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northland10 wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 2:22 pm Besides FRPs mention above, normal political kickbacks involve using Congress to steer business to somebody. You really need to be on committees and have the ability to influence legislation to do that.

qbawl wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 10:09 am I am probably going to regret this question, but based on the upthread picture has anyone seen The titular Mama June and MTG in the same room?

Frater I*I wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 5:14 pm Lobbyists are not gonna sink cold hard sweet kickback cash into someone who only gets to vote yes or no on the House floor.

neeneko wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:20 am I was less thinking lobbyists and more the various campaigning and telemarketing consultants. She is bringing in a lot of money, and I would not be surprised if she started pushing to have some of that money flow to her kin or shell companies or something.

northland10 wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 8:32 am Maybe she will prove me wrong, though that will also prove me right that she is not smart enough to cut the risk to a fundraiser's business.

McCarthy wrote: “Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling. The Holocaust is the greatest atrocity committed in history. The fact that this needs to be stated today is deeply troubling.

“At a time when the Jewish people face increased violence and threats, anti-Semitism is on the rise in the Democrat Party and is completely ignored by Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

“Americans must stand together to defeat anti-Semitism and any attempt to diminish the history of the Holocaust.

“Let me be clear: the House Republican Conference condemns this language.”

Estiveo wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 2:08 pm Not supporting Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people is antisemitism per the GQP.

FoxNews wrote: House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., also condemns Greene's rhetoric, according to spokesperson Lauren Fine.

"He does not agree with these comments and condemns these comparisons to the Holocaust," Fine said. "We also need to be speaking out strongly against the dangerous anti-Semitism that is growing in our streets and in the Democrat party, resulting in an alarming number of horrific violent attacks against Jews."

roadscholar wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 2:12 pm Ah. You mean like how our demanding accountability for individual blatant incidents of police brutality means we are anti-cop, and believe all cops are racists.

Got it.

roadscholar wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 2:04 pm I must have missed a rising tide of anti-Semitism among Democrats. Anyone have an example? Anyone? Beuller?

Video Shows Marjorie Taylor Greene Saying She Wouldn’t Take Down Hitler, Satan Statues In 2020

Andrew Solender Forbes Staff
Business

Updated May 25, 2021, 02:48pm EDT

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who is under fire for comparing coronavirus cautionary measures to the Holocaust, argued against the removal of statues in 2020 by stating that she would fight the removal of statues of Hitler and Satan in newly unearthed video.

The comments were made at a Dalton, Georgia, city council meeting on June 15, after Greene finished first in her GOP primary, and video of the remarks was first resurfaced by Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman.

Greene took aim at “attacks” on statues of Christopher Columbus, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, stating she would oppose removing statues of people she “fully disagrees with.”

Greene specifically named Adolf Hitler and “Satan himself” as examples, stating “I would not want to say take it down,” so she could “teach others about who these people are, what they did.”

The development comes as Greene is taking heat even from GOP leaders for comparing mask mandates and other coronavirus restrictions to the yellow stars European Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust.

Forbes has reached out to Greene’s office for comment.

KEY BACKGROUND

Greene has often landed in hot water for comments she made before she was sworn into office in January. In February, she had her committee assignments stripped over past comments and social media posts promoting conspiracy theories and advocating political violence.


https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsole ... 22ae1f561c

Marjorie Taylor Greene decries comparisons of Republicans to Nazis and Trump to Hitler

Greene, moments later: "You know Nazis were the National Socialist Party. Just like the Democrats are now a national socialist party."

covfefe wrote: ↑Fri May 28, 2021 9:12 pm https:// twitter.com/andrewsolender/status/1398081862321442816?s=21

Marjorie Taylor Greene decries comparisons of Republicans to Nazis and Trump to Hitler

Greene, moments later: "You know Nazis were the National Socialist Party. Just like the Democrats are now a national socialist party."

bill_g wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 7:56 am MTG is so clever how she flips the narrative. Clearly she paid attention during kindergarten: We aren't poo-poo. You're poo-poo.