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‘Legally carrying a firearm is not the same as brandishing a firearm,’ the former Georgia congresswoman wrote

Marjorie Taylor Greene has urged fellow MAGA supporters – and other Americans – to “take off their political blinders” over the death of protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, warning that they are being “incited into civil war.”

“I unapologetically believe in border security and deporting criminal illegal aliens and I support law enforcement,” Greene wrote on X Sunday, the day after the fatal shooting. “However, I also unapologetically support the 2nd amendment.

“Legally carrying a firearm is not the same as brandishing a firearm.”

Despite video showing that 37-year-old Pretti was filming federal officers but did not have a weapon drawn, the Trump administration has claimed he had tried to assassinate agents in an act of “domestic terrorism.”

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[-] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

this the same idiot who was calling for a 'national divorce' every other week? as if that wasn't just a euphemism for civil war

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I actually agree with her on that. But yeah she says all sorts of other stupid hateful shit.

But whatever we need as many cracks in the MAGA cult logic as we can get. And they sure as hell won't listen to me.

[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

My guess is she is a survivor of child sexual assault and the Epstein files broken her anti-empathy.

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[-] hateisreality@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Bitch that civil war was your jam until they threw you out of the club... you're not wrong, just terrible

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

They didn’t even really throw her out until she got salty over not running for senate (which they told her ‘no’ cuz she’d have lost.)

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago

Bitch, you created this monster. Now that you finally nfpund your marbles, it's a bit late, dontbya think? I'm all for a redemption arc, but you really were one of the worst.

It'll take more from you to forget what you've done

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

For a rat jumping off a sinking ship, she's pretty good at it tbh. She is very selective and has only gone against trump on two things from what I understand (Epstein and 2A), both probably hitting the mark even in cultish Maga territory.

[-] negativenull@piefed.world 18 points 1 week ago

She's attempting to stay relevant after quitting congress and currently has no role/job.

[-] cogman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

She's going to run for Gov of GA. She needs to moderate to get that position.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Actually, she’s lined up a tv news role. She cashed in her government pension already. You’re otherwise right

[-] cravl@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 week ago

I can't help but read MTG as Magic the Gathering and it makes these headlines kinda sorta bearable.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

It'd be better if she'd sacrifice herself from the graveyard already.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago

Say what you want but more obnoxious cunts turning sides can only be a good thing.

[-] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

People need to stop acting like she's turned over a new leaf. She's a crazy racist. She has nothing to say that's worth hearing. She did more than most to put us where we are. She belongs in the sea.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

She’s a crazy racist

Do you realize need someone to explain to you why trump losing the support of crazy racists is a big deal?

[-] suddenlyme@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 week ago

This. The way forward is this. Her audience needs to hear this. Not us on Lemmy, we already know.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It boils down to a simplified "us versus them" attitude that the wealthy exploit regardless of party.

No one should agree with anyone 100% of the time, because then you're just blindly agreeing and not thinking.

But people who view the world as binary teams like that can't rationalize any of "them" saying anything right.

Right now it's very important to remember because fascists are always dogshit at maintaining a coaltion after assuming power. Divide and conquer is cliche for a reason, it fucking works.

We need to hammer the 2A angle, because 2A is a huge chunk of Republican support. That's one of their top wedge issues.

Pro-gun progressives could always dominate any election, but even more so now that the left should understand how important gun rights are. And we'd still cut down on mass shootings, because people would feel like they have something to lose in the first place.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Look, yes. She’s a piece of shit. But she’s not wrong here. And honestly, we need people (even batshit crazy racists) calling out the stupid shit Trump and co are doing.

Do not conflate agreement with acceptance. We need all the help we can get right now. Worry about washing your hands later. Too many good people are dying to stay on that high horse.

[-] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Her saying this is better than her not saying anything at all—we can demand more from her but we can also benefit from her existence at the moment since she isn't staying silent

[-] Xenny@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

At this current point in time, anybody against Trump in this fascist regime is a friend of mine

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

You’re not supposed to throw trash in the sea.

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[-] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I swear to God if this BS act works and people vote for this unprincipled scumbag in 2028, I'm going to stick my head in a trash compactor.

[-] Akh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

She still voted republican 99.99% of the time.

[-] DrFistington@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I hate MTG.

I will also take any ally we can get at this point, as long as they vote what they speak

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Bitch, YOU'RE A PART OF IT. 🖕🏽

[-] lemonhead2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

i never thought I would see the day where I didn't outright cringe / disagree with MTG

She is absolutely fucking right on that one!

