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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she was ‘naive’ for believing Trump is man of the people (www.theguardian.com)
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Greene gives lengthy interview with New York Times days before stepping down as congresswoman for Georgia

Marjorie Taylor Greene, now just days away from stepping down as a congresswoman for Georgia, has said in her latest mea culpa interview that she “was just so naive” for believing that Donald Trump was a man of the people.

In a lengthy interview with the New York Times that examines her break with the president after years of devotion, Greene explained that a series of minor ruptures with the president culminated in a total breach after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was killed in September.

The third-term Georgia congresswoman said she was watching Kirk’s memorial service on TV when his widow Erika said she forgave her husband’s killer. But then Trump took the stage to say that unlike Kirk – “a missionary with a noble spirit” who did not “hate” his opponents, Trump said he disagreed.

“I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them,” Trump said.

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[+] -6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

You can’t reason with fascists, it has never in the history of the world worked.

What?!

Do you think we had to kill every German citizen after WW2?

Or do you ascribe to reality and understand after we broke the propaganda virtually all of them came around?

And despite all of that, and there's a lot of that...

Rather than actually do anything you've chosen to spend you time only discouraging people?

Buddy...

If you understood what you're doing, I'm pretty sure you'd be very disappointed in yourself.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Germany put the responsible people on trail, executed the worst of them and imprisoned the rest. We're talking about one of the major politicians behind the fascist takeover, yes, she should be put on trial and be imprisoned for crimes against the people, and she should be met with the exact same fate she would throw her opposition to, like when she called for the execution of Nancy Pelosi. She should absolutely fucking not be excused with "Oh I know she has been lying every single day throughout her career, spreading hate and fear, but I'm sure she's really sorry now!". Fuck your bullshit, and fuck that fascist cunt.

    She is breaking with Trump, because she knows she will never be able to get the power she wants through him, so she is trying to act like she has always been a moderate. She has never been a moderate, she is just as bad as the rest of them, and she is lying to you.

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  • [–] -5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Germany put the responsible people on trail, executed the worst of them and imprisoned the rest

    And you seem to be drastically overestimating how many that was, even counting the ones that weren't done by Germany

    But clearly I was talking about German citizens...

    I dunno man. I just don't think there's anything I can say to help you understand anything. Best of luck though.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    We're not talking about some random citizen here, we're talking about Marjorie Taylor Greene. One of the most wellknown Republican politicians. She has a far larger sphere of influence than your average politicians, and she has used it for nothing but spreading fear, anger and hate towards people with different skin colour, people with different sexual desires, people with different gendernorms, people who just want to not fucking die from a pandemic, people who dared to question Trump. This batshit crazy bitch has been at the front of ALL of it.

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