Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon Supporter, Wins House Primary in Georgia
Source: NY Times
Conspiracy theorists won a major victory on Tuesday as a Republican supporter of the convoluted pro-Trump movement QAnon triumphed in her House primary runoff election in Georgia, all but ensuring that she will represent a deep-red district in Congress.
The ascension of Marjorie Taylor Greene, who embraces a conspiracy theory that the F.B.I. has labeled a potential domestic terrorism threat, came as six states held primary and runoff elections on Tuesday.
In Georgia, Ms. Greene defeated John Cowan, a neurosurgeon who is no less conservative or pro-Trump, according to The Associated Press, holding a lead of more than 15 percentage points around 10 p.m. Eastern. The result is likely to unsettle mainstream Republicans, who have sought to publicly distance themselves from QAnon supporters running for congressional office this cycle even as they quietly support some of them.
Now, with Georgias 14th Congressional District, one of the most Republican in the country, likely to vote red in November, Ms. Greene is all but assured of getting the chance to put into action her talk of rooting out an imagined deep-state cabal of pedophile Satanists who are trying to take down President Trump.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-georgia-primary.html
PerceptionManagement
(464 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)apparently didn't stand out enough in the Republican field. QAnon's a media attention-grabbing addition to their classic hatefulness.
hlthe2b
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a national forum--or any more attention whatsoever. They have shown their insanity can lead to dangerous acts.
Mr.Bill
(24,330 posts)Maybe it will be good for the idiocy to be on display instead of hiding in the dark corners of the internet. She'll drag the others down with her if they hitch their wagon to her horse. Sort of like how Trump is going to drag the GOP Senate down with him. Let the crazies be on display for all to see.
Gore1FL
(21,152 posts)Then there is the rest of the GOP TX delegation, Virginia Fox, Matt Gaetz, etc. There has been no shortage of crazies for all to see.
Mr.Bill
(24,330 posts)they lost control of the house in 2018. They are the party of clowns and idiots. They don't get voted out of gerrymandered districts, but their presence damages their party. Shine a light on them.
pazzyanne
(6,558 posts)rpannier
(24,339 posts)groundloop
(11,523 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)and in an effort to keep lowering the bar on bat-shit craziness, QAnon was the logical replacement. Trump tipped the republicans next misstep when he introduced the alien sperm "doctor" into his "Covid response" repertoire. Republicans keep pushing themselves further and further into the weeds, and the voters are getting damned scarce out there. I don't see this as a real problem in any way. Let them completely embarrass themselves.
JudyM
(29,280 posts)Many of the Klanbaggers are still in Congress; ensconced in heavily gerrymandered districts, so as to be untouchable. Thus, were stuck with KKKlowns like Gym Jordan (R-Protects Child Molesters) and Louie Gohmert (R-Dumbest Congresscritter Ever).
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)is on it's way out. Those dingbats might be safe in their carefully gerrymandered districts, but those districts are about to see a more carefully apportioned reorganization. Within the next four years those districts will represent the actual demographic makeup of their areas, instead of being lily-white and dead-red.
hatrack
(59,593 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,991 posts)It is discouraging.
bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)Destroy their ideology with fact, logic, and truth while ignoring them. That will shrivel them up.
japple
(9,842 posts)lived here for 16 years. Our Democratic Party is small, but strong and we're trying to bring light and truth to this large district. It is such an uphill battle. The person who will be her Democratic opponent in November probably doesn't stand a chance. This district will give tRUMP what he wants and Greene will have a platform for a brief time. We hope her colleagues in Congress will shun her and ignore her, refuse to seat her on any committees and she will be voted out next go-round. Please send good energies to the Democrats in the 14th district. We are so tired.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)They seem to be popular with the GOP women for some reason. Is it cultural, or are they wanting to be like Ivanka?
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)Nexus2
(1,261 posts)Reality looks more like The Onion and Weekly World News every day.
maxrandb
(15,359 posts)needs to punish the ever-loving-shit out of districts like this one.
The voters in this district that would send a piece of worthless amphibian shit like this to represent them have surrendered their humanity.
And for those that say; "well, the Retrumplicans would do the same to us" I say; "I'll let you know how I feel about that as soon as Democrats send such a flaming bag of shit as her to Congress"
BadGimp
(4,019 posts)At least NOW they are not trying to hide to Crazy.