They're just waiting for someone to shoot back to send the army.

[-] Dipper@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 week ago

*"You are all being incited into civil war." *

She's SOOOO close. Now she just needs to ask herself who has the most to gain from us killing each other, and remember the intelligence reports about the 2016 election.

[-] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

What's the deal for the billionaires that they let somebody else own the president?

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Coming out of this hell for the USA could require help from anyone, and convincing MAGAs to come over to the good side might be accomplished more readily by someone who once was theirs, would that be her or not.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Asshole that caused the downfall of society: Yo, society is falling apart!

You guys notice how Republican start being "normal" and stop spewing shit the minute they retire?

It tells, they all KNOW they are lying and stealing, they just don't give a shit while they are grifting.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

She is another rat sensing the ship is doomed and is currently scurrying down the ropes with every other Republican and internet personality who helped make all this happen.

She retired because she saw the writing on the wall when the first wave of Epstein clues dropped, that if she doesn't distance herself from the GOP before the next electoral cycle then she would be dragged down with them.

The GOP broadly has two paths ahead, they will either:

  • Collapse entirely between midterms and 2028, particularly if Trump dies, which he may at any moment, and the remaining rats are going to all be playing hot-potato with the blame and accountability. At this point, every Republican you ask will say they were "against Trump from the start" and will blame the Democrats for not stopping him. Seriously. There will be massive division and we will see a new "tea-party" like sub-movement that will gain a little ground but will need around 8 years to gestate into an actual party or even power-bloc committee in senate and house.

  • Completely yank the mask off and try to actually make a play for totalitarian control through the dessicated emperor on his golden throne and High Chancellor Miller splitting power with Vance as they deploy every kind of act and measure to stall, delay and eventually cancel electoral politics. The only way they can do this with a country as large as the USA is by embroiling us in a war we can't pull out of, likely Iran or someone else who won't upset the world financial institutions.

The second path is far less realistic, but the reality is it will likely be a banal mixture of the two leading to political stagnation for a few more years while various groups wait for some new charismatic figure to emerge who can do the pied-piper thing with the country's stupidest rural orcs and blockheads with guns.

[-] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I don't care what her reasons are for saying the right thing. People on the right listen to her and we need more people saying the right thing.

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

What is being missed here is

EVEN MARGERY TAYLOR GREEN IS GETTING SUPPORT BY TELLING THE TRUTH

which leads us to ask

DEMOCRATS IN OFFICE, WHY IS THIS SO HARD?!?!?!

[-] Rhoeri@piefed.world 2 points 1 week ago

She’s nothing more than a bilge-rat, sensing the ship is sinking and escaping to higher decks.

[-] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Doesn't matter if the intent is to cause a civil war or not. We don't have a choice.

They will keep ramping up until we fight back. May as well start it now before more lives are lost.

I know Trump thinks it's going to keep there from being primaries, midterms, but he's wrong.

It's also not going to stop us from demanding the Epstein files.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

This is like the 3rd time I’ve agreed with her this year.

Much as that sucks, it could be that we’re being fed bullshit to divide us. Weird, I know.

She’s still an idiot whose views only align with mine in a few cases because she doesn’t really understand reality.

But she actually seems like someone who maybe cares about the truth sometimes. She was indoctrinated, but maybe she could be pulled out of it? Not when she’s surrounded by the right wing echo chamber, but it gives me some hope that the redcaps in our own orbit might have a chance?

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

She seems like a crazy person that's also a true believer.

She went to Washington wanting to expose, among other things, a secret child-sex abuse ring involving people at the highest levels of government and society. And lo and behold, there was one, but it was being protected by the people in her own party.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

True believers sometimes have some hope because some have just followed misinformation too far. Some will snap out of it when confronted with reality. The Final Experiment actually managed to turn some true flerfers. No effect on the grifters, obviously, but it shook some believers loose.

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[-] DeepThought42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

On one hand it's good to see anyone with a following stating truth to power, on the other hand it kinda pisses me off that only now after multiple needless deaths does this ass-hat who helped to set this situation up finally come to her senses.

[-] discocactus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

He was an observer not a protester ffs. Even subtle things like this shift the narrative.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Well, Marj is right on this one.

[-] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I’ll take what can be had from her words, but she cannot be trusted and shares blame for the groundwork for the cult followers we see today. She’s also made a lot of money and is getting out after the fact.

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub 1 points 1 week ago

Stay unemployed Marge

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