Highlights: MTG a Year in Review.
Do You Remember...
😒That time she kicked an 18-year-old activist in D.C.
Nothing provides proof that an adult does not, in fact, have their s**t together than resorting to physical violence. In September, when asked by a group of young activists to explain how the Second Amendment can prevent gun violence, Greene chose to kick one of them in the back of the leg rather than offer a rational response. To make matters worse, the person she kicked was 18-year-old Marianna Pecora, deputy communications director for Voters of Tomorrow, who was in D.C. at the time to lobby for youth rights. When Pecora and her colleague Santiago Mayer, the group's executive director, shared video of the exchange on Twitter, clearly showing the kick, Greene actually retweeted it, calling the young activists "foolish cowards."
😒That time she told Joe Biden to go to hell
Greene is obviously not a big fan of President Biden, so when he made the announcement in August that he planned to clear up to $10,000 in PPP loans for students struggling with financial debt, she seized opportunity to let it all hang out. But as is often the case with Greene and her ilk, these efforts to shame the president backfired and it was revealed that Greene had herself received $183,504 in PPP loans. In a tweet from late August, Greene deflected, saying to Biden: "I don't respect you for leaving our border wide open allowing an invasion & deadly drugs in daily, arming the Taliban, wrecking our economy, killing our energy independence, & supporting killing the unborn & genital mutilation of children. Go to hell Joe." That's what an onlooker like me would refer to as being "butt-hurt."
😒That time she fought against gender-affirming care for trans youth
August was a big month for Greene. On Aug. 18, during an appearance on Tucker Carlson's primetime Fox News show, Greene gave viewers a sneak peek at the big endeavor she unveils the following day, the Protect Children's Innocence Act. Master of "saying the quiet part out loud," Greene used her reputation for emphatic opposition to gender-affirming care for trans youth to springboard this bill that, in her words, "would immediately make it a felony to subject children to puberty blockers or horrific sex change genital surgeries." Children, of course, are not eligible for the "horrific" genital surgeries that Greene mentions — the standard minimum age requirement for such surgery is 17 — but that hasn't slowed her down. She told Carlson she viewed gender-affirming care as "disgusting and appalling," describing it as "child abuse." As a 2022 information sheet from the Department of Health and Human Services puts it, "gender-affirming care improves the mental health and overall well-being of gender diverse children and adolescents." But sure, "protect the children," I guess.
😒That time she championed Christian nationalism in public
During a July 23 interview at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Florida, Greene let her religious-bigot flag fly. During an interview with Taylor Hanson of the right-wing Next News Network, Greene said "We need to be the party of nationalism, and I'm a Christian. And I say it proudly: We should be Christian nationalists." A few weeks later, Greene gave another interview, elaborating on her Turning Point views. In this later interview, which Forbes noted in a YouTube clip, she smirkingly defined Christian nationalism as nothing more than a matter of "Christianity and loving our country." When the reporter in the clip politely pushes back, reminding Greene that the definition of the term carries other connotations, Greene said her interpretation was the only one she was familiar with, telling the Black female reporter that she didn't know what she was talking about.
😒That time she called abortion bans a "blessing"
In June, Greene gave a statement outside the Supreme Court building shortly after the Dobbs decision was handed down, overturning Roe v. Wade and women's constitutional right to choose abortion. She was psyched. "I am so happy. It's a blessing. It's a miracle," Greene said, while swarms of gathered protesters screamed at her, calling her a traitor. Months later, during a news segment in October, a woman called in to speak against Greene's views saying "My body is my body and I don't want the government telling me what I can do with my body." According to Vanity Fair, Greene insulted the woman saying, "I don't think you're having children any time soon." The implication was that, based on the woman's voice alone, she was too old to have an opinion on abortion rights.
😒That time she called Catholics Satanic
Like other Republicans who use religion as a blunt instrument, Greene bends her definition of what real religion is to suit her current talking points. In April, she gave an interview to the far-right Catholic news organization Church Militant in which she suggested that Satan was controlling the Catholic Church. After Catholic League president Bill Donohue took issue with her comments, Greene released a 700-word statement clapping back at some length. Donohue had accused her of "slandering Catholics and Catholicism in an interview I gave to Michael Voris at Church Militant," Greene wrote. "Nothing could be further from the truth, and he must apologize promptly and publicly for these words... It's the church leadership I was referring to when I invoked the Devil. The bishops know that, but had their loyal lapdog pretend I was being disrespectful about the faith." A bit further on, Greene does a bit more revising, saying, "Just so we're clear, bishops, when I said 'controlled by Satan,' I wasn't talking about the Catholic Church. I was talking about you."
😒That time she fought against LGBTQ rights
In the earlier months of 2022, Greene gave full support to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' infamous "Don't Say Gay" bill and turned her focus toward crafting a similar bill for Georgia. In an appearance on Alex Jones' Infowars, Greene said "I will meet with my team right after this interview and we will work on it, Alex, because I will do anything I can to protect kids." As you might expect, in December Greene voted against the Marriage Protection Act, which at the very least ensured continuing nationwide marriage rights for same-sex couples.
We could go on and on and on. But a bigger problem than MTG, are the people that sent her to DC...
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