A lot of people who have cycled through the United States Congress over time have been divisive, but Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene takes it to a whole new level. She’s had issues with Jewish people, liberals, and now, doesn’t really get civics.
The “family values” preacher who has also reportedly had multiple bouts of infidelity during her now-dissolved marriage posted the above yesterday on Twitter. For Greene, Fox News recently choosing to dismiss Tucker Carlson is the same as what happens in repressive societies. Of course, it is not (someone should remind her what the Nazis actually did to the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft), and as one Greene critic points out, she is not really showcasing an understanding of the actual amendment.
Indeed, the text of the actual part of this section of the Bill of Rights says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This would thus exclude private entities, and over the years, the United States Supreme Court has been called on to decide just where this applies when the situation is unclear. They decided video games were a form of protected speech in 2011 and, while some agree with Greene due to the increased polarization in America which automatically makes members of one party right, others see the irony within her post.
Greene has not responded or shrieked at any of her critics as of this story being filed. There is still time, and, given how she took a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to educate herself in the past, she could grow a bit and learn here as well.
Though, we will not hold our breath.
