"Marjorie Greene" redirects here. For the philosopher, seeMarjorie Grene. For the mathematician and tennis player born Marjorie Greene, seeMarjorie Hahn.
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Greene has publicly criticized Trump duringhis second presidency for his foreign policy positions, questioning whether he was "stillAmerica First", and criticized his initial opposition to theEpstein Files Transparency Act, which he later signed into law. Trump has attacked her onTruth Social and revoked his endorsement of her.[35] As a result of her dispute with Trump, she announced her resignation from Congress effective January5, 2026, stating that she did not want her district to endure a "hurtful and hateful primary".[36][37]
In statements made in 2019[43] and in a February 4, 2021House floor speech, Greene explained her position ongun rights andschool shootings. In those remarks, she alluded to being affected by aSeptember 1990 incident at her high school in which an armed student held 53 students hostage for over five hours.[44][45]
Early career
In 2002, Greene's father sold Taylor Commercial, anAlpharetta, Georgia-basedgeneral-contracting company that he had founded, to Greene and her then-husband, Perry Mayer.[38][41][46] As of 2019, Greene and Perry were the company's vice president and president, respectively.[41] Greene was listed as thechief financial officer of Taylor Commercial from 2007 to 2011,[38] but a 2021Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation determined that she had no significant presence at the company.[47] In 2011, Greene stepped down as the company's CFO and beganCrossFit training.[47]
By 2012, Greene worked as a part-time coach at an Alpharetta CrossFit gym.[38] In August 2013, she opened CrossFit Passion in Alpharetta with Travis Mayer, a CrossFit athlete. Greene left the business in early 2017.[48] In a 2015 interview, Greene said she and Mayer knew little about how to run a business when they started.[47]
Greene has said that she became politically engaged during the2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.[49] In 2017, she began writing for the now defunct American Truth Seekers, a conspiracy news website, which published 59 articles by Greene.[14] In January 2018, she started writing forLaw Enforcement Today, a pro-policefake news website, which featured 27 articles Greene authored.[1][50][51] In 2017, Greene visitedWashington, D.C. to protest against a Republican gun control compromise.[52]
Greene was a top official of the Family America Project, aconservative group founded in January 2018. She was a moderator of the organization'sFacebook group. In that group, members posteddeath threats against Democrats; bigotry directed at theObamas; and support for multiple conspiracy theories, including claims associated with theJohn Birch Society about theU.S. government being infiltrated bycommunists.[53][a]
In February 2019, Greene visited theU.S. Capitol and congressional offices.[54] In alivestream video Greene posted onFacebook, she is seen outside RepresentativeAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office, calling through the mail slot for Ocasio-Cortez to unlock the door and "face the American citizens that you serve". She also asserted that Ocasio-Cortez should "get rid of [her] diaper".[55] Greene also referred to Ocasio-Cortez's office as a day care center.[56] When visiting the offices of representativesIlhan Omar andRashida Tlaib, Greene falsely claimed that they were not "official" representatives becausethey were sworn in to Congress on the Quran.[54] In the videos, Greene said that she wanted Omar and Tlaib to instead be sworn in on theBible and accused the two representatives of supportingIslamic law.[57][58]
Having originally announced her intention to run inGeorgia's 7th congressional district,[1] Greene instead began her campaign in the6th district, where she resided, on June 4, 2019.[59][b] She stated her commitment to balance the federal budget and restrain Congress from using itsconstitutional power tospend more money, adding: "If we look at our country as our household, we're going to go under foreclosure because we're overspending."[59] Greene also criticized her expected primary opponent, former U.S. representativeKaren Handel, for supporting largeomnibus spending bills and a series of electoral losses: "She's lost seven races in her entire political career... She steps down from seats that she does win so she can campaign for something else. Basically I would call her [a] professional campaigner, but she loses."[59]
On December 13, 2019, Greene announced that she was shifting her campaign to the14th district afterincumbentTom Graves announced he would not run for reelection there.[60] The district includes much ofNorthwest Georgia, stretching from the Georgia side of theChattanooga metropolitan area to theexurbs ofAtlanta. Members of the House are constitutionally required to live in the state they represent, but not necessarily in the samecongressional district.[61] Hence, although Greene had lived for a long time inMilton, in the 6th district,[1] there would have been no legal barrier to Greene running for the 14th. Still, she said she intended to move to the 14th if she ran there.[62] She subsequently bought a home in nearbyPaulding County, which is in the 14th.[63] By the time she was sworn in in January 2021, Greene reported having moved toRome, also firmly in the 14th.[64]
On February 29, 2020, Greene spoke at a gun rights rally inVillanow hosted by Silent No Longer, a group campaigning to makeWalker County aSecond Amendment sanctuary.[65] At the rally,[66][67] she held up a banner for American Patriots USA – a far-right group attempting to further its influence with Georgia Republicans.[68][69] Greene posed for photos with Chester Doles, a 5th-generationKu Klux Klansman, Grand Klaliff leader, and founder of APUSA;[70][71] Doles has nearly a dozen assault arrests and served two separate prison sentences inMaryland.[70][72]
Greene campaigned as a staunch supporter of PresidentDonald Trump but was not endorsed by him. She ran on the slogan "Save America, Stop Socialism!"[73][74] In the days before the primary, Facebook took down a Greene video for violating its terms of service. In the video, Greene held anAR-15 style rifle and warnedantifa groups to "stay the hell out of Northwest Georgia".[73]
Greene finished first in the June 9 primary. Trumptweeted, "A big winner". Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, she facedneurosurgeon John Cowan in arunoff election.[70][75] Although Cowan was a Trump supporter, Greene labeled him aRINO, short for "Republican in name only".[76]
In a July 14 runoff debate, Cowan questioned Taylor Commercial's acceptance ofPaycheck Protection Program money in relation to Greene's opposition tocongressional appropriations of relief funds during the pandemic and also Taylor Commercial's donations to Greene's political campaign.[78][79][80] Taylor Commercial received $182,300 in PPP funding from theSmall Business Administration during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[81][82][83] SBA filings declared Taylor Commercial expected to save 12 jobs with the funds.[84] Around two months after her company received the PPP loan, Greene donated $450,000 to her campaign.[83][78][79]
Greene won the August 11 runoff.[76] On the day after her runoff victory, Trump tweeted his support for her, calling her a future Republican star.[85]
Greene was considered an overwhelming favorite to win the seat in the general election, as the 14th district typically votes heavily Republican.[87] In 2017,the Cook Political Report ranked the district the 10th-most Republican in the country.[88]
On September 3, 2020, Greene shared ameme to her Facebook page depicting herself holding anAR-15 style rifle next to a collage of pictures of Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and Tlaib. She wrote that it was time for "strong conservative Christians to go on the offense against these socialists who want to rip our country apart"; the caption under the images was "Squad's worst nightmare".[89]Nancy Pelosi called the meme a threat of violence, and Omar demanded that it be deleted after claiming it had triggered death threats.[90] In response to questions fromForbes about whether the meme was a threat, a Greene campaign spokesperson dismissed that idea.[91] Facebook deleted the meme the next day for violating its policies on inciting violence, prompting Greene to claim that Democrats were trying to "cancel" her.[92] On September 19, 2020,[93] Greene appeared at a gun rights rally inRinggold, Georgia, where theGeorgia III% Martyrs provided security "wearing camouflage, body armor, radios, and in one case a battle ax".[94][95] During the rally, Greene had Chester Doles – with whom she had posed for a photo earlier in the year – ejected, andU.S. senatorKelly Loeffler made a brief appearance.[93]
