# Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene MUST GO **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 31, 2021, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895 "2021-01-31T00:44:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 32
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/623 "2022-04-09T23:14:12Z")
There is a lawsuit in Georgia to challenge Greene’s 2022 candidacy on the basis that she’s an insurrectionist. [https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-candidacy-challenge-lawsuit/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-candidacy-challenge-lawsuit/index.html) > Lawyers for Greene say she isn’t an insurrectionist and that disqualifying her would violate her First Amendment rights. She previously told CNN that she had “never encouraged political violence and never will.” Oh, really? Do you really want me to spend a few minutes on Google looking up those campaign ads of you threatening the Squad with an assault rifle? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/624 "2022-04-09T23:27:42Z")
Oh, another interesting part of that article is how a Trump-appointed judge struck down a similar challenge to Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy: > The anti-Greene challenge was brought by the same groups that unsuccessfully tried to remove Cawthorn from the GOP primary ballot in North Carolina. A Trump-appointed federal judge shut down that challenge, ruling that a Civil War amnesty law passed in 1872 still applies and therefore shielded Cawthorn from being disqualified over his role in the January 6 insurrection. > > Cawthorn has denied any wrongdoing regarding January 6 and says he isn’t an insurrectionist. > > Some of the leading experts on the Constitution’s “disqualification clause” criticized that judge’s conclusion. And on Friday, so did Totenberg, the Obama-appointed judge in Greene’s case. > > “I don’t think that the Amnesty Act likely was prospective,” Totenberg said, siding with the challengers, who said the 1872 law was retrospective and didn’t protect future insurrectionists. > > Bryan Sells, attorney for the challengers, who are backed by the legal advocacy group Free Speech For People, piled on, saying, “The absurdity of his argument shines through like a beacon.” Oh, so what that judge is saying is that as long as you’re in Congress, you can try to overthrow the government whenever you want to and not lose your job unless your voters vote you out. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/625 "2022-04-10T08:42:30Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > There is a lawsuit in Georgia to challenge Greene’s 2022 candidacy on the basis that she’s an insurrectionist. This was also just mentioned in the “7 Jan 2021 and beyond” thread, where I also posted this question: > [@](#): > > Much as I’d love to see all those ilk kicked out on their asses, I wonder if these motions can have legs? In order to ban these candidates under the Insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment, wouldn’t they have to be first convicted in court of something? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/626 "2022-04-12T13:58:18Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > In order to ban these candidates under the Insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment, wouldn’t they have to be first convicted in court of something? Maybe not. OJ was sued successfully for a wrongful death judgement despite being acquitted of murder in a criminal trial. Different courts and different jurisdictions might have different thresholds to meet for a case. Now, I’m just saying this is possible, I don’t actually know for certain. But it’s not necessarily the case that a criminal conviction is required. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/627 "2022-04-12T20:11:08Z")
Matt Gaetz has entered the war against Jimmy Kimmel, calling him sexist for going after MTG and Boebert, with hilarious results. Pass the popcorn. > **[Kimmel Slams ‘Disgraced But Still Going’ Matt Gaetz for Suggesting His...](https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-slams-disgraced-but-still-going-matt-gaetz-for-suggesting-his-attacks-of-marjorie-taylor-greene-lauren-boebert-are-sexist/ar-AAW8fXe?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=404682a523fc405d90efa0e382404213)** > > Jimmy Kimmel went after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for calling his past critiques of Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) "highly gendered." ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/628 "2022-04-12T20:49:48Z")
Matt Gaetz inviting Jimmy Kimmel to a barb trading contest is like Matt Gaetz challenging John Bonham to a drum solo duel. What a pathetic, entitled, dumb person Gaetz is. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/629 "2022-04-13T17:49:45Z")
Maybe the right and the left can cross party lines and all agree that they don’t like MTG? > **[Veterans and lawmakers blast 'idiot' Marjorie Taylor Greene for saying...](https://www.rawstory.com/jackassery-veterans-and-lawmakers-blast-idiot-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-saying-joining-us-military-is-throwing-your-life-away/)** > > U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene disparaged the 1.33 million active-duty U.S. Department of Defense members, including the 481,254 active-duty U.S. Army members by declaring that joining America's Armed Forces is " > like throwing your life... ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/630 "2022-04-14T00:38:15Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Maybe the right and the left can cross party lines and all agree that they don’t like MTG? Apparently she found it crucial to please that infamous audience-of-one, the Bone-Spurs Blight. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/631 "2022-04-17T13:01:33Z")
