No Targeted Republican Has Spoken Up To Condemn Her Comments
President Trump, Minority Leader McCarthy and the NRCC have rolled out the welcome mat for racist-conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene. And while, they’re happy to give anonymous quotes to reporters about her, ‘not a single vulnerable Republican – not even potential future colleagues Rich McCormick or Karen Handel – has dared join Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Denver Riggleman in rejecting Greene’s views.
Washington Republicans have been near-uniformly silent as they prepare to welcome a racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic conspiracy theorist into their ranks.
Statement from DCCC Spokesperson Robyn Paterson:
“President Trump and Kevin McCarthy have bear-hugged Marjorie Taylor Greene and her disgusting views. It’s appalling that rank and file Republicans are standing by silently as their party embraces a new Steve King into their caucus. Every day House Republicans are silent on her primary victory is another day they endorse her hateful and destructive worldview.”
As a reminder, Washington Republicans are refusing to call out Marjorie Taylor Greene for:
Calling Black people slaves to the Democratic Party
“She has also made racist, anti-Semitic and Islamophobic comments, asserting that Black people are “held slaves to the Democratic Party…” (Washington Post)
Accusing a Holocaust survivor of being a Nazi
“She also called Democratic donor George Soros a Nazi. Soros is Jewish and a Holocaust survivor. (NPR)
Claiming Muslims were invading this country
“In one video obtained by Politico, Marjorie Taylor Greene warned of an “Islamic invasion” and said men in Islamic countries have sex with “little boys.” (Daily Beast)
Claiming Blacks and Hispanics are held by gangs and dealing drugs
“In the videos, she complains of an “Islamic invasion” into government offices, claims Black and Hispanic men are held back by “gangs and dealing drugs.” (Associated Press)
And participating in a conspiracy theory the FBI is monitoring as domestic terror threat
Well, aside from being the near-certain next member of Congress in Georgia’s strongly Republican 14th District, she is a public supporter of the QAnon movement — a broad-scale conspiracy theory that sprung to life in early 2017 and is based on a belief that there is a high-level government official, “Q,” who sprinkles clues on internet message boards about a series of massive “deep state” conspiracies at work in the country. (The FBI has said QAnon is a potential domestic terrorism threat.) (CNN)
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