# 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:** 52
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1023 "2023-01-18T17:47:52Z")
What the hell is McCarthy thinking, putting MTG on any committee that doesn’t mainly involve punch and cookies? Yes, I know he’s trying to push his far-right agenda, for which she’s a cheerleader…but if you’re putting together your equivalent of SEAL Team 6, you don’t recruit Barney Fife. Just, no. Surely there are Republinazis who are more intelligent (not a high bar to hurdle), more savvy to the political process, and less proof to foot-in-mouth disease. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1024 "2023-01-18T17:53:30Z")
If I gave McCarthy any credit for strategic thinking, I might speculate that he believes giving her a bigger brighter spotlight increases the likelihood that she will self-destruct in a spectacular fashion, thereby solving the problem. Alternatively, she wises up and shapes up and becomes a productive foot soldier for him. Either outcome, he wins. Sure, it’s also possible she stays weird and stupid and yet somehow survives as a persistently irritating gadfly. I never said McCarthy was actually smart. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1025 "2023-01-18T18:33:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > To which I would reply: Look, we don’t all have time to watch a video, can’t you just tell us who won? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1026 "2023-01-18T18:36:02Z")
The wall. The aircraft was completely – _completely_ – disintegrated. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1027 "2023-01-18T18:56:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon’ OK, I should know better than to probe into MTG’s so-called mind, but what possible facet of the rightwing wacko agenda is advanced by the idea that it wasn’t a plane that destroyed a large portion of the Pentagon? (Especially since she seems to accept that there were actual planes involved in NYC and Pennsylvania.) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1028 "2023-01-18T18:59:32Z")
If that’s verbatim, she hasn’t conceded the presence of planes at WTC, just that it was a terrorist attack. She certainly has a history of being a full-on 9/11 conspiracy theorist. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1029 "2023-01-18T19:03:26Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > OK, I should know better than to probe into MTG’s so-called mind, but what possible facet of the rightwing wacko agenda is advanced by the idea that it wasn’t a plane that destroyed a large portion of the Pentagon? The Pentagon was hit with a missile or missiles that were fired by the U.S. government for… um, reasons. Democrats are bad, m’kay? BTW: [Barack Obama 'had a big part in 9/11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyN34sFko9w).’ (Sorry, **Riemann** ; but it’s only 13 seconds.) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1030 "2023-01-18T19:04:57Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Sorry, **Riemann** ; but it’s only 13 seconds. You know I was joking, right? (Anyway, I was all in on the wall.) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1031 "2023-01-18T19:08:20Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > she hasn’t conceded the presence of planes at WTC, just that it was a terrorist attack. Hmm, good point. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The Pentagon was hit with a missile or missiles that were fired by the U.S. government for… um, reasons. Democrats are bad, m’kay? But … but … but … a Republican was president on 9/11. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > BTW: [Barack Obama 'had a big part in 9/11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyN34sFko9w). Good lord. > [@Akaj](#): > > I should know better than to probe into MTG’s so-called mind Then why did I? 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1032 "2023-01-18T19:09:21Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > But … but … but … a Republican was president on 9/11. That _proves_ Democrats are bad, and that Obama was derelict in his duty! ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1033 "2023-01-18T19:16:30Z")
Wait! I got it! Clinton and Gore were so pissed off about Bush stealing the 2000 election that they – through Hillary’s underground cabal – launched those missiles that destroyed the WTC and the Pentagon. (The plane in Pennsylvania was nothing but a decoy to make us think the other attacks were planes, too.) They thought the disaster would make Bush look so bad that the miltary would overthrow him and award the White House to Gore. Meanwhile, Obama (under his cover as a mere Illinois state senator) was working behind the scenes with his fellow Muslims to set Al-Qaeda up as the fall guys. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1034 "2023-01-18T22:11:50Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > What the hell is McCarthy thinking, putting MTG on any committee that doesn’t mainly involve punch and cookies? I think its mostly knee jerk reaction to undo everything that Democrats do. Since the Democrats stripped her of her committee assignments for making wild conspiracy claims and supporting the execution of Democrats, in order to own the libs, McCarthy has to give her plum seats. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1035 "2023-01-19T16:03:29Z")
Or he made a backroom deal for her vote. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1036 "2023-01-20T15:25:13Z")
Considering the Rep Greene was one of the Speaker’s strongest supporters among the freedom caucus, that seems very likely. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1037 "2023-01-26T17:31:55Z")
Marjoria Sartor Viridis delenda est! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1038 "2023-01-26T17:43:26Z")
**Modnote:** Please keep posts in English or provide an accurate translation. **Modnote** : “Marjorie Taylor Green must be destroyed” is really pushing what we allow here. That is pretty much calling for violence against her. Consider this a thread ban for you. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1039 "2023-01-26T17:44:27Z")
Sorry, I’ve been filling my head with Duolingo Latin lessons. It’s simply a translation of the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1040 "2023-01-27T07:37:37Z")
The historical origins of the phrase indicate otherwise, not to mention the grammar. > **[Carthago delenda est](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthago_delenda_est)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Ceterum (autem) censeo Carthaginem esse delendam ("Furthermore, I consider that Carthage must be destroyed"), often abbreviated to Carthāgō dēlenda est ("Carthage must be destroyed"), is a Latin oratorical phrase pronounced by Cato the Censor, a politician of the Roman Republic. The phrase originates from debates held in the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War (149–146 BC) between Rome and Carthage. Cato is said to have used the phrase as th... ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1041 "2023-01-27T08:12:33Z")
PS. Try “dimittanda est” or “debet abire”. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1042 "2023-01-27T10:09:51Z")
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