Greene was expected to face DemocraticIT specialist Kevin Van Ausdal, but he withdrew from the race on September 11.[96] This left Greene unopposed in the general election,[97][98] which she won with 74% of the vote. Van Ausdal, whose name remained on the ballot, took 25%.[99] During her victory speech, Greene called Pelosi "anti-American", a "hypocrite", and a "bitch" whom "we're going to kick ... out of Congress",[100][101] and had a reporter fromThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution ousted from the venue after he tweeted quotes from her speech.[102][103] She later mocked Van Ausdal's appearance and got into an argument with former Republican senatorJeff Flake on Twitter.[102]
In the days after the election, Greene made deceptive claims that her husband Perry'sFloyd County voting record revealedvoter fraud, writing on social media that when her husband went tovote early, he was told he had received anabsentee ballot despite not requesting one. Floyd County chief elections clerk Robert Brady toldThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution that nothing happened to the missing ballot, and that it was canceled according to procedure, adding that "he [Perry Greene] signed an affidavit on [October] 23rd and he was allowed to vote. ... He only voted one time."[104]
In September 2021, theFederal Election Commission asked Greene's 2022 re-election campaign treasurer, her then-husband, to provide information about $3.5 million of unitemized campaign contributions from undisclosed donors received in the first half of 2021.[112] By federal law, only individual contributions under $200 are allowed to be unitemized or have donor identity withheld.[112] Greene received more donations than any other House Republican in the first three months of 2021.[112]
Greene was reelected in November 2022,defeating Democratic nominee Marcus Flowers; Greene received 65.9 percent of the vote.[4]
2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene's opponent in the2024 general election was the Democratic Party nominee, retired Army Brigadier General Shawn Harris, a cattle rancher and 40-year military veteran.[115][116] Greene was reelected in November 2024, receiving 64.4 percent of the vote.[117]
In response to theJanuary 6 U.S. Capitol attack by Trump supporters, Greene called for an end to violence and for support for Trump.[120][121] She refused to wear a face mask while sheltering in place during the riot, and during thedebate to impeach Trump she tweeted: "Democrats must be held accountable for the political violence inspired by their rhetoric." This prompted Democratic representativeJason Crow to call her "morally bankrupt", "depraved" and "frankly dangerous".[121]
In a series of tweets following the attack on the Capitol, Greene falsely suggested that the rioters were members ofantifa dressed as Trump supporters.[122] Greene made these claims even though Anthony Aguero, a conservative activist and close associate of hers, was one of the people who stormed the Capitol.[123][124] She also retweeted a clip fromFox News hostTucker Carlson, in which Carlson – citing Revolver News, a right-wing news website – claimed that agents of theFederal Bureau of Investigation might have organized and participated in the attack.[125] Later that month, Greene asked Trump to issue her a pardon for her efforts to overturn the 2020 election.[126]
On January 27, 2021, RepresentativeJimmy Gomez announced he had drafted a resolution toexpel Greene from the House after reports that she had previously called for violence against Democrats.[130] RepresentativeJake Auchincloss also called for Greene's resignation or expulsion due to her threats of violence against fellow lawmakers.[131] On January 28, with the revelations of Greene's threats against Democratic members of the House, Pelosi spoke of an "enemy within the House of Representatives" and the need to increase security measures, stating that this referred to "members who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence on other members of Congress" – alluding to Greene and other Republican representatives, such asLauren Boebert, who wanted to bring guns onto the House floor.[132] Pelosi also criticized theHouse Republican leadership for placing Greene on theEducation Committee after Greene had questioned the authenticity of deadly school shootings around the country.[133]
On January 29, 2021, representativesNikema Williams andSara Jacobs introduced a resolution tocensure Greene for making threatening comments to her colleagues and to call for her resignation.[134] The bill was referred to the House Ethics committee and never received a vote.[135] On March 19, Gomez formally introduced his resolution to expel Greene, with the support of 72 Democrats and no Republicans.[136] The bill was referred to the House Ethics committee and never received a vote.[137]
The Washington Post reported in May 2021 that two of its reporters observed Greene aggressively confront Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber, loudly asking why she supported antifa andBlack Lives Matter, which Greene falsely characterized as terrorists. Ocasio-Cortez did not respond and called on House leadership to ensure that Congress remains "a safe, civil place for all Members and staff".[138]
Later in May, Greene voted against theJanuary 6 commission, a proposed commission which would have investigated the attack on the Capitol.[139] During a speech she made against establishing a commission, Greene called for justice forAshli Babbitt, a Trump supporter who was fatally shot by aCapitol police officer when she stormed the Capitol and attempted to break into the House chamber.[140]
Also in May, Greene and Gaetz initiated a nationwide "America First Tour", beginning inThe Villages, Florida.[141] Throughout the tour, the two repeated unsubstantiated claims of fraud purported to have occurred during the2020 election.[142] Later in July, a scheduled rally inLaguna Hills, California, was canceled after the venue withdrew.[143]
In June 2021, Greene was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give theCongressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6.[144] When Pelosi announced the creation of theHouse Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, Greene declared her interest in being seated on it.[145]
In August 2021, after theHouse Select Committee on the January 6 Attack requested that over 30 telecommunications companies retain phone records related to the attack, including those of Greene and several other members of Congress, she promised that companies that complied would be "shut down".[146]
In February 2022, Greene spoke ata conference hosted by white supremacistNick Fuentes, at which Fuentes called theJanuary 6 attack "awesome" and praised Putin andHitler. When criticized for her attendance, Greene denounced these criticisms as "identity politics" and an attempt to "cancel" her, and labelled critics "Pharisees".[147][148][149]
On June 22, 2023, Greene and CongresswomanElise Stefanik introduced a pair of resolutionsto expunge both of Trump's impeachments.[150] The next day, Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy lent his support to the resolutions.[151] In January 2025, Greene again introduced a pair of resolutions to expunge the impeachments.[152]
In June 2023, Greene was expelled from theFreedom Caucus by a vote of its members. The vote came after Greene called fellow caucus member Lauren Boebert a "little bitch" during an argument on the House floor. It was the first time the group ever voted to expel one of its members. While the remark about Boebert was given as the primary reason for Greene's expulsion, Greene had also gone against some caucus positions and had allied herself with Speaker McCarthy, who was opposed by many in the caucus during the speaker election.[33]
In June 2025, Greene criticized Trump's support forIsraeli strikes against Iran and opposed the possible involvement of the United States in the war.[154][155]
In November 2025, Greene began supporting the House of Representatives'discharge petition that would release the files from theJeffrey Epstein client list and criticized Trump for actively opposing the database's release.[156][157] Greene also supported greater measures to protect the affordability of health care services and basic needs.[158] Supporting these policies meant that Greene lost the support of Trump.[159][158] In addition to Greene's other policy shifts, she has also started referring to the Israeli government's actions during theGaza war asgenocide and criticized Trump's efforts to increase deportations.[160]
On November 21, 2025, Greene announced that she will resign from her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, with the resignation going into effect on January 5, 2026.[161][162] Greene said that Trump attacked her over her support for the anti-AIPAC organizationTrack AIPAC and the release of the Epstein files.[163]
Greene was briefly a member of theCommittee on the Budget and theCommittee on Education and Labor. She was removed from all committee assignments on February 4, 2021, due to incendiary remarks she had made before her election.[164][29] She was appointed to new committee roles in January 2023.
