Marjorie Taylor Greene Pleads Ignorance, Which Seems Like The Perfect Response
Like the mobsters before the House committee in The Godfather, far right US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has had a total lapse of memory today as she testifies about her involvement in the insurrection of Jan 6.
She has said "I dont remember" dozens of times in answer to questions about her tweets, and other statements and activities related to the insurrection.
She has also claimed not knowing if she tweeted various tweets that went out under her name.
I do wonder though, if her cowardice in defending her tweets and other actions related to Jan 6th is going to play that well with her rabid base.
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She may have been better off coming out guns blazing. What she is doing just makes her look guilty as hell.
It was only a political insurrection, attempting to overthrow a legal election, during which multiple deaths occurred. Nothing memorable there...<sarc>
She is up to about a hundred "I dont remember" and "I dont recall"s at this point.
Subpoena her texts, have her read them into the record and explain each. That simple!
Her lawyer has objected to the questioning at least a dozen times. They are just stonewalling. I thought she might come out and defend her tweets but that is not happening.
You can call her like the mobsters in the Godfather but she doesn't have a smidgen of the intelligence that Michael Corleone did. Yes, I know. He's a fictional character
“…she doesn't have a smidgen of the intelligence…”
And yet, in the hyper partisan environment in which we live, intelligence is the least of traits one considers…it is allegiance.
Frightening in the implications.
It is. I was born in 1962 so I remember the statesmen and presidents of the 70's. Richard Nixon was very smart, tho corrupt. I think Gerald Ford was handed a shit show but he did his best. Jimmy Carter had too many scruples to be an effective president but that man was intelligent.
Intelligence seems to be taboo these days
“Intelligence seems to be taboo these days.”
Sadly true.
Adlai Stevenson as a past example. Pete Buttigieg as a modern one. Both incredibly eloquent, deep thinkers, understanding and respecting of the role of government and yet somehow, both unelectable.
Suppose that speaks more to the electorate.
I would like to see Mr Buttigieg run for higher office
Why? And what higher office? I mean he has the smarts, Harvard educated and a Rhodes scholar, but his political experience seems a bit thin to me. Maybe the US House or Senate first, I always felt his entry in the 2020 Presidential race was premature.
Yes, he should start with either governor of his state or the US Congress. I agree he needs more experience
So now that we've laid out his political future (haha)
Who do you think can be the Democrat candidate for President in 24? I honestly don't believe that Biden wants to run again. He has to say he is, that's politics. The minute he says he's not running he becomes a lame duck and his ability to do anything to further his agenda dies. I don't like Harris and definitely do not want her to run. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar; I really don't like any of their policies and feel they are too far left for my taste. I could vote for Tulsi Gabbard but I suspect that she's burnt too many bridges with the Democrats to make the cut. So I'm just not sure who will make the final ballot.
I hate to say it but even this far out it seems like we will once again be voting for the lesser of two evils.. sigh
The Dems don't really have a good candidate. I think that is why Biden.
I agree that I just don't see a good candidate in the Democrat side. And based on his mistakes of the past year I have a hard time seeing Biden get anywhere close to the votes he got last time. Especially if a recession hits the country. The best thing I can see in his favor is that the presidential election is more than 2 years away so some of this economic problem may clear up and people may start to look favorably at him again, but if a recession does hit he'll sink faster than Jimmy Carter.
I wish I knew. I can't think of one candidate who is center left which is what I want. I don't want a far lefty trying to run. So far I'm not seeing anyone except Buttigieg but as we both decided he's not ready yet
“I think that is why Biden.”
Agreed.
The status quo vs. the status NO! Progressive vs. regressive. Platitudes galore with no substance.
No winners here, just more of the same.
The Democrats are trying to be all things to all people which is why it's difficult to find the right candidate that can get a wide swath of both the center, center left and far left. Biden was just the most appealing to the broadest portion of Democratic voters and also benefited by some center and center right voters who had decided Trump was too toxic to vote for.
I'd bet "sleepy Joe" remembers everything he did that day.
Krysten Sinema or Joe Manchin are center left senators…
I've been watching the live streams. Her body language screams LIAR!
