Ignore GOP condemnations of Marjorie Taylor Greene -- it's all a part of the troll

[marmar]

Ignore GOP condemnations of Marjorie Taylor Greene — it's all a part of the troll
GOP leaders have a symbiotic relationship with the Republican Troll Queen

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
PUBLISHED MAY 26, 2021 4:57PM


(Salon) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, like a cat peeing on your bed, has found the most surefire way to get that sweet, sweet attention she craves: Holocaust comparisons.

It started last week when the QAnon congresswoman from Georgia made a glib and risible comparison between an ongoing mask mandate in the House of Representatives — necessary only because GOP congressional members refuse to get COVID-19 vaccines (or admit they did, anyway) — to literal genocide.

"[W]e can look back at a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second class citizens, so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany," she told a host on Real America's Voice, whose name makes the "far-right network" descriptor redundant. "And this is exactly the type of abuse that Nancy Pelosi is talking about."

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Finally, Republican leadership went ahead and condemned her remarks, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy calling them "appalling" and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell calling them "outrageous." Notably, however, no one in GOP leadership called for any actual consequences for Greene, even of the most toothless sort, like a congressional censure.

Republican leaders actually benefit from Greene's trollish antics and have no reason to get in her way. They have a symbiotic relationship with Greene. Everyone reaps rewards from this little game, where she acts like a brat and they pretend to disapprove. So there's no reason for anyone in leadership to actually take action to stop her trolling. ...........(more)

https://www.salon.com/2021/05/26/ignore-gop-condemnations-of-marjorie-taylor-greene--its-all-apart-of-the-troll/

[Wounded Bear]

1. Yep, we've seen this scenario before...

like when they "comdemn" a fellow member for some sexual peccadillo, and then refuse to really sanction them in any way.

[PortTack]

2. It was reported earlier that big donor qgop ppl told them to call her out. always follow the money

[2naSalit]

3. +1

[ck4829]

4. K&R