# 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:** 64
**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 16, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1265 "2023-04-16T20:08:15Z")
Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy’s enemy. No more. No less. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1266 "2023-04-17T14:53:28Z")
Of course she responded well to Lindsey’s comments. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene posts doctored image of Lindsey Graham](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-jack-taxiera-lindsey-graham-b2320947.html)** > > Greene posts doctored image of Lindsey Graham after senator appeared to criticise her ---
**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, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1267 "2023-04-17T16:39:44Z")
Someone having top secret clearance defending someone who leaks documents is so surreal, but what is surrealler about it is that it more or less just garners shrugs. So far. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1268 "2023-04-17T18:51:20Z")
It makes me wonder: Exactly what information is MTG sharing directly with the Russian government at this point? She seems to think that this is perfectly acceptable. ---
**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 17, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1269 "2023-04-17T19:18:08Z")
Because what she is pitching is that it is perfectly acceptable that _specifically_ white Christian cishet junior ranks in the forces **should** thumb their noses at the Chain of Command if they don’t like who’s heading it. Her point is sedition itself. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1270 "2023-04-18T00:03:48Z")
Holy Moly! lol. (titter titter) > ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1271 "2023-04-18T01:16:38Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Because what she is pitching is that it is perfectly acceptable that _specifically_ white Christian cishet junior ranks in the forces **should** thumb their noses at the Chain of Command if they don’t like who’s heading it. Her point is sedition itself. ^ This. These Republicans are promoting the concept that armed-services members doing whatever they feel like is justified by ‘Fighting Government Overreach.’ All of them should be invited to move to a more congenial-to-their-views nation, such as Russia, China, or North Korea. ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1272 "2023-04-18T01:28:48Z")
What is that? ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1273 "2023-04-18T01:31:21Z")
A picture of Barney Rubble and Sammy Davis Jr.? ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1274 "2023-04-18T01:48:50Z")
[Ali Alexander](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/980) not having enough attention given to his ego again. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1275 "2023-04-18T14:29:12Z")
Yeah, we know that MTG should have her security clearances revoked immediately. Who can do it? ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1276 "2023-04-18T14:46:42Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Who can do it? I wish they’d find out. An avowed insurrectionist and Putin ally with a top-secret clearance is insanity. How can this be allowed? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1277 "2023-04-18T15:13:34Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Who can do it? I wouldn’t be surprised to find the answer is “Kevin McCarthy”. She presumably has the clearance because of her committee assignment, and separation of powers possibly means that Congress is entitled to do that. A lot of our rules/expectations are dependent on the assumption of good faith, but the GOP has thrown a lot of that out of the window with their embrace of “what if we didn’t?”. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1278 "2023-04-18T15:16:06Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I wouldn’t be surprised to find the answer is “Kevin McCarthy”. I suspect you are correct. For your average joe working building ships or whatever, that clearance falls to the FBI I think. But for a congressperson (or the President) not so much. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1279 "2023-04-18T15:38:50Z")
I could be wrong, but I think all security clearances ultimately derive from the President’s authority (usually delegated, of course, the President doesn’t personally approve every single clearance). So if that’s true Biden could yank it, though the political consequences could be severe. ---
**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 18, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1280 "2023-04-18T16:13:20Z")
If Biden can yank it he should, consequences be damned. It would probably be good for his ratings, if nothing else. And there has to be a lot of secretly sane Rs who would like to see her knocked down a peg. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1281 "2023-04-18T17:09:18Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > If Biden can yank it he should, consequences be damned. Couldn’t agree more. It’s WAY past the time when these morons should see consequences for their actions. Way, way past the time. The Republicans will throw hissy fits and tantrums, whatever is, or is not done. F’em. Should we let badly behaving children run/ruin our country? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1282 "2023-04-18T17:24:07Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > I think all security clearances ultimately derive from the President’s authority (usually delegated, of course, the President doesn’t personally approve every single clearance). That may apply to the Executive Branch (where the alphabet soup of national security agencies - NSA, CIA, FBI, et al reside). But I doubt the President can revoke the security clearance granted a congressperson by virtue of their committee assignment. That strikes me as a separation of powers issue - the Executive can’t usurp Legislative authority over its own members. > [@](#): > > Unlike officials at federal agencies, lawmakers do not have security clearances per se, experts said. Rather, members of Congress are by tradition deemed inherently trustworthy by dint of the offices they hold, although they are subject to punishment under the House ethics code for revealing classified information. The maximum penalty, which would require a two-thirds vote by the House, is expulsion… > > “If they remain Members, then they retain eligibility for access to classified information,” Steven Aftergood, a leading expert on government secrecy with the Federation of American Scientists, said in an email. “But if they engaged in constitutionally prohibited actions, then they should be expelled from Congress altogether.” > **[Regarding security clearances, rules for others don’t apply to Congress](https://rollcall.com/2021/01/12/when-it-comes-to-security-clearances-rules-for-others-dont-apply-to-congress/)** > > It's not clear what consequences lawmakers who voted against election certification face, but don't expect them to lose access to classified information. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1283 "2023-04-18T17:28:07Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > But I doubt the President can revoke the security clearance granted a congressperson by virtue of their committee assignment. That strikes me as a separation of powers issue - the Executive can’t usurp Legislative authority over its own members. That’s probably right. But I imagine the Executive Branch could stop briefing the entire legislative branch on top security issues until they got their members in line. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895/1284 "2023-04-18T17:28:47Z")
I still say MTG should be fed disinformation on the assumption that it will go straight to the Kremlin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-must-go/931895.md?page=65)