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Marjorie Taylor Greene
early and often
Apr. 16, 2024
The House’s Anti-Mike Johnson Club Gets a Loud New Member Marjorie Taylor Greene has gained a lone ally in Thomas Massie, but their efforts aren’t going anywhere for now.
the national interest
Apr. 15, 2024
MTG Just Won’t Leave Mike Johnson Alone She made the case for his ouster in a harsh five-page letter to colleagues.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants to Censure Omar Over Words She Didn’t Say Ilhan Omar is being accused of making “treasonous” remarks during a recent speech. But reports claim that her speech was mistranslated.
year in review
Dec. 28, 2023
The Wackiest Political Stories of 2023 From Lauren Boebert’s steamy Beetlejuice date to Ron DeSantis’s pudding fingers, U.S. politics had another bizarre trip around the sun.
By Intelligencer Staff
The MAGA Girlbosses Are Fighting Marjorie Taylor Greene called Lauren Boebert a “little bitch” on the House floor amid mounting tensions.
By Danielle Cohen
trump hush money indictment
Apr. 5, 2023
‘New York City Hates Your Guts’: MTG Drowned Out at Trump Rally She got a chilly reception in Manhattan ahead of Trump’s arraignment.
By Matt Stieb
The Hecklers Have Won: The Polite State of the Union Is Dead Marjorie Taylor Greene and other vocal Biden detractors turned it into something like a rowdy parliamentary session. Expect that to continue.
By Ben Jacobs
the national interest
Feb. 2, 2023
The GOP Attack on Ilhan Omar Trivializes Antisemitism Elevating Marjorie Taylor Greene exposes the hypocrisy.
By Jonathan Chait
early and often
Jan. 25, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Desperate Plan to Be Trump’s Vice-President MTG just got her first committee assignments and can’t control her mouth, but she might be on Trump’s shortlist. He’d be nuts to pick her.
By Ed Kilgore
Marjorie Taylor Greene Forgot About Dre(’s Copyright Claims) Dr. Dre sent the far-right representative a cease and desist for using “Still D.R.E.” in a promo.
By Justin Curto
house arrest
Jan. 5, 2023
A House Without Rules Makes for C-Span Gone Wild Insults about public drinking? Crazy video-game memes? Marjorie Taylor Greene acting normal? It’s chaos on the Hill.
By Ben Jacobs
the national interest
Nov. 17, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 18, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Husband Files for Divorce He calls his 27-year marriage to the Christian nationalist congresswoman “irretrievably broken.”
By Angelina Chapin
early and often
Sept. 22, 2022
The MAGA House Will Make the Tea Party Look Tame For all the attention on the Senate, Democrats are almost certainly going to lose the House. When they do, it will be insane.
By Ross Barkan
Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Kick a Teen Activist? Her reps say no, but footage she tweeted suggests maybe yes.
By Claire Lampen
The White House Twitter Account Has the Receipts And it’s not going to take Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-loan-forgiveness tirade lying down.
By Danielle Cohen
Under Oath, Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She’s ‘Never Ever’ Advocated Violence In a hearing to determine if she should be removed from the ballot as an insurrectionist, the MAGA congresswoman made some laughable claims.
By Ed Kilgore
last night on late night
Apr. 7, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene Called the Cops on Jimmy Kimmel “I feel like maybe other Republicans like having her around to make the rest of them seem normal.”
By Bethy Squires
The Kimmel-MTG Spat Over the Slap Proves We’ve Learned Nothing Amid our national discourse on comedy and violence, Marjorie Taylor Greene has reported Jimmy Kimmel to Capitol Police for a Will Smith joke.
By Margaret Hartmann
2022 midterms
Mar. 9, 2022
Money Pours Into MTG’s Race, But Not to Anyone Who Can Win Marjorie Taylor Greene’s district is too red for the Democrats raking in the cash to fight her. The Republican with a chance is too poor to beat her.
By Ed Kilgore
ukraine invasion
Mar. 4, 2022
Lindsey Graham’s Call for Putin’s Assassination Is Too Extreme for MTG Even Marjorie Taylor Greene said the senator’s call for Russians to assassinate Vladimir Putin was “irresponsible, dangerous & unhinged.”
By Margaret Hartmann
state of the union address
Mar. 2, 2022
Lauren Boebert Makes ‘You Lie’ Heckle Seem Quaint In a new State of the Union low, the far-right representative shouted at President Biden as he was discussing his son Beau’s death.
By Margaret Hartmann
Marjorie Taylor Greene Was Surprise Speaker at White-Nationalist Event The congresswoman delivered remarks at the America First Political Action Conference on Friday, shortly after a round of applause for Vladimir Putin.