Greene had also been a member of theHouse Freedom Caucus, but was voted out in mid-2023 after insulting CongresswomanLauren Boebert, another member of the caucus.[169] Greene had allegedly called Boebert a "little bitch", and accused Boebert of copying articles of impeachment served against Biden.[170]
Political positions
Greene with her congressional office staff, "Team Greene", on her first day in office, January 3, 2021
After she won the 2020 Republican primary runoff election, Greene wrote on Twitter: "The GOP establishment, the media, & the radical left, spent months & millions of dollars attacking me."[171] She has expressed support for Donald Trump and declared her intention to push Republicans further to the right.[172]
Abortion
Greene opposesabortion,[74] calling it "the worst scar a woman can carry for the rest of her life".[173] In videos apparently recorded between 2017 and 2019, Greene said that abortion andPlanned Parenthood are two factors holding back minorities in the country,[8] and in an August 2020 interview with Fox News, she indicated her support for defunding Planned Parenthood.[174] On April 15, 2021, Greene and Boebert cast two lone votes against a bill to reauthorize theNational Marrow Donor Program. Explaining her vote, Greene falsely claimed: "Nothing in this bill prevents the funding of aborted fetal tissue by taxpayers."[175][176] In 2021, Greene falsely claimed that thePlan B contraceptive "kills a baby in the womb"; Plan B actually preventsovulation and thus prevents pregnancy, instead of terminating a pregnancy.[177][178]
In September 2020, Greene wrote on Twitter that "children should not wear masks", callingrecommendations by theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health officials "unhealthy for their psychological, emotional, and educational growth" and "emasculating" for boys.[179] She called restrictions imposed in the U.S. Capitol in response to theCOVID-19 pandemic, includingface mask requirements, "tyrannical control" by Democrats.[180] She opposed any form of mandatory mask-wearing, compulsoryvaccination, orlockdowns in response to the pandemic.[181] After Greene called masks "oppressive",National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) directorAnthony Fauci responded that her stance was "very disturbing" given the data on the seriousness of the outbreak.[182] Greene and other Republicans refused to wear masks in a secured room with other members of Congress during the storming of the Capitol in January 2021;[183] afterward, it was reported that several representatives tested positive for the virus, includingBonnie Watson Coleman,Pramila Jayapal, andBrad Schneider.[184]
Greene refused to get aCOVID-19 vaccine, stating there was no reason to because she is "perfectly healthy".[185] By March 2021, theprivate sector had begun efforts to createvaccine passports to better enable those who had been inoculated to resume public gatherings, and some states and the federal government were considering such plans, though the Biden administration said participation would not be compulsory. On Facebook and Twitter, Greene suggested the plan might be "Biden'smark of the beast", a reference to theBook of Revelation, echoing afar-right conspiracy theory that getting vaccinated is equivalent to pledging allegiance to the devil. She added: "It's still fascism, or communism, whatever you want to call it, but it's coming from private companies. So, I have a term for that. I call it 'corporate communism.'"[186] Days later, Greene introduced a bill in the House, the We Will Not Comply Bill, which sought to ban vaccine passports, as well as the Fire Fauci Bill, which would eliminate Fauci's salary until his successor was confirmed by the Senate, although Senate confirmation is not required for Fauci's position as NIAID director.[187][188] According to August 2021 financial disclosures, in 2020 Greene owned stocks in three COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, with at least $15,000 of stock in bothPfizer andJohnson & Johnson, and at least $1,000 of stock inAstraZeneca.[189]
Greene has been fined many times for not wearing a mask on the House floor. The first occasion was on May 18, 2021, when she was fined $500.[190][191] Two days later, on a podcast hosted by evangelical commentatorDavid Brody,[192] Greene called Pelosi "mentally ill" and said that Pelosi's requirement that House members continue wearing masks until they all prove they have been vaccinated "is exactly the [same] type of abuse" as Jews being "put in trains and taken to gas chambers inNazi Germany" duringthe Holocaust.[193][20][194] Greene said she incurred a second fine of $2,500 after she again entered the House floor without a mask, and she dubbed Pelosi "Speaker Maskhole" in response.[195][196] The day after the podcast, she defended her comments, adding, "any rational Jewish person doesn't like what's happening with overbearing mask mandates and overbearing vaccine policies." Her comments drew widespread criticism, including from leading Republican representatives and the Jewish community.[20][197][198][199] On June 14, Greene publicly apologized for her comments after a private visit to theHolocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.[21] Three weeks later, she compared Biden's suggestion to provide door-to-door vaccinations to "medicalbrownshirts" and said: "You can't force people to be part of the human experiment."[200][201] By the end of October 2021, she had been fined 20 times for not wearing a mask on the House floor. According to House rules, subsequent fines were $2,500 each. Thus, with the 20th occasion, she had been fined a total of $48,000.[202]
On June 4, 2021, Greene sent Biden a letter calling for an investigation into Fauci over his statements on the origin ofSARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.[203][204] In the letter, she called COVID-19 a "manufactured plague" caused by a "Chinese-made virus".[205][206] Days later, she suggested that only abioweapon could explain the existence and spread of the virus.[207] Greene also said that she did not support the use ofgain-of-function research to identify emerging diseases and develop vaccines and treatments.[208]
In July 2021, Greene dismissed theCOVID-19 variants, including theDelta variant, saying, "no one cares".[209] She also posted misinformation about the virus, saying it "is not dangerous for non-obese people and those under 65". When a reporter informed Greene that non-obese and young people were also dying from the virus and asked her whether she bore "responsibility for keeping people in Georgia safe", Greene laughed and said, "I think people's responsibility is their own."[210]
At an August 2021 fundraiser inAlabama, Greene claimed that Biden would be "sending one of his police state friends to your front door" to inquire whether they had received a vaccine, and said, "in the South, we all love our Second Amendment rights, and we're not really big on strangers showing up on our front door." At the same event, Greene claimed that the virus was Fauci's "experiment". WhenNBC News contacted Greene's office to confirm that a video of the event was genuine, a spokesman for her responded, "These claims are ridiculous and yet another conspiracy theory from the left."[211][212] On August 12, Greene admitted that COVID-19 was spreading, but falsely said that hospitals were not overwhelmed with afflicted patients, and added, "we're human, we can't live forever, we're going to catch all kinds of diseases and illnesses and other viruses."[213] In November 2022, Greene promoted theanti-vaccine filmDied Suddenly, which promotesmisinformation about COVID-19 vaccines andGreat Reset conspiracy theories.[214] In June 2024, when questioning Fauci at a congressional hearing, Greene repeatedly refused to address Fauci as Doctor, questioned his medical licence and accused him of covering up COVID-19's origins.[215]
During an interview withSteve Bannon on July 7, 2021, Greene rejected a conspiracy theory that suggested Trump would be reinstated as president in August 2021.[217]
During a speech at the2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, Greene adamantly opposed foreign aid, saying: "I wanted to take my regular, normal person, normal, everyday American values, which is: We love our country. We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not for... China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam – whatever, wherever."[219][220] This remark about Guam, which is aU.S. territory whose residents areU.S. citizens, promptedGuam delegateMichael San Nicolas to offer GreeneChamorro chip cookies in what he called "cookie diplomacy".[221][222]Guam governorLou Leon Guerrero told theGuam Daily Post that her office would be "more than happy to send Representative Greene's office a copy ofDestiny's Landfall: A History of Guam".[223]
