The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene
What the rise of the far-right congresswoman means for the House, the G.O.P. and the nation.
What the rise of the far-right congresswoman means for the House, the G.O.P. and the nation.
...Greene's argument was that the "Russian collusion conspiracy lies" had created a kind of permission structure in her mind. As she would say on the House floor, "I was allowed to believe things that weren't true."
In this passive-voice explanation, Greene was "allowed to believe" that a Democratic staff member named Seth Rich had been murdered by Hillary Clinton's top adviser, John Podesta, in order to cover up the fact that it was Rich, not Russia, who had leaked Democratic emails to WikiLeaks. (Later, Greene would modify this conspiracy theory: It was the Latino gang MS-13, "the henchmen of the Obama administration," who had murdered Seth Rich.) Greene was "allowed to believe" that Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Trump's ties to Russia, was actually quietly working to bring down the Clintons. And that "many in our government are actively worshiping Satan." And that Trump was single-handedly battling evil — that, as she reposted from the website MAGAPILL, "thousands of Pedophiles and Child Traffickers have been arrested since Trump was sworn in." This "Global Evil," she was allowed to believe, was all being funded by the Saudi royals in concert with Jewish billionaires: George Soros and the Rothschild family... nyt
In this passive-voice explanation, Greene was "allowed to believe" that a Democratic staff member named Seth Rich had been murdered by Hillary Clinton's top adviser, John Podesta, in order to cover up the fact that it was Rich, not Russia, who had leaked Democratic emails to WikiLeaks. (Later, Greene would modify this conspiracy theory: It was the Latino gang MS-13, "the henchmen of the Obama administration," who had murdered Seth Rich.) Greene was "allowed to believe" that Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Trump's ties to Russia, was actually quietly working to bring down the Clintons. And that "many in our government are actively worshiping Satan." And that Trump was single-handedly battling evil — that, as she reposted from the website MAGAPILL, "thousands of Pedophiles and Child Traffickers have been arrested since Trump was sworn in." This "Global Evil," she was allowed to believe, was all being funded by the Saudi royals in concert with Jewish billionaires: George Soros and the Rothschild family... nyt
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