“She had just about enough intelligence to open her mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more” ― P.G. Wodehouse
Marjorie Taylor Greene has become the snarling face of House Republicans. Not a day goes by when this Karen is not demanding to see the manager. Not that she views it that way. When this succubus looks in the mirror, she sees a righteous warrior for the American way — a vestal truth teller tossed on the turbulent seas of outrageous fortune. Or some such nonsense.
Today, on Real America’s Voice, she explained who was responsible for the House Republican’s decline into madness. (Spoiler alert: It was not her). Host David Brody set the stage by asking Greene (after a piece of formulaic ego-stroking):
“Congresswoman, you are making a strong, principled argument. And so I hear you on that. Let me ask you about the politics of this, because the criticism here is that if a motion of vacate ever came, that you could have Democrats all voting for Hakeem Jeffries, and you’ve got some RINOs, lots of them, maybe at least a handful if they side with Democrats. You have Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker of the House. That’s the danger?”
Greene set sail by establishing she is the victim of “twist” and “spin,” or what the rest of us call “the truth”:
“But, you know, you want to know something that is the twist and the spin that everyone is trying to throw out at me on this.”
Her victimhood is expansive. It is not just Democrats or Republicans throwing shit at her — it is “everyone.” Unexpectedly, Brody did not give her a free pass.
“It’s not true?”
Greene was not about to admit guilt. She embraced an empirical argument and blamed “a math”.
“But let me tell you, it’s a math. This is simple math. The more Republicans like Mike Gallagher Mike that resign and leave early, guess what that means? We have less Republicans in the House. So every time a Mike Gallagher or a Ken Buck leaves early, that brings our numbers down and brings us dangerously closer to being in the minority.”
For once, I cannot find fault with Greene’s analysis. If you have a certain number of things and you lose a few, you have less of them. (Note: I would say “fewer.” But I am losing that battle.) However, when Greene gets to finger-pointing, she and I part ways.
“It’s not Marjorie Taylor Greene that is saying the inconvenient truth and forcing everyone to wake up and realize Republican voters are done with us doing this kind of crap that we did last week, and they are fed up with speakers of the House and Republicans that go out and campaign and make all these promises and then turn around and stab their voters in the back, because that’s what Mike Johnson did on Friday.”
The only person I hear talking is Greene. I do not know what she thinks the “inconvenient truth” is, or who is saying it. Despite her protest that she is not saying anything, I think she means it is she who is ”forcing everyone to wake up.”
She also seems to be saying that Republican voters are done with keeping the government open (“this kind of crap”) And that they are stabbing Republican voters in the back for doing their job — despite (according to Greene) promising during their campaigns they would not do their job.
Like a dyspeptic Chihuahua angry at a chew toy, she keeps on yipping.
“And that’s what he led our conference to do on Friday. I am not going to be responsible for Hakeem Jeffries being Speaker of the House. I am not going to be responsible for a Democrat majority taking over our Republican majority.”
Unfortunately for Greene, you can say you will not be responsible. But that does not change that you are responsible. In this case, the miasmic Greene is responsible for the GOP’s rush to the exits. If you stink up the joint, people will leave.
She is not done. (At this point, I suspect Brody and his guests are hoping the energetic bungler will run out of gas.)
“That lies squarely, squarely on the shoulders of these Republicans that are leaving early because they don’t have the intestinal fortitude to handle the real fight and the responsibility that comes with leadership at the end of our republic, when our country is nearly destroyed and when our Constitution is being ran through a paper shredder.”
Classic projection. I cannot remember Biden threatening to be a dictator or promising bloodbaths. It is too bad Brody did not ask her by what measure “our country is nearly destroyed”— although he probably stifled any further inquiry, as another question would be like a lit match in a gas can. And Greene’s version of the Constitution is in the ‘safe’ hands of six of nine SCOTUS Justices.
Greene then goes to her happy place — lying.
“So no one is going to blame that on me. David, I’m going to tell you exactly what I’m going to do. I will be so careful and responsible with this.”
Nice try, Marge. Everyone is going to blame this on you — they already have. And I would bet on the existence of a vegan hyena before wagering that Greene would be careful and responsible about anything. She goes on:
“You want to know why I care about our majority? I am one of the few Republican members in the House that has actually paid all of my dues to the NRCC, and I did that because I want the majority and I want the majority next Congress, and I will fight for it.
Good for her. Millions of Americans pay their bills — now she says she is one of them. However, if Greene wants a GOP majority in the next Congress, her best strategy would be to shut up. (Do not hold your breath.)
To everyone’s relief, she then heads for the finish line.
“But I am not going to be silly, you know, nilly willy [sic] or be irresponsible with this motion to vacate. I will bring it to a floor vote at a time that I think is needed or responsible, or a good time to do it. But this is a pink slip. Johnson is on notice, and our conference needs a new Speaker of the House.
Translation: “It has occurred to me that I have royally screwed the pooch. Everyone thinks I am an asshole. And therefore I will not be bringing a motion to vacate to the floor. But that does not mean I will stop throwing around empty threats.”
Depressingly — and in a blow to adult government — with the way elections work in the US, Greene will inflict herself on a country that deserves better for the foreseeable future. Unlike her sister-in-arms, Lauren Boebert, she is in a safe MAGA seat (Cook PVI R +22).