In March 2021, Greene was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning theMyanmar coup d'état, for reasons reported to be unclear.[224]
In July 2021, Greene stated on Bannon's show that, if she had the authority to, she would kick out every Chinese person in the United States who is loyal to theChinese Communist Party and impose strict tariffs on China.[227][228] Also in July, Greene voted against the bipartisanALLIES Act, which would increase the number ofspecial immigrant visas for Afghan allies of the U.S. military duringits invasion of Afghanistan by 8,000, while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed in the House by a vote of 407–16.[229]
In 2023, Greene was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed PresidentBiden to remove U.S. troops fromSyria within 180 days.[230][231]
Russia and Ukraine
Throughout theRusso–Ukrainian War, Greene has promotedRussian propaganda,[232] includingclaims that Ukraine is aNazi state,[233] and praisedVladimir Putin.[22] During theRussian invasion of Ukraine, she criticized the "corrupt" Ukrainian government and argued against supplying Ukraine with weapons.[234] She has suggested that Ukraine instigated the invasion by agitating Russia.[235] In 2024, Greene proposed an amendment to a House foreign aid bill on Ukraine that would require all members of the House voting in favor of the bill to enlist in the Ukrainian military.[236] Former Republican congressmanKen Buck has called Greene "Moscow Marjorie", due to her "getting her talking points from the Kremlin".[237] Greene has called for the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Russia.[238]
Greene has been critical ofNATO.[239] She was one of 18 Republicans to vote against admittingSweden andFinland to NATO.[240]
Israel and Palestine
In October 2023, Greene sponsored a resolution to censure Democratic U.S. representativeRashida Tlaib for alleged "antisemitic activity" and "sympathizing" withHamas.[241] During theIran–Israel War, Greene expressed skepticism thatIran was developingnuclear weapons, saying "We've been told that for the past 20 years", and stating that "Americans don't want to bomb Iran" for "the secular government of Israel."[242] After theAmerican strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, Greene stated that "this is not our fight" and criticized their rationale, noting that "there would not be bombs falling on the people of Israel ifNetanyahu had not dropped bombs on the people of Iran first."[243] Greene supported efforts to cut military funding for Israeli's missile defense system, stating, "Israelbombed the Catholic Church in Gaza, and that entire population is being wiped out as they continue their aggressivewar in Gaza".[244]
In July 2025, she became the first Republican to call the situation in Gaza a "genocide", after she posted a tweet onTwitter condemning Israel's conduct in Gaza.[245][246] On July 18, Greene proposed a defense appropriations amendment that would end U.S. funding of Israel'sIron Dome and was one of six members of the house who voted in favor of the amendment.[247][248] On July 27, she posted on X, "I can unequivocally say that what happened to innocent people in Israel onOct 7th was horrific. Just as I can unequivocally say that what has been happening toinnocent people andchildren in Gaza is horrific. This war and humanitarian crisis must end!"[249] She also condemned her colleague,Randy Fine, for openly celebrating thestarvation and bombing ofPalestinians.[250]
At a September 2020 gun rights rally inRinggold, Georgia, Greene said she would always protect gun owners' rights and would not vote for any laws making it harder for people to possess guns.[255][256] She said: "The government will never tell me how many guns I can own, and how many bullets I am allowed to fire if someone were to attack me or my kids".[257]
In January 2021, a 2019 video resurfaced showing Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivorDavid Hogg near the U.S. Capitol.[258] Greene followed Hogg, questioning his gun control activism and calling him a "coward" for ignoring her.[258] She also falsely claimed his efforts were funded by billionaireGeorge Soros.[258] Greene defended her actions, but the video sparked backlash, withParkland activists, includingFred Guttenberg, calling for her resignation.[258] Hogg described the encounter as intimidating, especially when Greene mentioned carrying a firearm.[258] The controversy resurfaced alongside reports that Greene had previously engaged with social media posts endorsing political violence.[258]
In June 2022, Greene argued that Canada's proposed gun control laws would leave Canada "weak and vulnerable to being invaded and easily taken over by another stronger country", such as "Russia, who is very angry at America right now."[261]
In July 2022, Greene said that the July 4Highland Park parade shooting was "designed to make Republicans go along with more gun control" because the shooting occurred "in a rich, white neighborhood". She also said that "We didn't see that at all the Pride parades in the month of June" and that "As soon as we hit MAGA month ... we have shootings on July Fourth". Although Greene conceded that her comments might sound "like a conspiracy theory", she said that "the definition of a right-wing conspiracy theory" is "just the news a month early".[262]
Infrastructure
In November 2021, Greene said that any Republican who supported theInfrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was "a traitor to our party, a traitor to their voters and a traitor to our donors".[263] She called the $1.2 trillion bill Biden's "communist takeover of America".[264][265] Greene criticized the 13 House Republicans who voted for the bill as "American job and energy killers" and derided them as "China-First and America-Last".Fred Upton, one of the 13, said that he received over 1,000 calls, including death threats, after Greene publicized their office phone numbers on Twitter.[266][267]
LGBT issues
On February 2, 2021, Greene co-sponsored the Old Glory Only Bill, a bill to banU.S. embassies from flyingpride flags.[268][269] Two days later, she said she was "censored" by Twitter for "absolutely believing with all my heart that God's creation is he created them male and female".[270][271]
On February 24, 2021, Greene tried to block theEquality Act while it was being debated on the House floor,[272] saying that it would "destroy God's creation" and "violate everything we hold dear in God's creation".[273] She proposed replacing it with a bill that would exemptnonprofit organizations, allow people to sue the federal government "if their religious rights are violated", and preventtrans women and girls from participating inwomen's sports.[274] After floor debate on the bill that day, RepresentativeMarie Newman, whose congressional office is directly across from Greene's, displayed atransgender pride flag outside her office. In response, Greene displayed atransphobic poster outside her office reading: "There are TWO genders: Male & Female. Trust The Science!".[272] Newman has atransgender daughter, whom Greene called Newman's "biological son".[275]
In June 2021, during an interview withSteve Bannon, Greene calledtransgender women "men playing dress up" and "literally having an identity crisis", saying, "They never will be [women], and I refuse to recognize them that way."[173] Later in June, she said that schools teaching about LGBT people is "mental/emotional child abuse".[277]
In April 2022, Greene criticizedKetanji Brown Jackson for not answering SenatorMarsha Blackburn's question "what is a woman?" Greene said, "We came from Adam's rib. God created us with his hands. We may be the weaker sex, we are the weaker sex, but we are our partner's, our husband's wife."[278]
In May 2022, Greene claimed that straight people would go extinct within less than two centuries due to LGBT-inclusive educators, calling them "trans terrorists". She also falsely claimed that the perpetrator of the2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas was transgender.[279]
On June 1, 2022, Greene said that "an entire"pride month celebrating LGBT people "needs to end".[280]
