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Marjorie Greene Says “Evil Forces” Are to Blame For Gun Violence.

Anything but the easy access to weapons, right?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readMay 8, 2023
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Just another day in America, right?

Yet another mass shooting that left eight people dead and seven others dead at a mall in Allen, Texas and more echoes of “thoughts and prayers” from lawmakers in a position to do something. Republicans are never shy to weigh in when things like this happen, least of all Georgia’s Marjorie Greene. So what is she blaming for this devastating, senseless attack this time?

“Evil forces”.

John Bowden with The Independent writes:

“…The conspiracy-embracing Republican congresswoman from Georgia commented that “evil forces” were at work causing the shootings…

…“Thank God for the brave officer that courageously ran into the line of fire to save others. We pray for the victims and their families and an end to the mental illness, drugs, and evil forces that cause people to commit such horrors,” she wrote, linking to a tweet describing the scene that was so graphic it was removed under Twitter’s new “free speech” administration…”

Let’s be clear…“evil forces” is nothing more than a cop out. The phrase evil forces is intentionally designed to deflect. It’s a statement meant to imply…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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