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Checking In With That QAnon Rep From Georgia, Who's Feeling Ambushed by Basic Facts

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Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to be one of  Congress' most visible train wrecks.   Poor little Marjorie Taylor Greene, that nutjob Congress creature from Georgia who is a big QAnon fan, among other things.    She's had a rough go of it lately, but she keeps fighting on. So the update: The latest go arounds started a little over a week ago, when Greene informed us that Guam is a foreign country and demanded we stop sending them damn fereners money. To put Greene's February 27 quote out there:  " We love our country, we believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not for, what, China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam, whatever, whatever. Right?" Wrong.  As pretty much everybody else on the planet knows, no matter what you think about overseas spending by America, Guam is part of the United States. Been that way since 1899. Of course, white people are a minority on Guam, so Greene probably figures everybody who's not white is a foreig...

Why Isn't The GOP Mocking Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Crazy Marjorie Taylor Greene has inexplicably become a  GOP darling, despite her, um, interesting ideas.  Back on November 8, 2018, some power lines broke and arced in northern California in the middle of a wind storm and severe drought.    The resulting wildfire became a monster and destroyed the town of Paradise, California. The fire killed 75 people, and it was the worse wildfire in California history.  Most people would not want to make the situation worse for the grieving residents of Paradise. Then again, most people are not Marjorie Taylor Greene. She is my nominee as worst U.S congressperson every. And that's saying something  Greene is one of those QAnon conspiracy theorists. Yes, she's delusional, but the mean streak that's part of this pathology really makes her special.  Her conspiracy nonsense seems designed to make everybody feel worse.  Most people want to help, or at least empathize with the fine citizens of Paradise, California....