Newly elected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is a special brand of awful.
Last week, while hiding with her colleagues in close quarters from insurrectionists who were storming the Capitol, the “Stop the Steal” Republican freedom fighter smugly refused to wear a mask.
This week, she fired off an incendiary tweet about Speaker Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of endangering lawmakers’ lives by potentially exposing them to the coronavirus.
Responding to Rep. Pramila Jayapal, who announced she tested positive for COVID-19 after being locked down in a secured room where several maskless Republicans, Greene tried pinning the blame on Pelosi.
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“Before you point fingers at me or anyone else, you need to talk directly to @SpeakerPelosi about exposing ALL of us to covid when she called back POSITIVE covid House members last week for votes for Speaker,” she tweeted.
I hope you fully recover from #COVID19 without any complications!
Before you point fingers at me or anyone else, you need to talk directly to @SpeakerPelosi about exposing ALL of us to covid when she called back POSITIVE covid House members last week for votes for Speaker! https://t.co/MgXwUhyEkc
— Marjorie Taylor Greene ?? (@mtgreenee) January 12, 2021
In a followup statement to a local Georgia news station, Greene repeated that anyone who received a positive COVID-19 test after the insurrection should blame Pelosi.
“Healthy people do not spread COVID,” she wrote in an email. “COVID positive people spread COVID. Everyone was exposed ALL week by the COVID positive members who Nancy Pelosi brought into the Capitol and into Washington DC.”
Greene added that it’s “absolutely ridiculous” and “insane” to blame people who weren’t wearing masks.
“The blame lies squarely on Nancy Pelosi and the positive COVID members bringing COVID in the Capitol! It’s absurd to say they caught it during the safe room.”
Yesterday, House Democrats introduced a temporary new rule that would fine lawmakers for not wearing face masks on the House floor. Lawmakers will be fined $500 on a first offense and $2,500 for a second offense, and fines will be deducted from their paychecks.
Here’s how folx have responded to Greene’s argument on Twitter…
This you? https://t.co/JpwwiuOWfk pic.twitter.com/l9Z7bpcY0u
— Pooj (@Dapooj34) January 12, 2021
um she’s obligated to call all members back to congress because it’s, like, her job. Even when they test positive. It’s on THEM to be responsible snd not show up sick. Damn you suck at this personal responsibility schtick.
— Sarah Smith Hates Traitors & Seditionists (@SarahSmith4WA) January 12, 2021
I didn’t see your name or anyone else’s specifically mentioned Marge. Guilty conscience? Refusing to wear a mask, violating the rules, should lead to punishment
— Stacey (@Sblaha14) January 12, 2021
If you actually believed this, then you would have been wearing a mask.
— esperanza 7️⃣ DAYS TO INAUGURATION (@TeachEsp) January 12, 2021
All you were asked to do was simply wear a mask. It’s easy and considerate of others around you. Are you just that selfish that you couldn’t do this????
— 🌊🇺🇸🇺🇸MWoW 🇺🇸🇺🇸🌊 (@underHiswing914) January 12, 2021
Wear a mask, you piece of shit.
— Steven Boyer (@SteveBoyer5000) January 12, 2021
She’s not the brightest bulb
— 👤👩 👨 📸 📺 (@jim99876) January 12, 2021
Do republicans take personal responsibility for anything? seriously
— 🌯💰🐐🔥 (@Tlmiller20) January 12, 2021
What about, what about, what about, what about, what about, what about, what about, what about, what about, what about, what about, what about… endlessly.
Just wear the damn mask!
— Fred List (@JustFred236) January 12, 2021
Q-Marge has a history of not wearing a mask or improperly wearing – she is a C19 denier. @RepJayapal pic.twitter.com/ImRKVSUPHh
— GET REAL … (@DeminMN77) January 12, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Cam
Republicans hate America as much as they hate LGBTQ people, Black people, Latinos, Asians, etc.
zealot
As for Marjorie and her ilk at the D.C. insurrection…(insert snowstorm gif here).
barryaksarben
Please everyone always call her Q-Marge as she believes that batshit crazy insane conspiracy. Never let anything she says go unchallenged and always let anyone reading about her know that she is a Qanaon nutjob. She laughed when they tried to give her a mask in lockdown. She is a soulless pos. She also is planning on trying to impeach Joe on day one as revenge. A sick pos who should never have been given this place in our government. SHe is dangerous in her insanity.
JustLarry
I find her attrocious and SMUG! She needs to crawl back into the hole from which she came!
Mister P
I don’t understand how the party with the least honorable people are seen as having the moral high ground.
Den
They see themselves that way. Others see them for what they are.
Kangol2
She’s Q-razy as a Q-uckoo on Q-rack!
jayceecook
If memory serves me correctly, it was a Republican representative who hid his COVID-19 diagnosis from everyone until 8 hours after they certified the electoral college votes on the day *her* kind of people tried to overthrow the government.
As much as I can’t stand Narcissistic Nancy I don’t see where this is her fault. I mean it’s Congress’s job to certify those votes. You know, the job the phucktards elected this woman to do. If one of her fellow republican colleagues showed up just to oppose the votes while being C19 positive isn’t that on him and not NN?
BoomerMyles
She needs to stop breathing.
Jbaltes
And soon!!!
Heywood Jablowme
Avoid Republicans, they carry disease!
Bubbleandsqueal
MTG is nothing but cunning stunts. She should be deprived of media oxygen.
JromeGervais09
Another hypocrite, southern, white, bimbo beeyatch. And she says she is a Christian? WTF? Throw the K……t out!
barryaksarben
she is American taliban – an offshoot of christianity that is made up of non christians who use the bible to try to harm others
RandomGuy
This chick is what happens when you mix evil with Thunderous stupidity.
jsmu
This QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQUNT. Censure isn’t good enough. EXPEL THE B*TCH NOW!
humble charlie
“The universe is 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons, and 85% morons”
Unfortunately this isn’t my quote. It’s by David Clarke referring to the rioters on a Michael Moore post on youtube.
Fahd
Maybe it’s the same woman I keep seeing, but I think there are way too many of these “Karens” or Sarah Palin wannabes in this new House of Representatives. Too many for comfort. Can you imagine this in the majority? Worrisome for America and what an indictment of our system of education! Hell in a hand basket!
Imagine living in Georgia right now – two newly elected Democratic Senators and this creature all represent Georgia?
jayceecook
You’re not seeing double or triple. A bunch of QAnon and QAnon adjacent women were elected to the HoR this past fall. They’re more Michelle Bachman than Sarah Palin though.
zephyr69
@mtgreenee is a real nut job. Thankfully she will probably be a one term Republican.
fur_hunter
No….I lived in Atlanta for 43 years. There are too many moronic imbeciles in rural Georgia. She will be re-elected, unfortunately.
fur_hunter
This B ITCH is a WH ORE S LUT C UNT!
amanwithanedge
the face of vermin and the voice of a fascist.
IAmUp4It
Why oh why do we have to see her ugly mug on Queerty??
hayesj
That piece of barren land known as Northwest Georgia is full of unreconstructed crackers and she’s one of the worst. If she got Covid it would be a gift to our state and country.
Cam
Is she a Qaren?
radiooutmike
Would anyone like to tell her that asymptomatic people with COVID-19 who don’t wear masks and don’t do social distancing actually spread COVID-19?