On August 19, 2022, Greene introduced the "Protect Children's Innocence Act", which would make givinggender-affirming care totransgender youth a felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison, prohibit using federal funds for gender-affirming care or health insurance covering it, and prohibit institutions of higher education from providing instruction on such care. Fourteen Republicans have co-sponsored the bill.[281] In November 2022, afterCalifornia state senatorScott Wiener, who is gay, called "groomer" "an anti-LGBTQ hate word" that "plays into the slander that LGBTQ people arepedophiles", Greene responded that the Protect Children's Innocence Act would stop "communist groomers" such as Wiener.[282]
Greene opposes theBlack Lives Matter movement and has called it aMarxist group.[74] In a video, she compared Black Lives Matter activists towhite nationalist participants at the August 2017Unite the Right rally inCharlottesville, Virginia,[8] a rally she had previously called an "inside job".[283] She ended one of her videos commenting: "The most mistreated group of people in the United States today are white males."[8] After themurder of George Floyd, Greene posted on Facebook that his death "must be investigated and justice will be served", calling the video "heartbreaking".[284] One year later, whenDerek Chauvin wasfound guilty of Floyd's murder, Greene said the verdict was a result ofjury intimidation by Black Lives Matter – which she compared to theKu Klux Klan and called "the most powerful domestic terrorist organization" in the United States – and falsely asserted that Washington, D.C. was "completely dead" on the night of the verdict because people were "scared to go out" for "fear of riots".[285][286][287] Greene denounced theGeorge Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a civil rights and police reform bill,[288] as an "Anti-Police bill", erroneously claiming it would bar law enforcement from usingfacial recognition.[289]
In a recording obtained byPolitico, Greene said that Muslims who believe inSharia law should not be in the U.S. government. She also contended that the Democratic Party is holdingBlack Americans as "slaves". Her comments on black people, Muslims, and Jews were denounced by Republican House leaders and a spokesman forNational Republican Congressional Committee chairmanTom Emmer.[8] Greene said that the election of Omar and Tlaib in the2018 midterm elections was part of "an Islamic invasion of our government",[171] and in 2021, she calledthe Squad supporters of "terrorism" and "Hamas" who "don't belong in Congress" and referred to them as the "Jihad Squad".[290][291] In a late January 2021 interview with far-right British political commentatorKatie Hopkins, Greene said that she would "love to trade [Hopkins] for some of our white people here that have no appreciation for our country".[292][293]
On April 16, 2021, it was reported that Greene and other House Republicans, such as Gaetz,Louie Gohmert, andPaul Gosar, were interested in launching anAmerica First Caucus, and Gohmert confirmed Greene's involvement to reporters.[294] According to a leaked seven-page document on the aims of the caucus, they believe that "America is a nation with a border, and a culture, strengthened by a common respect for uniquelyAnglo-Saxon political traditions."[295] The document also stated the caucus would "work towards an infrastructure that reflects the architectural, engineering and aesthetic value that befits the progeny of European architecture."[296] House Republican leaderKevin McCarthy indirectly criticized the caucus as pushing "nativist dog whistles".[297][298] Greene's office said on April 16 that the new caucus would be launched "very soon",[299] but the next day her spokesman said it was still in an early planning stage and that Greene was not "launching anything".[299][300] Greene disavowed the caucus and stated she was not involved, calling it a "staff level draft proposal from an outside group that [she] hadn't read".[301][302]
"We live on a spinning planet that rotates around a much bigger sun along with other planets and heavenly bodies rotating around the sun that all create gravitational pull on one another while our galaxy rotates and travels through the universe. Considering all of that, yes our climate will change, and it's totally normal!"
Greenerejects thescientific consensus thatclimate change is caused primarily by human activity, saying in 2021 that "maybe perhaps we live on a ball that rotates around the sun, that flies through the universe, and maybe our climate just changes."[307][308] In an August 2022 interview, Greene said, "People die in the cold. This Earth warming, and carbon, is actually healthy for us. It helps us to feed people, it keeps people alive. ... We need to hold Democrats accountable and defund all of their climate garbage"[309]—contrary to the scientific consensus that the costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.[310] Greene's April 15, 2023, tweet said climate change was a "scam" and that "fossil fuels are natural and amazing", saying that "there are some very powerful people that are getting rich beyond their wildest dreams convincing many that carbon is the enemy".[306] Her tweet included a chart that omitted carbon dioxide and methane,[306] the two most dominantgreenhouse gas emissions.[311]
In October 2024 afterHurricane Helene caused destruction in several American states, Greene posted online "a map of hurricane affected areas with an overlay of electoral map by political party shows how hurricane devastation could affect the election", showing many Republican-leaning areas affected, then she wrote later that day: "Yes they can control the weather … It's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done."[312][313]
In late 2021, Greene advocated a "national divorce" betweenred states and blue states. She further suggested that red statesdisenfranchise people who move there from blue states for a period of five years.[316][317] She repeated these suggestions in February 2023, to the condemnation of Democrats and some Republicans, includingSpencer Cox,Liz Cheney, andMitt Romney.[318][319][320] The next day, Greene elaborated that she wants "a legal agreement" that would separate states more than they are now "while maintaining our legal union".[321]
Political violence and extremism
In an interview with gun activist Chris Dorr on October 27, 2020, a week before election day, Greene told viewers: "the only way you get your freedoms back is it's earned with the price of blood."[322] On January 29, 2021,The New York Times detailed Greene's support for and past ties withextremist militia groups, including theThree Percenters and theOath Keepers; both groups had members participate in the2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[256]
Rhetoric involving killing of opponents
In a January 2019 Facebook video, Greene said Pelosi is guilty oftreason and that treason is a crime punishable by death. Greene made the video to promote a petition she started onWe the People to impeach Pelosi for treason — a remedy that does not exist in theU.S. Constitution[323] — due to her opposition toTrump's proposed border wall, as well as alleged support forsanctuary city policies. More than 140,000 people signed the petition.[324][17][325] In February 2019 videos live-streamed on Facebook, Greene visited Pelosi's office and suggested that Pelosi would either be killed or imprisoned for treason. She then suggested that RepresentativeMaxine Waters had also committed treason.[17]
In 2018 and 2019, Greene's Facebook account expressed support for the execution of leading Democrats, including Pelosi,Barack Obama, andHillary Clinton, as well as support for the execution of FBI agents.[17][326] For example, in response to an April 2018 post asking, "Now do we get to hang them?? Meaning H & O???", Greene's account responded: "Stage is being set. Players are being put in place. We must be patient. This must be done perfectly or liberal judges would let them off."[17] Greene did not deny the authenticity of the reported content, but stated that theCNN article was "focused on my time before running for political office", that "teams of people manage my pages", and that CNN had reported on content that "did not represent my views".[17][326]
After the first round of voting in the 2020 Republican primary election, but before the Republican primaryrunoff election,Politico rereleased videos Greene published in which she expressed racist,antisemitic, andIslamophobic views. Her support forbigotry and theQAnon conspiracy theory in the videos were condemned, including by conservatives, such as McCarthy andRepublican whipSteve Scalise,[8][327] but they took no action against her, with McCarthy remaining neutral in the runoff.[328] Some of Greene's social media postings and publications remained online through her 2020 campaign.[329] After they drew attention in January 2021, she deleted them.[330]
