A House Oversight Committee hearing was once again derailed by the antics of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Buried the lede
She was insanely disrespectful. Refusing to refer to him as doctor. Not to mention, these motherfuckers are peddling conspiracy theories at him and placing the blame on him like we didn't have a President who didn't give a shit calling the shots. I hope the institutional rot is becoming visible and stripped clean rather than setting in.
She, in particular, does seem to be earning more rebuke from her Republican peers of late. Some of them have recognized that the antics on display by Greene and her ilk are beginning to wear on constituents more and more by the day, and are attempting to distance themselves in acts of self preservation.
While I hope that it doesn’t work and that these folks also lose their voice and seat, it does seem to bode well that at least a minor course correction is happening in the GOP, if not far too late. I’m not completely optimistic, though, because the constituency hasn’t suddenly become less divided - we’ve just seemingly found the bounds of the caricature the right wing of this country is comfortable with being publicly represented by.
For now, and... goal-shift in 5..., 4..., 3..., 2...
Her existence is insanely disrespectful.
If you want to yell at someone who shouldn’t be a called a “doctor” then do it to Phill McGraw. That man actively hurts the people that go on his stupid fucking talk show. And yes, the drama series Bull is based on his life.
Margarine Taylor Greene needs to be beaten severely until she shuts the fuck up. She is an absolute waste of space and destroys valuable time that the government could be using to actually solve problems.
I agree her behavior is abhorrent and she needs to feel some consequences, and I totally understand your sentiment, but violence isn’t going to help, nor will violent language. That’s what they do. We need to stay above reproach when it comes to threatening political violence. Just about anything short of violence is okay in my book. Civil disobedience? Absolutely. Sustained protest? Yes please. Harm to property? All good with me. But threats of personal violence need to stay off limits.
Dems need to grow spines and be more willing to fight dirty politically. They need to take some pages from the right wing book, but leave all the chapters about violence unread.
I don’t mean this to antagonize you, I totally get what you’re feeling, but I’m just really worried about this place and where we’re headed.
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