By Ben Jacobs
2022 midterms
Feb. 10, 2022
Congresswoman Abases Herself in Front of Trump Tower The South Carolina congresswoman’s sin was to criticize Trump on January 6, 2021. Now she’s filmed herself proclaiming her MAGA-hood.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Feb. 9, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
Hal Rogers Poked Representative Joyce Beatty and Told Her to ‘Kiss My Ass’ The representative accosted Beatty when she asked him to wear a mask on Capitol transportation.
By Danielle Cohen
2022 midterms
Jan. 28, 2022
Trump Nod Triggers Tennessee MAGA Carpetbagger Fight The ex-president’s superfans are upset that he endorsed a former Fox contributor over their preferred candidate.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Jan. 25, 2022
J.D. Vance Wins the Marjorie Taylor Greene Primary The fiery MAGA extremist Greene has accomplished nothing in Congress. But she’s a power nonetheless and could help Vance win a Senate primary.
By Ed Kilgore
RIP Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Personal Twitter COVID-19 misinformation will get you booted off Twitter … eventually.
By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter Account Permanently Suspended The company said Greene had violated its COVID-19 misinformation policy for a fifth and final time.
By Chas Danner
last night on late night
Oct. 27, 2021
Watch Seth Meyers Redefine What It Means to ‘O.J.’ Writing a piece of speculative fiction, of course!
By Bethy Squires
capitol riot
Oct. 26, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Right’s Creeping Embrace of Revolution It’s easy to dismiss her as making yet another extremist statement likening January 6 to 1776. She is far from alone, though.
By Ed Kilgore
Republican Trump Critic Quits Congress As Cult of January 6 Grows Trump is changing the Republican narrative of the Capitol Riot from an outrage in which he was a bystander to a patriotic triumph.
By Ed Kilgore
Georgia Now Grows Politicians to the Right of Marjorie Taylor Greene One Republican congressional candidate is co-headlining the rally for the “political prisoners” of January 6. And he’s not the most extreme.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Aug. 31, 2021
Will Republicans Try to Impeach Biden Over Afghanistan? Kevin McCarthy would like to keep his powder dry, but the MAGA folk are restless.
By Ed Kilgore
Marjorie Taylor Greene Suspended by Twitter After ‘Fourth Strike’ The representative can’t help herself from pushing vaccine misinformation.
By Paola Rosa-Aquino
marjorie taylor greene
Aug. 5, 2021
Why Is Marjorie Taylor Greene Headed to the Cradle of Presidential Campaigns? Does the conspiracist Georgia congresswoman see herself running for president? It’s unclear what else she could be doing at the Iowa State Fair.
By Ed Kilgore
Why Republicans Want to Keep Punishing Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger The pair are already pariahs, and ignoring Pelosi’s January 6 panel would be easier. But Republicans still want payback, and leverage over McCarthy.
By Ed Kilgore
covi-19 vaccines
July 27, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene Compares COVID Vaccine Requirements to ‘Segregation’ The good news is that MTG has stopped using Holocaust analogies to attack anti-COVID measures. The bad news: She’s found another offensive analogy.
By Ed Kilgore
Marjorie Taylor Greene Suspended From Twitter for COVID Misinformation The conspiracist congresswoman has been blocked from posting for 12 hours after suggesting the virus is “not dangerous” for Americans under 65.
By Matt Stieb
marjorie taylor greene
July 7, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene Compares Liberals to Nazis — Again After apologizing for comparing COVID-19 measures to the Holocaust, MTG is still calling vaccinators “medical brownshirts.”
By Ed Kilgore
Why Republicans Condemn Marjorie Taylor Greene, But Not Paul Gosar One believes in Jewish space lasers. The other is friends with a Holocaust denier.
By Ben Jacobs
capitol riot
July 1, 2021
Kevin McCarthy Between Rock and a Wild Place on January 6 Inquiry The minority leader opposes GOP cooperation with a select committee that his most out-of-control members want to join. He has no great options.
By Ed Kilgore
Andrew Clyde Challenges MTG for Title of Most Extremist Georgian in Congress The North Georgia mountains are a proving ground for radical right-wing populists. Gun dealer Andrew Clyde is the latest example.
By Ed Kilgore
false equivalence
June 15, 2021
Ilhan Omar and Marjorie Taylor Greene Are Not Equivalent It’s lazily convenient to lump these two “extremists” together. But there’s no comparison in what they’ve said and how they’ve dealt with criticism.
By Ed Kilgore
Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Learned About the Holocaust After spending the last month comparing mask mandates to Nazi gas chambers, she now believes there is “no comparison.”
By Mia Mercado
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