In May 2022, using amalapropism, Greene promoted the conspiracy theory that the U.S. government is planning to force Americans to eatfake meat grown in a "peach tree dish" byBill Gates.[334]
In January 2021,Media Matters found a 2018 Facebook post that showed Greene agreeing with a conspiracy theory known asFrazzledrip,[336] which asserts that there is a video of Hillary Clinton and her assistantHuma Abedin murdering a child in a satanic ritual and that Clinton later ordered a hit on a police officer to cover it up.[326][337][338] Greene dismissed Media Matters' findings as the work of "Communists [sic] bloggers".[339]
Greene supported the debunked far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, which she discovered through columnistLiz Crokin.[340] In a 2017 video, she said that "many of the things" said on4chan by the eponymousQ — whom she called a "patriot" — "have really proven to be true".[11][327] She said, "There's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal ofSatan-worshippingpedophiles out, and I think we have the president to do it."[341]
According to her author biography page, Greene wrote 59 articles for the now-defunct conspiracy theory website American Truth Seekers, including one linking the Democratic Party to "Child Sex, Satanism, and the Occult".[14][10] When she ran for the House of Representatives in 2020, she distanced herself from that conspiracy theory and said she had not referred to Q or QAnon during her campaign. She said she no longer had a connection with QAnon and mentioned having found misinformation.[342] During a November 2025 appearance onThe View, Greene said of QAnon: "I was a victim, just like you were, of social media lies and stuff you read on social media."[343]
In a 2018 interview, Greene expressed support fora conspiracy theory thata plane did not hitthe Pentagon during theSeptember 11 attacks; she referred to "the so-called plane that crashed into the Pentagon" and said that "it's odd there's never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon", despite an abundance of evidence.[346] On another occasion, at a conservative conference in 2018, Greene said 9/11 was part of a U.S. government plot.[14] Following an August 2020 Media Matters report on her comments, Greene wrote on Twitter: "Some people claimed a missile hit the Pentagon. I now know that is not correct."[14][346] She has also claimed thatDemocratic National Committee staff memberSeth Rich was murdered by theMS-13 gang on Obama's behalf.[347] According to Greene, Obama issecretly a Muslim; in actuality, he is a Christian.[16][348]
In a February 2019 interview, Greene suggested thatSupreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg had been replaced in public appearances by a body double.[349] A QAnon-related conspiracy theory claimed that Ginsburg had died years earlier and that Democrats used a body double to conceal her death so they could hold onto her Supreme Court seat during Trump's presidency.[349] Ginsburgactually died on September 18, 2020, during Trump's presidency, and Trump appointedAmy Coney Barrett as her successor.[349][350]
Shootings
In a 2018 Facebook post found by Media Matters in January 2021, Greene claimed that the 2018Stoneman Douglas High School shooting inParkland, Florida, was an organized false flag operation. In another post, she claimed that the 2012Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was also a false flag operation. In another Facebook post later in 2018 she wrote: "I am told that Nancy Pelosi tells Hillary Clinton several times a month that 'we need another school shooting' in order to persuade the public to want strict gun control."[351][352] Parkland shooting survivors such asDavid Hogg andCameron Kasky, as well asFred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting, condemned Greene's remarks and demanded that she resign from Congress.[353][354] Greene called Hogg, who advocates gun control, "#littleHitler"[17] and, in a 2019 interview with a gun-rights group, denounced him as an "idiot" who is trained "like a dog".[355] A March 2019 video shows Greene following and taunting Hogg, accusing him of using children for his cause.[356] After the encounter, she called him a "coward" and falsely claimed he is funded byGeorge Soros.[357][358] The websiteSnopes found the video uploaded by Guttenberg and others was the second incident in which Greene targeted Hogg. Both occurred on March 25, 2019, and Greene live-streamed the first to her Facebook account. The second video was uploaded to Greene's YouTube account in January 2020.[356]
In January 2021, a Greene staffer threatened to haveWRCB-TV reporter Meredith Aldis arrested after Aldis tried to ask Greene a question at a town hall event about her harassment of Hogg.[359]
Soon after these comments came to light, RepresentativeJahana Hayes, whose district includesSandy Hook, circulated a letter to the House Republican leadership urging them not to seat Greene on the Education Committee.[360] Hogg called for Greene to be expelled from Congress, saying that Speaker McCarthy tacitly supported Greene by not taking actions to sanction her.[355]
In the aftermath of theRobb Elementary School shooting in May 2022, Greene said that the shooter had engaged in cross-dressing, echoing similar claims by right-wing politicians and media figures that the shooter was transgender.[361] Greene went on to claim without evidence that the shooter was in the sameDiscord server as the teen accused of carrying out the2022 Buffalo shooting and that there was a third party who "groomed" both young men. She added that there were suggestions that this groomer was a former FBI agent.[362]
Georgia Guidestones bombing
Greene has criticized the presence of theGeorgia Guidestones, a 19-foot high megalithic granite monument installed inElberton in 1982, an attraction that drew 20,000 annual visitors. In an interview withInfoWars conspiracistAlex Jones on July 7, 2022, the day they were dynamited by unknown saboteurs, she said ecumenical texts inscribed on it represented a nefarious future of "population control" as envisioned by the "hard left". She added, "There is a war of good and evil going on, and people are done with globalism".[363]
White genocide conspiracy theory
In 2018, Greene shared a video,With Open Gates: The Forced Collective Suicide of European Nations repeating the antisemiticwhite genocide conspiracy theory thatZionists are conspiring to floodEurope with migrants to replace the native white populations. The video, uncovered byMedia Matters, said that those supporting refugees are using "immigrant pawns" to commit "the biggest genocide in human history". In sharing the video, Greene wrote that: "This is what theUN wants all over the world".[9] The white genocide conspiracy theory has been associated withwhite supremacy and espouses the unsubstantiated belief that white people, in a "Great Replacement", will eventually become a minority in Europe and North America due to declining white birth rates and high rates of immigration. Greene has also falsely calledGeorge Soros — a Jewish businessman andHolocaust survivor — aNazi.[364] She promoted the conspiracy theory that Soros' family collaborated with the Nazis in Hungary and is "trying to continue what was not finished".[8]
Solaren, asolar energy company, noted several fundamental defects in the conspiracy theory. Solaren said that itsspace-based solar power system did not beam power using thevisible light part of theelectromagnetic spectrum, and so could not be observed as the "blue beams of light" referenced by the theory; that the system does not use lasers, and so could not have "laser beams"; that Solaren's power contract with PG&E ended in 2015; and that by 2021, Solaren had not launched any solar power satellites into space at all. Thus they had not had one in space in 2018.[370]
Catholic Church leadership
On April 28, 2022, in an interview with the Catholic advocacy groupChurch Militant, Greene criticized theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops, accusing them of "destroying" America with their work regarding immigrants and refugees and claiming that Satan was "controlling the church". Her statement was widely condemned by both Democrats and Republicans.Catholic League presidentBill Donohue called Greene a "disgrace" and demanded that Congress sanction her. He added, "Greene has a history of offending African Americans and Jews, so bigotry is something that is apparently baked into her". Her attack was compared with other instances ofanti-Catholicism in the United States.[371]