How is it that someone with wicked wit hasn’t dismantled her yet? I mean, like on the House floor, not standups. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/632 "2022-04-17T16:29:06Z")
Well, maybe a _little bit_ of campaign dismantling, starting, here? (also coulda gone in the schadenfraude thread)… > **[Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's campaign committee goes into the red for the...](https://www.businessinsider.com/mtg-reports-fundraising-loss-for-the-first-time-314000-in-the-red-2022-4)** > > Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's expenses included $140,000 towards personal security and a retainer fee to Trump lawyer John Eastman. (odd - usually have an issue with Business Insider links with their register-before-reading pop-ups, but oddly not this time. Meanwhile - all other sources/links I checked - no access 🤔) > [@](#): > > Her committee is known to be one of the top fundraisers in the House [what?! my gawd] and has consistently generated more donations than it has spent. The first quarter of 2022 saw an increase in spending for the Georgia congresswoman, particularly towards fundraising, personality security, and the hiring of Trump lawyer John Eastman. huh, never knew this: > [@](#): > > Prior to the 2020 election, Greene had received free protection from members of the Oath Keepers anti-government militia group, according to [The Daily Beast.](https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-reports-her-first-fundraising-loss?ref=scroll) Guess they kinda fell by the wayside. (optics, you know) Other buncha very interesting tidbits in this article. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/633 "2022-04-17T19:10:33Z")
I wonder what in hell she needed to hire Eastman for. Is she planning her own insurrection and needs to have a legal basis (however shaky) for it? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/634 "2022-04-18T01:15:30Z")
Getting ready to do some really fancy Articles of Impeachment against the entire Biden admin? Or subpoenas for every member of the household of every federal employee on the Executive Service scale? Building a case for that the Speakership election only requires a plurality within the majority, and can be given to a non-Member? Preparing for a series of attempts to disqualify the candidacies or elections of specific Ds, as some persons and groups have called for being done to herself and Cawthorn? Arguing that armed private bodyguards should be allowed inside the Capitol? The possibilities are endless. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/635 "2022-04-18T05:20:50Z")
Getting fleeced out of her campaign war chest by a charlatan because she’s an idiot? Magic 8-ball: “It is decidedly so.” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/636 "2022-04-19T09:44:11Z")
Or just hiring a Trump “big gun” to show her cred. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/637 "2022-04-19T14:29:45Z")
This thread or the schadenfraude one? > **[Challenge to Marjorie Taylor Greene's candidacy can move forward, federal...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/18/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-candidacy/index.html)** > > A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a coalition of liberal groups to move forward with their attempt to disqualify controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection, based on claims that she aided the January 6... ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/638 "2022-04-20T14:53:38Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Getting fleeced out of her campaign war chest by a charlatan because she’s an idiot? Well, what good is the grift if you don’t skim the scum off of the top? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/639 "2022-04-20T15:11:28Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > I wonder what in hell she needed to hire Eastman for. She’ll be having a little chat under oath on Friday that may require his legal expertise. It’s not a criminal trial, so pleading the Fifth won’t be overly useful. And it will apparently be broadcast live. Not sure if Eastman will actually be there for her, but we can hope. Entertainment potential: medium to high. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/640 "2022-04-20T22:47:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And it will apparently be broadcast live. I’d missed this part of the story. It’s a good thing. For all these months, people who actively connived at overturning an election have seen very little in the way of consequences. Sure, some who actually did physical damage inside the Capitol building have seen some legal penalties…but all those such as Greene who helped things along without putting herself in danger in that 1/6 mob, have skated. And all those watching have seen that there have been no consequences. Conclusions, inevitably, have been drawn. For this to be televised is important; people need to see _someone_ facing _some_ blow-back for what they did. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/641 "2022-04-20T23:08:06Z")
Wait a minute— Is MTG testifying before the Jan 6 committee on friday? On television? Is that what I just read? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/642 "2022-04-20T23:12:07Z")
No, you did not. MTG is testifying in a lawsuit some patriots brought against her candidacy on 14th Amendment grounds. Other such cases have been tossed without getting this far. This judge, however, is going to get things into the legal record. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895.md?page=33)