MTG Calls For Dissolving The United States: “Divorce”

Fox News reports:

A far-right Republican congresswoman suggested the U.S. go through a “national divorce” on Presidents Day. “We need a national divorce,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., tweeted on Monday. The Georgia firebrand’s comments are par for the course for Greene, whose previous statements have landed her in hot water among Democrats and even GOP leadership. Greene has said she regrets her past QAnon content posts, which included content about “lasers or blue beams of light” under the control of a Jewish family leading a left-wing cabal.

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Will the national divorce involve a tantric sex guru? Will I have to change gyms? https://t.co/2ToEzyjmtl

— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) February 20, 2023

Greene, who is seen as angling to serve as Trump’s running mate, calls for the U.S. to break apart “by red states and blue states”

In her home state of Georgia, Dems have won the last 4 statewide races for federal office (Biden, Ossoff, and Warnock x2)https://t.co/y5q0HIWqVY https://t.co/NttVhdLFhC

— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) February 20, 2023

I would think that this alone would disqualify a sitting member of Congress from serving on the Committee for Homeland Security.

It’s a ludicrous statement. https://t.co/DcDrNfAAsq

— Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) February 20, 2023

The Sedition Caucus not even trying to hide it. https://t.co/i4lGV5Lj5g

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 20, 2023

Her state of Georgia voted BLUE for President, Senator and Senator & RED for Governor, so Georgia is BLUE? https://t.co/CPGGp4L4vc

— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) February 20, 2023

Given that Democrats have won the last four statewide federal elections in Georgia, I wonder which red state she’s planning to move to? https://t.co/A7A3GtwJ3c

— Tom Bonier (@tbonier) February 20, 2023

You gonna pay the alimony? https://t.co/MFDvLIzJMe

— George Conway🌻 (@gtconway3d) February 20, 2023

Fun fact: Red states receive far more federal dollar expenditures than they contribute in taxes. Blue states contribute more in taxes than they receive. Red states depend on blue states to get the federal funding they need to survive, but sure, go for it. https://t.co/GEyKlnlOph

— Jax Persists (@LadyJayPersists) February 20, 2023

The 14th amendment says you can’t serve in congress after supporting insurrection and treason against the United States https://t.co/vlVW1bDlBE

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 20, 2023