In response to Donohue's statement, Greene released a statement detailing her decision to leave the Church upon her realization that she "could not trust the Church leadership to protect my children frompedophiles and that they harbored monsters even in their own ranks." She said that her criticisms were limited to Church leadership and did not apply to lay Catholics.[376]
On April 21, 2025 (Easter Monday), theCamerlengo of the Holy Roman Church announced thedeath ofPope Francis. Greene sparked controversy when she celebrated the pope's death mere hours after the announcement, tweeting, "Today there were major shifts in global leaderships. Evil is being defeated by the hand of God."[377][378][379]
Responses
Within Congress
Democrats have condemned Greene's incendiary statements and promotion of conspiracy theories. RepresentativeDebbie Wasserman Schultz introduced a motion to remove Greene from her committee assignments,[131][380] saying that Greene's behavior is "appalling" and "has helped fuel domestic terrorism, endangered lives of her colleagues and brought shame on the entire House of Representatives".[381] On February 1, 2021,House majority leaderSteny Hoyer gave McCarthy and other Republican House leaders an ultimatum: unless they stripped Greene of her committee seats within 72 hours, the Democrats would bring Wasserman Schultz's motion before the full House.[382][380] In turn, McCarthy called some of Greene's comments "deeply disturbing".[383]
With Republican officials under mounting pressure to denounce Greene,[134] Senate Minority LeaderMitch McConnell issued a statement toThe Hill in which he attacked "loony lies and conspiracy theories" as a "cancer for the Republican Party".[384] The statement did not name Greene, but reporting[381][385][386][12] described the statement as "unmistakably about"[387] and "clearly targeted" at Greene.[388] McConnell confirmed it the following day, referring to his comments on Greene and adding: "I think I adequately spoke out about how I feel".[389] His statement said: "Somebody who's suggested that perhaps no airplane hitthe Pentagon on9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that theClintons crashedJFK Jr.'s airplane is not living in reality."[384] In response, Greene tweeted that the Republican Party's only problem are "weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully".[385][386] After McConnell's statement, several other Republican senators voiced criticisms of Greene.[390]Mitt Romney said that the Republican Party's "big tent is not large enough to both accommodate conservatives and kooks".[383]Kevin Cramer said that he would have "a hard time supporting ... [Greene] being on the Education Committee" in the light of "her positions on the school shootings being staged", adding: "Real authority has moral authority."[390] Both Florida senators condemned the idea that theStoneman Douglas High School shooting might have not have been real;Marco Rubio said that anyone arguing it was afalse flag is "either deranged or a sadist".[355][390] Greene used the criticism for a fundraising push,[389] saying, "Democrats are trying to expel me from Congress" and telling her supporters to "StandWithMTG".[391][392]
McCarthy met with Greene on February 2 and then held meetings with theHouse GOP Steering Committee,[393] which is responsible for committee assignments for Republican members of the House. No decision was made that day,[390] but Greene was a major topic of discussion for the Republican Congressional Caucus meeting on February 3, along with the fate of RepresentativeLiz Cheney after her vote in favor ofTrump's second impeachment.[389] Greene retained Trump's support,[383] which presented McCarthy with the problem of having to manage the expectations of the Republican Party's various factions in dealing with Cheney and Greene.[389]
Removal from House Committee assignments
As controversy grew about her previous comments, Greene removed her old social media posts[394] and spoke before theHouse Republican Conference on February 3, 2021, to state that her social media content did not reflect who she is, prompting a standing ovation.[395][396] In lieu of total removal from her assignments, McCarthy stated that he had suggested Greene be moved to theSmall Business Committee.[29] That day, the Democratic-controlledHouse Rules Committee passed Wasserman Schultz's motion to remove Greene from her committee assignments.[29] McCarthy indicated his conference would not act against Greene.[397][398] Pelosi chastised McCarthy for acquiescing to Greene, referring to him as "McCarthy (Q-CA)", in reference to theQAnon conspiracy theory.[399][400] On February 4, the full House voted to remove Greene from her committee assignments.[29] The vote was 230 to 199, with 11 Republicans joining all the Democrats.[401] After the vote, Greene described herself as "freed", calling the committees part of "basically a tyrannically controlled government".[402][403]
House Speaker removal efforts
On May 8, 2024, Greene's efforts to unseat RepublicanMike Johnson as House speaker failed. The vote to remove lost by a vote of 359 to 43. Seven Democrats voted "present".[34]
On February 9, 2021, Shaun Holmes, the father of a 10-year-old boy withDown syndrome, confronted Greene at aWhitfield County Republican Party meeting. Asked about her use of the word "retard" to refer to individuals with the syndrome, Greene said: "I guess it was a slang word. You can actually look it up in the dictionary", adding: "I do apologize for that being offensive to anyone."[404][405]
In February 2021,CrossFit attempted to distance itself from Greene, who once owned an affiliated gym and is an avid proponent of CrossFit fitness regimens.[406] CrossFit spokesperson Andrew Weinstein toldBuzzFeed News: "CrossFit supports respectful fact-based political dialogue to address our common challenges, and we strongly oppose the loathsome and dangerous lies attributed to Ms. Greene."[406]
On May 21, 2021,Common Cause filed anFEC complaint against Greene for an alleged violation ofMcCain–Feingold campaign finance provisions, accusing her of "implicit" unlawful solicitation of unlimited contributions in an advertisement appearance made on behalf of asuper PAC that targeted SenatorsRaphael Warnock andJon Ossoff. In the ad, she calls on viewers to "fight back now, before it's too late" before a separate voice-over asks them to contribute to the PAC seconds thereafter.[407][408]
During her 2020 campaign and the beginning of her first term in Congress, Greene became one of the most recognizable names in the GOP.[409][410][411] On January 29, 2021, Greene stated she had raised $1.6 million amid criticism from Democratic lawmakers.[412] In a February 2021 poll byYouGov, shortly after her removal from her committee assignments, 45% of surveyed adult U.S. citizens viewed her unfavorably, 33% did not know, and 21% viewed her favorably.[413] In a mid-May 2021 poll byMorning Consult, the majority of GOP voters surveyed had either never heard of or had no opinion on Greene; among those who had an opinion, Greene was seen overall more favorably than unfavorably.[414] As of July 2021[update], opinions on Greene among her constituents in the 14th district are split.[415]
In his 2021 memoir, formerNew Jersey governorChris Christie, a Republican, denounced Greene for her "baseless, factless, absurd, and dangerous" rhetoric, including her support of QAnon.[416]
In 2022, the White House criticized Greene for attacking its student loan forgiveness program, calling her hypocritical since she accepted forgiveness of a $183,504 loan from thePaycheck Protection Program.[417]
Twitter
Greene's Twitter accounts have beensuspended and locked many times for violating Twitter's policies. Her Twitter account was temporarily suspended five times in 2021,[418][419][420] from manual reviews or automated systems.[419] Her personal account was permanently suspended for spreadingCOVID-19 vaccine misinformation; her official congressional account remains active.[421][422][423] Her personal account was reinstated in November 2022, weeks afterElon Musk acquired Twitter.[424]
