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Marjorie Taylor Greene's GOP Opponents Torch Her Record

  

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Via:  john-russell  •  2 years ago  •  53 comments

By:   Alex Griffing (Mediaite)

Marjorie Taylor Greene's GOP Opponents Torch Her Record
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is facing a crowded primary field in her conservative Georgia district as challengers are emboldened by her controversial record.

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By Alex GriffingFeb 7th, 2022, 6:17 pm Twitter share button

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is facing a crowded primary field in her conservative Georgia district as challengers are emboldened by her controversial record.

Charles Lutin, a retired physician and Air Force flight surgeon, told the Associated Press in an article published Monday, "I think people in this district are mostly tired of her crap.

"It's not anything like 95% are tired of her. But I think it's a good strong majority," Lutin added.

Greene is facing four other Republicans in the primary, which will be held on May 24th to determine who will head into the general election to represent Georgia's 14th Congressional district.

Jennifer Strahan, another of Greene's challengers, is campaigning as "a Christian and a conservative" businesswoman while trying to mention Greene as little as possible.

Stahan told the AP, "You don't always have to go around and tell people what she has done or said. That's known."

Greene has been stripped of her committee assignments in the House for pushing conspiracy theories, including that "Jewish space lasers' started deadly forest fires, and is one of former President Donald Trump's closest allies in pushing the so-called "big lie" that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Lutin, who is Jewish, condemns Greene's "hate and blatant antisemitism" while on the campaign trail.

Lutin notes, however, that not everyone in the district is happy to see Greene being hit from the right. "People have been openly hostile," Lutin said, particularly in the district's rural and more northern areas.

Mark Clay and Eric Cunningham are also challenging Greene in the May primary.

Tom Pounds, who resigned last year as Republican Party chairman in rural Dade County, cautions Greene's challengers, telling the AP "she will be very difficult to defeat based on the far-right, rural area support she has."

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JohnRussell
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1  seeder  JohnRussell    2 years ago
In her pitch to voters, Jennifer Strahan introduces herself as a mother, a Christian and a conservative. She usually skips over the fellow Republican she hopes to topple later this spring: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. That's because virtually everyone in this northwest Georgia congressional district already has an opinion about Greene, whose extreme rhetoric has left her stripped of committee assignments in Washington and her personal Twitter account permanently banned. “You don’t always have to go around and tell peDonald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen. As she seeks reelection promising more of the same, Strahan is among a small group of challengersople what she has done or said," Strahan, the 35-year-old founder of a suburban Atlanta health care advisory firm, said in an interview. "That’s known. In her first term in Congress, Greene has emerged as one of the most prominent voices of the GOP's far-right fringe, touting racist and antisemitic tropes, engaging in conspiracy theories about the coronavirus and vaccines and embracing former President  during Georgia's May 24 primary who argue they can deliver Republican values without the sideshow. “I think people in this district are mostly tired of her crap,” Charles Lutin, 69, a retired physician and Air Force flight surgeon who is another Republican trying to unseat Greene, said in an interview.

. But in some corners of Greene's territory, there's a sense of exhaustion from the nation's overheated politics. David Harvey, an 85-year-old retiree in Rome, Georgia, voted for Trump in 2016, but he-said the former president so divided the party that it led many Georgia conservatives to stay home rather than keep voting Republican. He said he wouldn’t vote for Greene, who he believes “rode Trump’s coattails” to notoriety for all the wrong reasons. “You don’t want to be a national figure for having been stripped of your committee assignments,” Harvey said. Greene declined to comment for this story. Her district, which stretches from the Atlanta exurbs to the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is firmly Republican. And a massive fundraising advantage will help Greene fend off her opponents. Her campaign raised nearly $7.5 million through the end of last year. That included $250 from Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson, who bought a raffle ticket as part of a Greene drawing for a 50-caliber rifle — which she promoted with a video using the weapon to blow up a Toyota Prius labeled “socialism.” The haul compared to the less than $120,000 Strahan and Lutin reported combining to raise as of Dec. 31.