I have to say, I really don't like her but I don't care for a lawsuit banning people from running.
What honest person goes to court and says "I dont recall" dozens of times?
She knows she is in the wrong.
I still don't care for banning people from running.
If one person can be stopped, so can others.
If it can be proven that she lied to congress, that's a serious charge. She could go to jail. I don't think you can govern from prison
While she is sworn, this is not a congressional procedure. This is an administrative court in Georgia, but yes, she could commit perjury. That is undoubtedly why she has amnesia today.
Why is this being held in Georgia?
I'm glad we agree on Hillary Clinton, if nothing else.
Because that's the jurisdiction it was filed in by the litigants in her district.
Did you just see that flash of light above my head?
Thanks for the information
There are some that need to be stopped by any means possible unless you think traitors belong in a position of power.
You sound like me. Haha
Democrats ran one of those "honest" people as a Presidential candidate. She lost.
It's going to be interesting to see how many times she has pleaded ignorance or lack of memory in this hearing. It is well over a hundred times. Maybe 200.
She must be too intellectually addled to serve in congress.
Sounds exactly like what MGT would say.
Yeah, I don't like this. A slippery slope Imo.
I am glad we agree on Ronald Regan, if nothing else.
"I'm glad we agree on Hillary Clinton, if nothing else."
Then Vice President George H W Bush did the same thing during the Iran Contra Scandal hearings, thus his now famous "I have no clear recollection of those events." statement.
Whatever it takes to keep her out of office works for me.
She is trying to blame Black Lives Matter now. Lol.
That person should never ever have been elected to public office to begin with along with her looney buds Boebert and Cawthorne.
Just consider them the squad…..
I consider them pretty much the extreme conservative right wing equivalent of the Squad. Fanaticism knows no party lines and a fanatic is still a fanatic!
Totally.
Now, when her own lawyer brings up a tweet of hers that is favorable to her, she definitely remembers tweeting it. When the other side lawyer pointed out many of her tweets that made her look bad, she couldnt recall posting any of them.
Isn't that what a lot of politicians and those who are in the public eye do? Remember that which is favorable to them but swear they cannot remember or their accounts must have been hacked for anything that makes them look bad.
I don't like her and wish she had not be elected in the first place. I don't know how this hearing is going to end up but from what I read if she is allowed to run for re-election she stands a very good chance of being re-elected.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility? When I screw up, I own up to it, make my apologies, amends, etc then press on. Is it humiliating and embarrassing? It is, but it only hurts for a little while
I agree, but then again you and I are not politicians. It seems to me that a lot of politicians are missing the gene that creates that sense of personal responsibility and instead replaces it with a strong belief that they are always right and the bad things are the fault of someone else. And these people continue to get elected to higher office... damn
That's one of the most depressing things I've read today.
You've seen the same trait in the general public just as I have. Family members, friends, and co-workers. They have a million excuses but never admit they were wrong. And really quick to place the blame on someone or something else.
Where do you think these politicians get it from?
True... for a country of 330 million people we sure do seem to have more than our share of victims.
The way I look at it, it is up to the people to decide, not the courts.
Even if she was re-elected (Imo says more about the electorate) I don't think anyone would let her do anything.
If someone does something criminal, of course go after that and prosecute. Yet this is not about that. This is specifically using the courts to strike down a candidate some people disapprove of. If successful, I can see this being used again.
Because of this trial and the people who waged it, her re-election prospects are made stronger.
Yeah, right up to the moment the opposition lawyer turned to his staff and said, "Enter exhibit 5, please..." Marge chimes in with a quick "Oh, no, wait. I do remember now..." This woman hasn't shut up the entire time she's been in office. Did she think that her bazillion tweets and videos wouldn't be presented as evidence? I loved the part where she tried to justify her vile rhetoric by calling out Nancy Pelosi and her failure to 'build the wall'. What in the boink does Nancy Pelosi have to do with the damn border wall?
She wouldn't know voter fraud if it bit her in the ass
dumb
Meh, it was nice to see Matt Gaetz wear a dress.
I think she should be given credit for being so introspectively accurate and for admitting it.