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CNBC reports: Five police officers showed up at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home overnight after an alleged opponent of her stance on transgender rights made a false 911 call, authorities in Georgia said Wednesday. The “swatting” call falsely claimed that a man had been shot multiple times in a bathtub at a residence in Rome, Georgia, the city’s police department …

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports: Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says that she was a victim of a swatting attack early Wednesday morning in Floyd County. In a tweet sent shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday, the Georgia lawmaker says that she was swatted just after 1 a.m. and promised “more details to come.” Swatting is the act of making a hoax …

Newsweek reports: Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia plans to introduce legislation to federally ban gender-affirming care for transgender children. Greene announced the bill during a Thursday appearance on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight. The Georgia Republican argued that gender-affirming care—which is backed by most in the medical establishment, including by major mainstream organizations like the American Medical Association …

“Thank god for air conditioning. Let’s talk about refrigerators. I personally like my refrigerator. I know you all like yours. “What about washing machines and dryers? Lord, please God, don’t make me scrub clothes in a bucket and have to hang them out on a line when we switch over to wind turbines and solar panels. “I’m gonna be really …

Courthouse News reports: Appealing a federal judge’s denial of her request for a preliminary injunction, an attorney for Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene argued Thursday before the 11th Circuit that a state law voters sued under to challenge her candidacy is unconstitutional. Under the law at issue, any eligible voter in the Peach State can challenge a candidate’s qualifications …

The Week reports: After former President Donald Trump announced Monday that FBI agents had searched his Mar-a-Lago residence, apparently seeking classified documents he failed to hand back to the government, “supporters of the former president reacted in the kind of calm, measured tone we’ve come to expect from the MAGA movement,” Rex Huppke deadpanned at USA Today. “The FBI must …

Mediaite reports: After an eventful weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) appeared on MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s show rehashing her experience during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, maintaining the false claim that Antifa perpetrated the riots. On Lindell-TV, Greene discussed the events of January 6th saying that she …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) believes “toxic masculinity” should be the “number one requirement” for the military, but it’s being ousted from the ranks thanks to “woke training.” “They’ve purged the military. They’ve purged the military,” she said. “The warriors are leaving,” Graham Allen, an Army veteran, added. “Absolutely. Why do they want to be there?” Greene continued. …

Axios reports: Twitter on Monday labeled but refused to take down a pair of highly transphobic tweets attacking Adm. Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Twitter has a practice of often labeling — but not removing — tweets from elected officials that would otherwise violate its terms of service. The …

“So let’s talk about children. Children are in the greatest danger in America today because traditional family values are being destroyed. “The idea that mom and dad together – not fake mom and fake dad, but biological mom and biological dad – can raise their children together and do what’s right for their children. “Raising them to be confident in …

Yahoo News reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Tuesday night on Facebook that the 4th of July shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, was orchestrated by Democrats as part of an effort to convince Republicans to support gun control measures. “Two shootings on July 4th, one in a rich, white neighborhood and another at a fireworks display,” she said, also referencing two …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) thinks she has it all figured out. The conspiracy-minded congresswoman took to Twitter to somehow blame “Big Pharma” for the tragedy. To be clear, no one in any position of authority has said the man in custody, Robert Crimo, is a drug user or has a mental illness diagnosis, and his …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) clashed during a House Rules committee hearing on Friday. While questioning Greene, Raskin asked her if she thinks it’s constitutional for states to ban private militias, to which she replied that since the federal government “isn’t protecting our border,” they shouldn’t be banned. “I think we’re in …

The Independent reports: Representatives Mo Brooks, Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs, Louis Gohmert, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Scott Perry were among the Republican members of Congress who asked then-president Donald Trump to insulate them from future prosecutions by granting them presidential pardons. Their names were revealed by the House January 6 select committee on Thursday at the end of the panel’s …

“These are Republican senators that Republican voters do not support any more. We’ve got to change our Republican Party and needs to happen right here. Because if we don’t start defending Americans’ freedoms and rights and putting America first, our Republican voters are not going to want to put us in charge.” – Marjorie Taylor Greene, after reading the names …

“We already warmed one degree Celsius and you know what’s happened since then? Here, let me tell you. We have had more food grown since then, which feeds people. “We are able to producing [sic] fossil fuels, which keeps people’s houses warm in the winter. That saves people’s lives, people die in the cold. “This earth warming and carbon is …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., expressed her outrage on Monday after a Twitter censored a satirist who propagated a right-wing narrative that most pregnant women who took Pfizer’s vaccine in a clinical trial lost their babies as a result of getting the jab. One user pointed out that Dr. Lysol’s was a parody account whose profile picture …

The Washington Post reports: In a statement, Greene said: “So I have an intern that was raped by a priest as a young teen, was gay, has offended everyone at some point, turned his life back to Jesus and Church, and changed his life. Great story!” Greene, an outspoken right-wing promoter of conspiracy theories, has in the past praised conversion …

“If Christian nationalism is something to be scared of, they’re lying to you. And they’re lying to you on purpose because that is exactly the temperature change that is happening in America today and they can’t control it. They can’t control it and that’s what terrifies them the most. “You see, if we’re going to label it Christian nationalism, this …

“They just want you to think that all of a sudden the entire population is steadily turning gay or turning trans. Just generation, generation. Probably in about four or five generations, no one will be straight anymore. Everyone will be either gay or trans or non-conforming or whatever the list of 50 or 60 different options there are.” – Noted …