47] In the videos, Greene said that she wanted Omar and Tlaib to instead be sworn in on the Bible and accused them of supporting Islamic law. Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Thick, Cracked Goggles of Grievance. [392][393], On June 15, 2021, after Greene's visit to the Holocaust Museum, Jimmy Kimmel Live! ", "Who is the Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene? 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. In another post, she claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was also a false flag operation. [242] 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". [53] The district includes much of Northwest Georgia, stretching from the Georgia side of the Chattanooga metropolitan area to the exurbs of Atlanta. [359] 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. 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". [36][37], In 2002, Greene's father sold Taylor Commercial, an Alpharetta, Georgia-based general-contracting company that he had founded, to Greene and her husband, Perry. He only voted one time. [207], Throughout the Russo-Ukrainian War, Greene has promoted Russian propaganda and praised Vladimir Putin. She then suggested that Representative Maxine Waters had also committed treason. [241], Greene opposes the Black Lives Matter movement and has called it a Marxist group. [84] 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. A House committee formally silenced Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Wednesday after she lobbed accusations at the homeland security secretary during his congressional testimony. "[15] 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". [69], 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. [296] 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". $100. God created us with his hands. [128], Later in May, Greene voted against the January 6 commission, a proposed commission which would have investigated the attack on the Capitol. [18][176][177][178] Greene also promoted a false anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that the 2018 Camp Fire, a deadly wildfire in California, was caused by space lasers owned by the Rothschild family. [209], Greene has been critical of NATO. "[52], 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. Do not fill this out if you are a person. [265] Her tweet included a chart that omitted carbon dioxide and methane,[265] the two most dominant greenhouse gas emissions. [109], 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. [290], 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. [130], Also in May, Greene and Gaetz initiated a nationwide "America First Tour", beginning in The Villages, Florida. [41] Beginning in 2017, she wrote 59 articles as a correspondent for the now defunct American Truth Seekers, a conspiracy news website,[13] and beginning in January 2018, 27 articles for Law Enforcement Today,[2][42] a pro-police fake news website. "[150] She has expressed support for Donald Trump and declared her intention to push Republicans further to the right. [187], In July 2021, Greene dismissed the COVID-19 variants, including the Delta variant, saying, "no one cares". [29][30], Greene was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, on May 27, 1974,[31] the daughter of Robert Taylor. [314], 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. [270], Greene has said that she does not accept the scientific fact of evolution, calling it a "type of so-called science" and saying: "I don't believe in evolution. [92] During her victory speech, Greene called Pelosi "anti-American", a "hypocrite", and a "bitch" whom "we're going to kick out of Congress",[93][94] and had a reporter from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ousted from the venue after he tweeted quotes from her speech. ", 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. [354] After the vote, Greene described herself as "freed", calling the committees part of "basically a tyrannically controlled government". Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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. [21], A strong supporter of former president Donald Trump, Greene aided and supported Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election and has since supported Trump's false claims of a stolen election. [273][274] She repeated these suggestions in February 2023, to the condemnation of Democrats and some Republicans, including Spencer Cox, Liz Cheney, and Mitt Romney. 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Greene, Gosar distance themselves from 'Anglo-Saxon' traditions document", "McConnell says no space in GOP for 'white supremacists or anti-Semitism' after two House Republicans participate in white nationalist's conference", "The Far-Right Christian Quest for Power: 'We Are Seeing Them Emboldened', "Rachel Maddow Rips Republicans' Promotion Of Christian Nationalism", "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Says GOP 'Should Be Christian Nationalists' Party", "Marjorie Taylor Greene says climate change is a 'scam' and that fossil fuels are 'amazing', ". [40] In a 2015 interview, Greene said that when she and Mayer founded the gym, they knew little about how to run a business. 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. [371][379][380][378] 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. [365] 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% didn't know, and 21% viewed her favorably. [387], On January 30, 2021, the first 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 [her] supporters that they should physically murder Nancy Pelosi". [269] 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". [95], 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. [317], 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. [355][356], The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Republican Jewish Coalition condemned Greene's statements. [281][15][282] 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. [9] Reviving the Clinton kill list conspiracy theory, she claimed Clinton murdered her political enemies. Asked about her use of the word "retard" to refer to individuals with the syndrome, Greene said: "I guess it was a slang word. [156][157], In 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. Ocasio-Cortez did not respond and called on House leadership to ensure that Congress remains "a safe, civil place for all Members and staff". [315] Hogg called for Greene to be expelled from Congress, saying that McCarthy tacitly supported Greene by not taking actions to sanction her. [161] 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;[162] afterward, it was reported that several representatives tested positive for the virus, including Bonnie Watson Coleman, Pramila Jayapal and Brad Schneider. [231] 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. [285] Some of Greene's social media postings and publications remained online through her 2020 campaign. 