Greene's strength can be found along the country roads pushing into the Appalachian foothills where her red, white and blue campaign signs are abundant. They urge supporters to “flood the polls” and “Save America from Communism." Bumper stickers proclaim “Trump: He will be back.” The Republicans seeking to defeat Greene may benefit from new congressional maps approved by the GOP-controlled state Legislature that shift the district ever closer to the Atlanta region. It already includes booming exurbs in Paulding County, such as Hiram, a once-quiet railroad town about 35 miles from the city that is now a thriving bedroom community. But it now picks up a slice of Cobb County, a core part of the metropolitan area and a onetime GOP stronghold that shifted steadily to the left during the Trump era. The changes mean that Greene may not be able to rely solely on the Trump-aligned base in the rural swaths of her district, and will have to compete for at least some moderate voters who may be less amenable to her antagonistic politics.

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Ender
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1.1  Ender  replied to  JohnRussell @1    2 years ago

So which is it? Communism or socialism....

They seem to be interchangeable for some.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.1.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ender @1.1    2 years ago

Maybe it's time for another political science lesson from TiG

 
 
 
Ender
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1.1.2  Ender  replied to  Trout Giggles @1.1.1    2 years ago

They always have to have a qualifier.

Those Liberal commies, those Liberal socialists...

Anything to scare the gullible.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2  Vic Eldred    2 years ago

There is a much larger record out there. One that will determine the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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3  Trout Giggles    2 years ago

I really don't think she's gonna win her primary

 
 
 
Ender
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3.1  Ender  replied to  Trout Giggles @3    2 years ago

She is an embarrassment.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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4  Paula Bartholomew    2 years ago

Majorie T Geico needs to go and be banished from memory.

 
 
 
Gsquared
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5  Gsquared    2 years ago

ZAP!!!

800

 
 
 
al Jizzerror
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6  al Jizzerror    2 years ago

512

 
 
 
al Jizzerror
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7  al Jizzerror    2 years ago

MTG is an illegal alien.

512

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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7.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  al Jizzerror @7    2 years ago

What the hell are wrong with her feet????

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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7.1.1  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Trout Giggles @7.1    2 years ago

Inbreeding perhaps?

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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7.1.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @7.1.1    2 years ago

With an ET!

I count 4 toes on each foot. Am I missing a toe?

 
 
 
al Jizzerror
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7.1.3  al Jizzerror  replied to  Trout Giggles @7.1.2    2 years ago

Maybe her toes were shot off by those Jewish space lasers.

Or, maybe Martians have four toes.

Marjorie Taylor Greene also has four testicles....

 
 
 
MonsterMash
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7.1.4  MonsterMash  replied to  al Jizzerror @7.1.3    2 years ago
Marjorie Taylor Greene also has four testicles....

That's four more than Joe Biden has. Jill Biden was asked if she shaved her pussy, she answered "No silly, his barber shaves him"

 
 
 
al Jizzerror
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7.1.5  al Jizzerror  replied to  MonsterMash @7.1.4    2 years ago

512

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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8  Ed-NavDoc    2 years ago

I think my 6 month old black lab retriever would be a better candidate than MTG, and my dog's name is Trouble. 

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @8    2 years ago

I think you're right. Good name for a black lab

 
 
 
cjcold
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8.1.1  cjcold  replied to  Trout Giggles @8.1    2 years ago

A friend once had a huge, rowdy yellow lab named Arakis. He loved the water.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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8.1.2  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  cjcold @8.1.1    2 years ago

Is your friend's name Paul by any chance?

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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8.2  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Ed-NavDoc @8    2 years ago

I got the nickname Trouble from a Colonel when I dared speak up for two of my pregnant soldiers living in unheated barracks.  A few days later, I wore a tee shirt I had made right in front of that same colonel.

I'M TROUBLE AND DAMNED PROUD OF IT.!

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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8.2.1  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @8.2    2 years ago

My adult daughter and I brought the dog home at 3 weeks of age and from the first moment I saw her I told my daughter that dog was going to be trouble and named her that on the spot. That dog has been rambunctious and feisty ever since so the name was both prophetic and a perfect fit and has lived up to it..

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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8.2.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @8.2    2 years ago

Thanks for standing up for your soldiers

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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8.2.3  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Trout Giggles @8.2.2    2 years ago

That's what good NCO's do.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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8.2.4  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Trout Giggles @8.2.2    2 years ago

I pitched such a fit that the next day the barracks had heat.

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
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9  sandy-2021492    2 years ago

M arjorie Taylor Greene is once again handing out gifts to comedy writers. Today, she was railing against Nancy Pelosi and what she referred to as the “gazpacho police.” We think she meant to reference Nazi Germany’s secret police called the gestapo. Gazpacho is cold soup.
 