Greene's personal Twitter account was locked for 12 hours on January 17, 2021, "for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy".[418] Twitter's action was based on a company policy it had used to remove thousands of QAnon-related accounts after the storming of the United States Capitol.[425] Before the suspension, Greene's posts included false claims about voting fraud and statements blaming electoral officials in Georgia for their failure to act on such claims.[418][426][427][425] Upon returning to Twitter, she criticized the company: "Contrary to how highly you think of yourself and your moral platitude, you are not the judge of humanity. God is."[428]
As of March 19, 2021, Greene was barred fromblocking anyone on her public Twitter or any other social media account while in office and was forced to pay $10,000 to coverlegal fees forMeidasTouch, whose co-founder says it will donate the money to two nonprofit organizations.[429] This resulted from an out-of-court settlement between Greene and MeidasTouch after MeidasTouch sued Greene for violating thepolitical action committee'sFirst Amendment rights when she blocked it from posting on her Twitter page.[429]
In July 2022, Twitter labeled two tweets by Greene, in which shemisgendered anddeadnamedAssistant Secretary for HealthRachel Levine, as violating their rules on hateful conduct, but did not delete them, saying it believed it was in the public's interest for the tweets to remain accessible.[430] Later, in January 2025, Greene targeted and misgendered congresswomanSarah McBride in a series of tweets, labeling her a "groomer".[431]
2022 primary ballot challenges
In early 2022, Greene said that under a provision of a state law, several Georgia electors had filed papers seeking to remove her from the2022 Republican primary ballot as unqualified for office. Electors alleged she had been involved in assisting the2021 United States Capitol attack. On April 1, 2022, Greene filed a federal lawsuit in which she vigorously denied the allegations and sought to have the law blocked as unconstitutional. The law allows a candidate to be removed from a ballot after review by anadministrative law judge and theGeorgia Secretary of State.[432][433] A federal judge denied her challenge on April 18, requiring her to give evidence four days later.[434] She testified for three hours on April 22. On May 6, the judge ruled that she was eligible for reelection, but the final decision belongs to Georgia secretary of stateBrad Raffensperger.[435]
In popular culture
On January 30, 2021, the tenth episode ofSaturday Night Live's46th season featured acold open where a caricature of Greene, played byCecily Strong, espoused debunked conspiracy theories and discussed how she "told [her] supporters that they should physically murder Nancy Pelosi".[436][437] After Greene opposed theEquality Act, her character featured again in February on theWeekend Update sketch, wherein she misspelled "science", compared herself toPennywise the Dancing Clown, pulled a handgun on co-anchorColin Jost, and claimed to be possessed by a demon.[438][439] In June 2021,The Late Show with Stephen Colbert played a satirical, conspiracy-themed calendar song mocking Greene after she requested Biden reply to a letter she sent "by June 31", a date which does not exist.[440][441]
On June 15, 2021, after Greene's visit to the Holocaust Museum,Jimmy Kimmel Live! hostJimmy Kimmel called Greene "human excrement", "Klan Mom", and "the sorriest excuse for a congresswoman we've ever had", comparing her understanding of the Holocaust to that of a sixth-grader and digitally imposing atoothbrush mustache over her apology video.[442][443]Daily Show hostTrevor Noah called her "your crazy aunt's even crazier friend" who has become "notorious for saying absolutely anything with zero shame".[442][443]The View co-hostJoy Behar called Greene's apology "as empty as her head" and jokingly remarked, "wait till she hears about slavery!"[444]
On February 9, 2022, while discussing the police guarding the Capitol building, Greene, using amalapropism, called them "gazpacho police", confusing the cold Spanish soup with theGestapo. The incident met with a wave of jokes about her confusion.[445] A similar incident occurred in May 2022, with Greene calling aPetri dish a "peach tree dish" during a livestream.[334]
In April 2022, Kimmel said of Greene, "Where isWill Smith when you really need him?" in response to Greene accusing Republicans who supported then-Supreme Court nomineeKetanji Brown Jackson of being "pro-pedophile", referencing the incident in whichSmith slapped comedianChris Rock at theAcademy Awards. Greene accused Kimmel of threatening violence against her and tweeted that she contacted the Capitol Police. Greene had previously refused to honor the Capitol Police in June 2021, when she voted against rewarding them with theCongressional Gold Medal for defending theCapitol Building during the2021 United States Capitol attack. On April 8, Nick Dyer, Greene's spokesman, said that "threats against Congresswoman Greene invoking Jimmy Kimmel have been coming into our office."[446]
The character Firecracker from Season 4 ofAmazon'sThe Boys was based on Greene. The show's creatorEric Kripke said in an interview, "You had Trump, but now you have these Trump spawn that are trying to outdo each other for how outrageous and sexualized and gun-toting and slavishly obedient they can be."[447]
Personal life
Greene married Perry Greene in 1995 while in college. They have three children.[1][47] Perry Greene announced in September 2022 that he was filing for divorce and that their marriage was "irretrievably broken".[448] On December 22, 2022, the divorce was finalized.[449] In 2023, Greene began dating Brian Glenn, the director of programming for theRight Side Broadcasting Network.[450]
According to ABC affiliateWSB-TV in Atlanta, in May 2021, Greene broke Georgia law by claiminghomestead exemptions on two properties. One of the properties is an older home, and the other is a property that she purchased inGeorgia's 14th congressional district when she ran for office. Only one exemption may legally be claimed. Greene responded that the issue was "paperwork, which is being taken care of".[451]
In November 2023, Greene released amemoir titledMTG. The book, published byWinning Team Publishing, details Greene's upbringing, her first campaign for Congress, and her three-year tenure as a United States representative.[453]
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Zanona, Melanie; Mutnick, Ally; Bresnahan, John (August 13, 2020)."McCarthy faces QAnon squeeze".Politico.Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. RetrievedJanuary 24, 2021.The rise of Greene – an unapologetic QAnon conspiracy theorist who has made disparaging remarks about Jews, Blacks, and Muslims – is threatening to hurt the entire party ... .
Bump, Philip (March 19, 2021)."The emerging far-right 'no' caucus in the House".The Washington Post.Archived from the original on March 20, 2021. RetrievedMarch 20, 2021.It's also worth noting that the coup in Myanmar has been viewed with approval by adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a movement to which both Greene and Boebert have been linked.
Karni, Annie; Baker, Mike (February 1, 2021)."An emboldened extremist wing is flexing its power in a leaderless G.O.P.".The New York Times.Archived from the original on March 15, 2021. RetrievedFebruary 1, 2021.With the departure of former President Donald J. Trump, the G.O.P. has become a leaderless party, with past standard-bearers changing their voter registrations, luminaries like Senator Rob Portman of Ohio retiring, andfar-right extremists like Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia building a brand on a web of dangerous conspiracy theories.
Blee, Kathleen (June 1, 2021)."Women in white supremacist extremism".European Journal of Politics and Gender.4 (2):315–317.doi:10.1332/251510821X16140911385376.ISSN2515-1088.S2CID234319727.Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. RetrievedAugust 14, 2022.Does the ascendancy of femalefar-right politicians such as Marine Le Pen (France), Pia Kjærsgaard (Denmark), Frauke Petry and Alice Weidel (Germany), Beata Szydło (Poland), Giorgia Melonic (Italy), Siv Jensen (Norway), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (the US) suggest a parallel opening to women in right-wing extremist movements and networks?
Tiffany, Kaitlyn (January 26, 2023)."Twitter Has No Answers for #DiedSuddenly".The Atlantic.Archived from the original on May 11, 2023. RetrievedJune 6, 2023.Died Suddenly has been viewed nearly 20 million times and cheered on byfar-right personalities such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Candace Owens.
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