Different takes on the Kevin McCarthy/Donald Trump meeting
HERO: Kevin McCarthy single-handedly tracked down the mastermind behind the Jan. 6 terrorist attack and is making a citizen's arrest pic.twitter.com/SmZEWzUJnS
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 28, 2021
And this:
The greatest news clip ever from @11thHour with Brian Williams! This sums up the meeting between @GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy and the Palm Beach bully. You won't want to miss this 🤣 pic.twitter.com/RUma5yFhEJ
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) January 29, 2021
Did not see this in our Wheeling papers
Two Ohio representatives are looking to declare June 14 as “President Donald J. Trump Day.”https://t.co/5pnyN19lqJ
— CBS 42 (@CBS_42) January 30, 2021
More from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
In a 2018 Facebook post, Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed California wildfires on a secret Jewish space laser https://t.co/AFznUzvx1P
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) January 28, 2021
While we can laugh (and I did), I think this trivializes her danger -- her calls for violence are far more serious. From CNN:
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to Congress, a CNN KFile review of hundreds of posts and comments from Greene's Facebook page shows.
Greene, who represents Georgia's 14th Congressional District, frequently posted far-right extremist and debunked conspiracy theories on her page, including the baseless QAnon conspiracy which casts former President Donald Trump in an imagined battle against a sinister cabal of Democrats and celebrities who abuse children.
In one post, from January 2019, Greene liked a comment that said "a bullet to the head would be quicker" to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In other posts, Greene liked comments about executing FBI agents who, in her eyes, were part of the "deep state" working against Trump.
And Trump endorsed her, again, today:
Trump gives public vote of support to pro-insurrection Rep who thinks "Jewish lasers" in space are starting wildfires out west. Not only won't be purged from GOP caucus but be a de facto leader. McCarthy will fall in line. GOP increasingly explicit in support for insurrection. https://t.co/4GVlK43ket
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 30, 2021
Only a few Republicans have condemned her words and actions. Is this the future of the Republican Party?
The Republican Party is no longer salvageable—at least a sane center-right version the country needs as an alternative. I resisted accepting this for a long time. But Trump, Jan 6, Greene et al made me face it. Not sure what’s next & best, or how to get there. #RepublicanParty
— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) January 29, 2021
