Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. [117] Later that month, Greene asked Trump to issue her a pardon for her efforts to overturn the 2020 election. "[189], 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." [367] As of July2021[update], opinions on Greene among her constituents in the 14th district are split. I call it 'corporate communism. [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. The second video was uploaded to Greene's YouTube account in January 2020. [33][34], In statements made in 2019[35] and on February 4, 2021, in a House floor speech, explaining her position on gun rights and school shootings, Greene 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. [243][244][245] Greene denounced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a civil rights and police reform bill,[246] as an "Anti-Police bill", erroneously claiming it would bar law enforcement from using facial recognition. [87][88] During the rally, Greene had Chester Doles with whom she had posed for a photo earlier in the year ejected, and U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz introduced a motion to remove Greene from her committee assignments,[123][333] 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". [18][176][177][178] "[266][267] In an August 2022 interview, Greene said, "People die in the cold. [172][18][173] 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. [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. The construction mogul filed for divorce from the politician on September 27, 2022, saying the marriage is "irretrievably broken". [371] 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. I now know that is not correct. From left, Representatives Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene. [196], 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. [111], 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. [106] By federal law, only individual contributions under $200 are allowed to be unitemized or have donor identity withheld. [46][a], In February 2019, Greene visited the U.S. Capitol and congressional offices. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been told to "shut the you know what up" by a former Republican Party chair after she controversially told a stepmother she was "not a [20] During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she criticized the "corrupt" Ukrainian government and argued against sending Ukraine weapons. The video, uncovered by Media Matters, said that those supporting refugees are using "immigrant pawns" to commit "the biggest genocide in human history". [78], Greene was considered an overwhelming favorite to win the seat in the general election, as the 14th district typically votes heavily Republican. [181], 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. [342] 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. [216], In June 2021, Greene introduced a bill to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. [8] 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. Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer who was on the staff of The Times for more than 25 years. That Might Break the Rules", "How U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's time in the national spotlight is playing back home in Georgia", "Marjorie Taylor Greene Is on Her Way to Becoming a Household Name", "GOP voters like Marjorie Taylor Greene more than ever after Democrats stripped her of committee seats", "Marjorie Taylor Greene says she raised $1.6 million after calls for her expulsion", "More Than Half of GOP Voters Now Dislike Cheney After Her Ouster From Leadership", "Marjorie Taylor Greene may be politically safe, but her conservative Georgia constituents have concerns about her tactics", "Northwest Georgia voters react to Marjorie Taylor Greene's removal from committee assignments", "What Do Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia Constituents Think Of Her? "[150] She has expressed support for Donald Trump and declared her intention to push Republicans further to the right. 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. [304] 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. [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. Greene said, "We came from Adam's rib. "[357][358], 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. [115][116] 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. [169][170] Two days later, on a podcast hosted by evangelical commentator David Brody,[171] 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 [same] type of abuse" as Jews being "put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany" during the Holocaust. [1] In August 2013, she co-founded a CrossFit gym, CrossFit Passion, in Alpharetta, along with Travis Mayer, a CrossFit athlete, before leaving the business in early 2017. [15][283] For example, in response to an April 2018 post asking, "Now do we get to hang them?? Please find below the best ways to contact our office for specific requests. Sources describing Greene as "far-right" include: Sources describing Greene as a "conspiracy theorist" include: attempts to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Trump's false claims of a stolen election, 2020 U.S. presidential election in Georgia, 2021 United States Electoral College vote count, 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, they were sworn in to Congress on the Quran, 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia District 14, conspiracy theories about the 2020 U.S. presidential election, 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia District 14, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, America First Political Action Conference, Removal from House Committee assignments, Committee on Oversight and Accountability, COVID-19 misinformation by the United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, allowing transgender students to use facilities, National Republican Congressional Committee, August 2017 Charlottesville white nationalist rally, With Open Gates: The Forced Collective Suicide of European Nations, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock at the Academy Awards, Conspiracy theories in United States politics, allegations that Barack Obama is secretly Muslim, "How the 'QAnon Candidate' Marjorie Taylor Greene Reached the Doorstep of Congress", "Divided House officially removes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees, punishing far-right provocateur for violent, racist rhetoric", "Marjorie Taylor Greene launching 'America First' caucus pushing for 'Anglo-Saxon political tradition', "Cori Bush explains moving her office away from Marjorie Taylor Greene as GOP congresswoman slams 'Democrat mob', "The emerging far-right 'no' caucus in the House", "Some Democrats in Congress are worried their colleagues might kill them", "An emboldened extremist wing is flexing its power in a leaderless G.O.P. Her attack was compared with other instances of anti-Catholicism in the United States. She added, "There is a war of good and evil going on, and people are done with globalism". Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez discussed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's power in the GOP. [135], 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". "[343] 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". [184][185] Days later, she suggested that only a bioweapon could explain the existence and spread of the virus. "[239], On August 19, 2022, Greene introduced the "Protect Children's Innocence Act", which would make giving transgender youth gender-affirming care 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. [384][385] A federal judge denied her challenge on April 18, requiring her to give evidence four days later. April 2, 2023 / 7:00 PM / CBS News. [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. [69] On the day after her runoff victory, Trump tweeted his support for her, calling her a future Republican star. She claimed that her criticisms were limited to Church leadership and did not apply to lay Catholics. [369], 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. [311] After the encounter, she called him a "coward" and falsely claimed he is funded by George Soros. MARJORIE Taylor Greene allegedly cheated on her husband with a polyamorous tantric sex guru and the manager at her gym. [211], In 2023, Greene was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. ", 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. United States Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) gushed over terminated Fox News host Tucker Carlson at Sunday's Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner in You make it possible. [388][389] 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. ROME, Ga. . [226][227] 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". Head over to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greenes website. The Republican Congresswoman was allegedly unfaithful to her husband Perry Gr ', "The Earth's climate has always changed, and there is NO amount of taxes or government that can change it. [394][395] The View co-host Joy Behar called Greene's apology "as empty as her head" and jokingly remarked, "wait till she hears about slavery! [335] Kevin Cramer said that he would have "a hard time supporting [Greene] being on the Education Committee" in the light of "her positions on the school shootings being staged", adding: "Real authority has moral authority. No decision was made that day,[343] 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. [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. In another post, she claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was also a false flag operation.