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Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon's baseless theories, rose with support from key Republicans", "Extremist Paramilitary Groups Form Alliance To Advocate For Georgia's Secession From U.S.", "Democrat Van Ausdal abruptly bows out of race against Marjorie Taylor Greene", "Why Marjorie Taylor Greene's opponent quit the House race", "QAnon supporter, who made racist videos, calls Pelosi a 'b****' in angry acceptance speech after winning Georgia GOP primary", "Trump congratulates Greene; Van Ausdal condemns expletive", "The Jolt: The Twitter storm from Georgia's QAnon candidate", "Who's crazy? [27] That day, the Democratic-controlled House Rules Committee passed Wasserman Schultz's motion to remove Greene from her committee assignments. [312][313] The website Snopes found the video uploaded by Guttenberg and others was the second incident in which Greene targeted Hogg. From February 4, 2021, to January 17, 2023: 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. 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,[7][284] but they took no action against her, with McCarthy remaining neutral in the runoff. "[219], 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". [15], 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. [193][26][194], 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. 21: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of -- House Vote #136 -- Mar 8, 2023", "House Votes Down Bill Directing Removal of Troops From Syria", "Catoosa County welcomes congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene for Second Amendment rally", "Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny", "Senator Loeffler, Marjorie Taylor Green speak at Catoosa Co. rally Saturday", "Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to abolish ATF and auction off confiscated firearms", "Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for saying Canada gun laws could spark Russian invasion", "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blames July Fourth mass shooting on LGBTQ plot to enact 'more gun control', "GOP Rep. Fred Upton receives death threats after voting for bipartisan infrastructure deal", "GOP Rep. Upton receives death threats after backing bipartisan public works bill", "House GOP members who voted for infrastructure bill face backlash from Republican colleagues", "GOP rep shares threatening voicemail after infrastructure vote", "GOP congressman gets threatening voicemail after backing infrastructure bill", "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene backs bill that would ban Pride flags at U.S. embassies", "QAnon congresswoman sponsors bill to ban the rainbow flag at embassies", "Before Marjorie Taylor Greene was tossed from House committees she defended herself with transphobia", "What Marjorie Taylor Greene Said in Speech Denouncing QAnonFull Transcript", "Outrage as Marjorie Taylor Greene displays transphobic sign in Congress", "Antigay Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Equality Act Protects Pedophiles", "Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to replace LGBTQ+ Equality Act", "Lawmaker with Transgender Daughter Responds to Colleague's Transphobic Sign Outside Her Office", "Republican introduces anti-trans bathroom bill in Congress to stop 'radical gender ideology', "Marjorie Taylor Greene claims that teaching about gay people is 'emotional child abuse', "Marjorie Taylor Greene gave her definition of a woman and it backfired spectacularly", "Marjorie Taylor Greene groundlessly claims straight people face extinction within 150 years because of LGBTQ+ education", "Marjorie Taylor Greene Doubles Down On Anti-LGBTQ RhetoricSuggests Pride Month 'Needs To End', "Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill to make gender-affirming care for transgender youth a felony", "Marjorie Taylor Greene hurls homophobic slur at Bay Area rep", "In Shocking Turn of Events, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene Aren't Happy With Chauvin Verdict", "Fox, Newsmax, Taylor Greene and Cruz question jury as conservatives cope with Chauvin murder verdict", "Marjorie Taylor Greene says BLM protests are 'the same tactics the Ku Klux Klan used to use', "House Passes Sweeping Policing Bill Targeting Racial Bias and Use of Force", "Rep. Greene downplays Jan. 6 attackers as 'teenagers' who 'walked through the Capitol', "Marjorie Taylor Greene ripped apart after calling Squad the 'Jihad Squad' and saying they should be removed from Congress", "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, facing blowback for comparing COVID vaccine to Holocaust, says 'media and Democrats' are the real problem", "The GOP wants government to run like business. [125], 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. [39], By 2012, Greene was working as a part-time coach at an Alpharetta CrossFit gym. [5] A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to Congress in 2020 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves, and reelected in 2022. [212][213], 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 claimed that her criticisms were limited to Church leadership and did not apply to lay Catholics. Greene. [252] 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. ", "Marjorie Taylor Greene invested as much as $50,000 in the Trump SPAC before its stock plunged", "Guam governor offers Greene history book after falsely calling US territory a foreign land", "Guam offering cookies and geography lessons to Marjorie Taylor Greene after CPAC blunder", "Guam sends cookie care package after Marjorie Taylor Greene says it's not part of America", "Guam offers Rep. 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", "Greene falsely claims husband's voting record reveals a 'scam', "November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results - Totals include all Absentee and Provisional Ballots", "GOP ignored its early fears about Marjorie Taylor Greene", "Q's your daddy? At the same event, Greene claimed that the virus was Fauci's "experiment". [327], 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. [136], In February 2022, Greene appeared as a surprise guest speaker at the America First Political Action Conference hosted by white nationalist Nick Fuentes,[137] where Fuentes expressed support for the January 6 attack and for Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Jan. 30, 2021 4 AM PT. [210] She was one of 18 Republicans to vote against admitting Sweden and Finland to NATO. 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