From gazpacho police to commander and chief: Top 10 Marjorie Taylor Greene screw-ups
The President is usually the Commander-in-Chief, but Georgia Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene called him the "commander and chief" in a tweet on March 16, 2022. It isn't her first major screw-up. The conspiracy theory-espousing Republican has a long history of mistakes and gaffes, some of which rival that of even President Joe Biden.
Unlike Biden though, Greene has shown little remorse for her mistakes, often brushing them off or simply blaming the "radical left" and even the Black Lives Matter movement, in a page straight out of the Donald Trump playbook. Apart from her gaffes, Greene has also pushed numerous conspiracy theories, which resulted in her personal Twitter account being barred in January 2022. Nonetheless, she's continued to spread lies, fake news, and downright laughable comments via her official Twitter account.
With Greene's latest gaffe drawing widespread attention, we thought it would be a good idea to look back at some other occasions when the Republican screwed up, leaving people shocked, ashamed, and even in splits.
Jewish space lasers
Perhaps the most iconic of Greene's comments, "Jewish space lasers" will live on in infamy for a very long time. Back in 2018, Greene claimed that space lasers sponsored by Rothschild Inc. were responsible for the 2018 California wildfires. Of course, that post has since been deleted but continues to live on, and dug-up everything Greene says something bizarre.
The Gazpacho Police
In February 2022, Greene said Speaker Nancy Pelosi was spying on Congress members with "gazpacho police", confusing the soup for the infamous Nazi police force the Gestapo. The mixup inspired a wealth of soup-related jokes, while Greene ignored them and simply moved on.
The insurrection timeline
Greene also appeared to have some confusion about the exact timing of events on January 6. In one tweet, Greene said, "The timeline doesn't fit the narrative. Trump supporters could not have listened to President Trump's speech at the WH and then been 'incited' by him to walk to and attack the Capitol." Funnily enough, that's exactly what happened.
Comparisons to the Holocaust
For a long time, Greene repeatedly compared mask and vaccine mandates to the Holocaust, once even tweeting, "Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazis forced Jewish people to wear a gold star." After much criticism, she visited the Holocaust memorial in Washington DC and acknowledged "It happened, and, you know, over 6 million Jewish people were murdered."
Wondering if 9/11 was real
For nearly all of the US (and the world), 9/11 was a very real incident that was orchestrated by Osama Bin Laden. Back in 2018 though, Greene wondered if it was an inside job, and reportedly liked a post that claimed it was. In a video, she also said, "It’s odd, there’s never any evidence shown for a plane in the Pentagon."
Questioning the loyalty of Reps Omar and Tlaib
In February 2019, Greene said, "They really should go back to the Middle East" about Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, adding "why they are serving in our American government." It seems she forgot to read up that Tlaib was born in Detroit, while Omar came to the US as a 12-year-old, and was given citizenship five years later.
Forgetting Guam is an American territory
At a CPAC conference in 2021, Greene famously said, "We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not for what? China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam, whatever, wherever." That led to a visit by Guam Rep. Michael San Nicolas, along with members of Guam's National Guard to her office.
Blamed Dems for backlash
In late February 2022, Greene spoke at a White nationalist conference headed by notable far-right figure, Nick Fuentes. Rather than apologize, Greene blamed the backlash on Democrats and "Pharisees in the Republican Party".
Claiming RBG was replaced with a body double
In February 2019, Greene appeared on a radio show where she said Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was replaced with a body double. "I do not believe that was Ruth. No. I don’t think so," she boldly declared.
Commander and chief
While attempting to respond to criticism of her tweet, Greene referred to the President as the "commander and chief" of the armed forces, when in fact he is the Commander in Chief. Clearly in a rush to have the last word, fact-checking was not her priority as the net was horrified to find out.