Marjorie Taylor Greene says a GOP-led House will investigate companies that stopped donating to Republicans after the Capitol riot
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says a GOP-led House will investigate companies that stopped donating to Republicans after the Capitol riot
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press
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Marjorie Taylor Greene said a GOP-led House would probe firms that stopped donating to Republicans.
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She said some "big corporations" and lobbyists have ceased donations after the Capitol riots.
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Greene also accused the corporations of "corporate communism."
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Wednesday that if the GOP wins a majority in Congress, it will investigate companies that stopped donating to them after the Capitol riot.
Speaking on former Trump adviser Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast, Greene accused unnamed businesses of "corporate communism." She suggested that she and her Republican colleagues should probe such companies for their conduct.
"You know what they did after January 6, Steve? They stopped donating. All the lobbyists, all the big corporations stopped donating to a whole bunch of my Republican colleagues that they used to donate to," Greene said.
"They said: 'Oh no, we can't support you because of the big lie,' or whatever they want to call it," she continued.
"There is going to be investigations coming," Greene added. "And there should be. There definitely should be, because the way corporations have conducted themselves, I've always called it corporate communism."
Greene also advised big businesses to "lawyer up" and focus on "customer service" instead of politics.
It's unclear what investigations Greene wants to conduct. She also did not provide a list of corporations that she wanted the GOP to investigate. A spokesperson for Greene did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
Axios reported on Wednesday that several large firms are hiring lawyers in anticipation of a Republican-controlled House. They are preparing for a possible GOP revenge against companies that support the Democratic Party, per Axios.
Greene currently lacks the power to launch investigations into corporations. The Georgia representative was stripped of her committee assignments in February 2021. She was accused at the time of promoting right-wing conspiracy theories and endorsing violence against her congressional colleagues. Greene objected to being stripped of her positions, claiming, per NPR , that she was just a "very regular American" who "stumbled across" the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Separately, President Donald Trump has discussed giving Greene an important position in his administration if he were to win the presidency again, Rolling Stone reported in October. A source close to Trump told Rolling Stone this role could be a senior position at the Department of Justice.
Robert Draper, a journalist at The New York Times Magazine, told the Daily Beast in October that Trump has repeatedly discussed picking Greene as his 2024 running mate because she has been "unflaggingly loyal" to him.
Greene previously told Draper that she "would be honored" to serve as Trump's running mate, but also said she would likely be considered too divisive to take on the role — even by the GOP's standards. She also told Draper that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should be prepared to give her more power and leeway if he wants to keep the Republican base happy.
Greene is currently running for re-election in Georgia's 14th District.
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I really wish MTG would just shut her big mouth and go away! The individual should never have run for or been elected to public office. She is a stain on the state of Georgia and the country.
Are they still "swatting" her?
When someone call in a false crime being committed at a residence, in this case MTG and a SWAT team shows up at her house.
I hope the swat team had the good sense to show up with their pants unzipped...
Why? Was Kamala there?
Would not surprise me, but all bets are off when it comes to that ignorant nut case.
"Are they still "swatting" her?"
How does that question by Vic in any way indicate support for MTG?
You did not answer the question. Does that question in any way indicate support for MTG?
I wonder what kind of grades she got in high school? If she paid attention in POD (problems of democracy you probably call it Civics) she would know that corporations have every right to donate to the candidates of their choice or pull their donations. It's a free speech thing. Or is she just now learning about how dark money works and she doesn't like it one bit?
... sounds more like a half ass extortion attempt by a Q-nut that took a beating on her insider trading scams.
What an idiot. She should be forced to undergo mandatory intelligence tests to see what age level (K-8) her mind is operating at.
There's communism for you.
I've always felt that candidates for public office should be subjected to a series of tests to ascertain their mental status, their IQ, their understanding of the law and the workings of democracy, their specific knowledge of the office that they are running for and their basic moral code.
Any one of those basic tests would automatically eliminate the majority of MAGA candidates.
basic intelligence isn't required to to vote the way republican leadership dictates in congress.
Idiocracy in motion.
hopefully her soon to be ex has changed all the locks while she stays away from home with her "friends"...
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Obergruppenführer in the Trump Reich and major Republican thought leader.
ZAP!!!!!