Who would have thought that after repeatedly telling voters that election fraud is real, some of those people might have actually lost faith in voting?
The New York Times reports that Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was “surprised” by the results of a recent survey of Republican voters in the state. She’s subsequently begun urging her followers to vote.
Asked about their voting intentions in the midterms in 2022, the Times says the survey found, “5 percent of Republican voters said they would sit out the 2022 election if the state of Georgia did not conduct a forensic audit of the 2020 election — a demand that some of Mr. Trump’s hard-core supporters have made. Another 4 percent said they would consider sitting out the election absent an audit.”
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Taylor Greene has been one of the most vocal Republicans to question the result of the 2020 vote and has consistently demanded audits of election results in a desperate search for irregularities.
Former President Donald Trump issued a statement last week warning the Republican party, “If we don’t solve the Presidential Election Fraud of 2020 (which we have thoroughly and conclusively documented), Republicans will not be voting in ‘22 or ‘24. It is the single most important thing for Republicans to do.”
The New York Times says it spoke to a person who had spoken with Taylor Greene about the survey and said she was “surprised.” Other Republican strategists have been blunter, calling the results “alarming”.
Taylor Greene represents Georgia’s 14th District. In 2017, it was ranked the 14th most Republican seat in the country. Last November, she won 75% of all votes cast in the district (her Democratic opponent withdrew before the election but his name was still on the ballot paper).
Since taking office, Greene has established herself as one of the most extreme right-wing lawmakers in the House.
Yesterday, in response to a survey of voting intentions (presumably the same one the New York Times referenced). Greene began urging Republicans to vote in 2022.
There’s 3 steps to victory in 2022.
#1 Audit the 2020 election and prosecute voter fraud.
#2 Stop mass mail-in voting which leads to fraud.
#3 VOTE! Don’t sit at home and hand over the victory to Democrats. Flood the polls!
Republicans have to get serious, here’s why:
Cont’d
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) October 18, 2021
“There’s 3 steps to victory in 2022,” she tweeted.
“#1 Audit the 2020 election and prosecute voter fraud.
“#2 Stop mass mail-in voting which leads to fraud.
“#3 VOTE! Don’t sit at home and hand over the victory to Democrats. Flood the polls!
“Republicans have to get serious, here’s why,” she explained.
“I recently conducted a poll on Georgia’s elections and if my constituents felt their votes would count during a teletown hall. Sadly, 4% said they won’t even vote due to voter fraud.
“This is WRONG.
“Legal votes by Rs are just as important as stopping illegal ones.”
She pointed out that if 4% of Republicans in Georgia had not voted in the gubernatorial election in 2018, Democrat Stacy Abrams would have beaten Republican Brian Kemp.
“That’s why it’s critical that Republican voters still vote,” said Greene. “Voices online that are telling you not to vote are doing the Democrats’ dirty work. Stop listening to grifters telling you not to vote. We must root out the fraud, but we also have to VOTE.”
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whereshouldistart
“Stop listening to grifters telling you not to vote.”
Did this house plant with feet just call out trump…
and herself?
Heywood Jablowme
Yep – the grifter-in-chief Trump told them not to vote! I hope he keeps saying that.
Remember the only reason we have a Democratic Senate majority (barely) is thanks to Trump telling his Georgia voters that the Nov. 2020 election was “RIGGED!” They believed him enough that some didn’t bother to vote on Jan. 5, 2021 for Sen. Perdue & Sen. Loeffler, and both lost very narrowly to Warnock & Ossoff. Now we get to b!tch about Sinema & Manchin but everything would be a hell of a lot worse if the Republicans had held on to the Senate.
A hardcore MAGA position is now “don’t vote at all, it’s rigged!” and we’ll see in ’22 if that’s 3%, 5% or more like 15%.
Fname Optional Lname
“the house plant with feet”
fell over and laughed until I cried laughing! made my day!!!
Chrisk
This stupid C*nt and others have been hammering away that your vote doesn’t count to their base and it’s been very effective. Now she’s trying to erase all that hard work because she wants another term.
Why would they want to do that since the Democrats will just steal it. Makes no sense. Lol
Creamsicle
Also, why does she even want another term? She was removed from all her committees following her vocal support for domestic terrorism. All she does is vote and stump now.
What can she actually bring back to her district and argue she can do for them in the future? She can introduce legislation, but she’ll continue to be excluded from any committees, so even legislation that she initiates will be altered or nixed long before it gets to the House floor.
Kangol2
After actively courting foreign intervention by a hostile country (Russia) and nonstate actors (Wikileaks, etc.) in 2015-6, repeatedly trying to get an ally (Ukraine) to smear Biden and his son in 2018-19, letting the GOP attempt to suppress votes all over the US, etc., and who knows what else, Don the Con LOST the 2020 election. He LOST. By over 7 million popular votes and a significant electoral vote margin. He and his Q-ultists could not accept that he lost (again), and roused his minions to stage a coup, which we all witnessed on January 6, 2021. It FAILED. Marjorie Taylor Greene has attempted to uphold this “Big Lie” that Don the Con did not lose, and if her lies and disinfo devour her and every other fascist liar, so be it. But Don the Con and his anti-democratic, lying, fascist crew have done irreparable damage to the US. The Republican Party as we knew it is D.O.A. This fascist replicant party is going to be hell to deal with until enough conservatives get cult deprogramming and cut it loose.
ZzBomb
I have repeatedly asked “conservatives” that if they truly believe the presidential election was fraudulent, then why do they believe the Senate or Congressional elections held at the same time and on the same ballot, weren’t?
Trump lost b/c of fraud, but MTG won her seat fair and square? Makes no sense.
Creamsicle
That was probably part of why so many of them felt justified in assaulting the Capitol Building and attempting to murder members of Congress.
TomG
And did you expect something different with a Trump minion. When she gets to hell she will have no reason to wonder why and I am sure she’ll blame Trump when she sees him there too.
SinthiaDoom
If I was running for any office in2022 I would take out a full page ad of trumps photo and his statement telling gop voters not to vote !!! What a moronic thing to say. Also it should be no surprise when you tell your constituents not to trust voting or elections that surprise they are doing just that !????
BrokebackBob
In addition to being psychotic if diagnosed, what does she cut her hair with? A weed whacker?
Tombear
This is good news. Republicans in many cases are too stupid to vote
GayEGO
Oh Paleeze! MTG should tell them to spread the virus, that is how dumb she is!