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Marjorie Greene Had Some Comments on Recent Protests at the Capitol.
The Georgia lawmaker just can’t help herself.
Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Greene is many things, but quiet is certainly not one of them. Regardless of how her comments are going to be perceived or how they will make her look, she never, ever hesitates to simply say what’s on her mind. Of course, it should come as no surprise that she’s had some thoughts on recent protests at Capitol Hill calling for a ceasefire.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling with Yahoo News writes:
“Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has long downplayed the January 6 riot that claimed five lives, has denounced a peaceful protest on Capitol Hill as an “insurrection” and demanded that the police preserve surveillance footage of the protesters…
…The Georgia congresswoman says she will ask the House to censure Michigan Representative Rashida Tlaib, who Greene says “organized” the protest. She also filed a request with the Capitol Police “to preserve all video surveillance footage, photographic evidence, police reports, and arrest records” from the House office buildings…”
Well, as the article of course touches on, I suppose we should begin by noting the fact that these demands over a peaceful protest are coming from a woman who…