 
 
al Jizzerror
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9.1  al Jizzerror  replied to  sandy-2021492 @9    2 years ago
“gazpacho police.”

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sandy-2021492
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9.1.1  sandy-2021492  replied to  al Jizzerror @9.1    2 years ago

The tweets about it are hilarious.  One mentions what a consistent critic she has been of this "administrone".

 
 
 
Gsquared
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9.2  Gsquared  replied to  sandy-2021492 @9    2 years ago

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican thought leader.

 
 
 
devangelical
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9.2.1  devangelical  replied to  Gsquared @9.2    2 years ago

prominent member of the trumpster think tank and brain trust.

 
 
 
JBB
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9.2.2  JBB  replied to  Gsquared @9.2    2 years ago

original

 
 
 
JBB
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9.2.3  JBB  replied to  devangelical @9.2.1    2 years ago

She isn't the only one...

original

 
 
 
al Jizzerror
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9.2.4  al Jizzerror  replied to  JBB @9.2.3    2 years ago

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Kavika
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9.2.5  Kavika   replied to  Gsquared @9.2    2 years ago
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican thought leader.

Proof positive that you cannot fix stupid.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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9.3  Trout Giggles  replied to  sandy-2021492 @9    2 years ago

Well there ought to be a gazpacho police...that stuff is awful!

 
 
 
Gsquared
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9.3.1  Gsquared  replied to  Trout Giggles @9.3    2 years ago

There's where we differ.  I love gazpacho.  On my trips to Spain, I had it every day.  And sangria, too, of course.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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9.3.2  Split Personality  replied to  Gsquared @9.3.1    2 years ago
sangria

Reminds me of a bad prom night, she threw up the sangria in my buddy's restored car...

Never been much of a fan since then, lol.

 
 
 
Hal A. Lujah
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9.3.3  Hal A. Lujah  replied to  Split Personality @9.3.2    2 years ago

384

 
 
 
pat wilson
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9.3.4  pat wilson  replied to  Gsquared @9.3.1    2 years ago

I had it in Costa Rica and loved it...it sure didn't love me back though.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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9.3.5  Trout Giggles  replied to  Gsquared @9.3.1    2 years ago

If I ever get to Spain I will give it another try. I just have something against cold tomato soup

 
 
 
Tessylo
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9.3.6  Tessylo  replied to  Gsquared @9.3.1    2 years ago

A place called Tio Pepe's here in Baltimore has the most wonderful sparkling Sangria.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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9.4  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  sandy-2021492 @9    2 years ago

I look forward to what SNL will do with this.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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9.5  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  sandy-2021492 @9    2 years ago

You have to be ignorent of certain words and how they are pronounced to be a true Trumpturd who took the art to a whole new level over the years.

 
 
 
Kavika
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10  Kavika     2 years ago
gazpacho police.

Wait till the Spanish hear about their cold soup being nazis. We'll have an international incident.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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10.1  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Kavika @10    2 years ago

Spanish waiters are requited to do the goosestep when bringing the soup out.

 
 
 
Kavika
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11  Kavika     2 years ago

Message to MTG, AKA 4 toes.

This is cold gazpacho soup. Hit it with a Jewish space laser and it will become ''hot'' gazpacho soup.

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This is the Gestapo, see the difference?

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Trout Giggles
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11.1  Trout Giggles  replied to  Kavika @11    2 years ago

I had to go look up a recipe for gazpacho. I found one that had Worcestshire and Tabasco. The most important ingredients of a Bloody Mary. I think I may have to make some...and add vodka

 
 
 
Kavika
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11.1.1  Kavika   replied to  Trout Giggles @11.1    2 years ago
and add vodka

LOL, I'm sure of that.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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11.1.2  Split Personality  replied to  Trout Giggles @11.1    2 years ago

It's exactly like a bloody mary with saltines crumbled on top, lol.

Not much mystery there...

 
 
 
Kavika
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12  Kavika     2 years ago

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Kavika
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13  Kavika     2 years ago

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Right Down the Center
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14  Right Down the Center    2 years ago

Interesting.  It seems like the GOP is trying to get rid of their fringe element.  What are the dems doing to try and get rid of their fringe element like Omar, Ocasio-Cortez,  Tlaib,  Pressley and Bush?  Or are they the face of where the dems are going?

 
 

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