Marjorie Taylor Greene Sponsors Bill to Award Kyle Rittenhouse a Congressional Gold Medal

[George II]

Source: Newsweek

Georgia GOP Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene sponsored a House bill to award Kyle Rittenhouse a Congressional Gold Medal for "protect(ing) the community of Kenosha, Wisconsin, during a Black Lives Matter (BLM) riot on August 25, 2020."

Greene introduced the bill on Tuesday. The legislation was then referred to the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on House Administration to be determined by the Speaker

Rittenhouse shot three men, killing two and injuring one, during protests in Kenosha following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an African American. Rittenhouse's legal team argued that their client's actions were in self-defense.

On Friday, Rittenhouse was cleared of charges that included one count of first-degree reckless homicide, one count of first-degree intentional homicide, one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-sponsors-bill-award-kyle-rittenhouse-congressional-gold-medal-1652959

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This is NOT the Onion or Borowitz, this is real.

[Ocelot II]

1. Jesus wept.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

39. Despite claims, RepubliCon christians do not follow Jesus. . . . nt

[LT Barclay]

48. I put it this way. If a person claims to be republican and Christian,

They either don't understand republicans or don't understand Christ

[Ocelot II]

68. What was that thing Jesus was going on about...

Something about feeding the hungry, welcoming strangers, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and imprisoned? And if you didn't do those things you'd go to Hell?

Gonna be lots of GOPers feeling the warmth...

[Evolve Dammit]

80. She would spit on him. Or shoot him. this woman needs lock up time. n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

2. first flush rush and now this idiot ? good thing i wasnt eating anything.

oh please !!!! a traitor giving a freedom medal to a traitor ?

[samnsara]

3. shes so common

[MontanaMama]

4. These people are trolls.

24/7/365.

[Initech]

54. Yup, professional trolls.

And now they've lept off the screen and into Congress. Fuck them.

[madaboutharry]

5. This is political theater from a looney Drama Queen.

There is no bottom for her.

[Sapient Donkey]

14. Her supporters eat it up too

If there is no bottom for them, then there is no bottom for her.

[BlueIdaho]

6. Congressional Gold Medal

Now worth less than a cup of coffee. Well done Fascists!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. No. Not.

It has NOT been awarded to Rittenhouse.

eMpTy Greene can say all she wants (except actual incitement of violence).

[llashram]

7. my question?

will this murderer get it in these divided times? I will not be surprised if the answer is yes.

[onenote]

12. It will never get out of Committee.

[George II]

31. I doubt that it will ever get referred to the appropriate (or inappropriate) committee.

[Thomas Hurt]

8. Give the Aryan Poster Boy a medal, keep propping up that fascist hero cult.

In their minds, they have their very own little action hero come to real life

[applegrove]

9. Elevating agents of chaos like Rittenhouse and his gun to hero

status is about setting a Libertarian America in stone.

[Sapient Donkey]

10. Are there no people who still consider themselves republicans willing to do anything about these

Crazy people? It’s as if 4chan has taken over their politics and they have all become edge lords looking to shock. This is all attention seeking behavior, right?

[Stuart G]

11. Some Kind of Joke?... This Cannot Be Real.....This Makes Greene As Stupid as Rittenhouse.

Much Stupider I might add. Cannot comment the way I want to for reasons that are clear to all.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. What an embarrassment to the country.

[onecaliberal]

15. Words fail.

[rampartc]

16. absolutely NOT

[blueinredohio]

17. Wonder how many republicans will sign on to that bill.

[KS Toronado]

37. All the trumpers

Gym Jordan for sure

[JohnnyRingo]

66. I may be going out on a limb here...

...but I doubt anyone will affix their name to this absurd piece of paper that has no chance of going anywhere. Very few pols are in that safe of a district, maybe not even Greene.

[MustBeTheBooz]

74. Hmmm... add to the pool.

All of them! Sick, sick political party.

[LaMouffette]

18. MTG is following TFG's playbook by committing outrage after outrage just to get attention.

And yes, to throw red meat to the base. But I think, like Trump, MTG basks in the publicity her bad behavior delivers for her. Another cruel, self-serving narcissist.

[mopinko]

19. i'm so glad the families are suing the cops.

i suspect once they put the whole night together, it will be like portland- it was the rw thugs and the cops that turned a peaceful protest bloody.

[McKim]

20. I Am Ignoring this Today!

I am ignoring this hateful gesture today to think about how I can support our Democratic Party for the next elections.

[Freethinker65]

21. Have Trump himself pin a medal on Kyle at a ceremony at Mar-a-Lago

Invite every last Republican and document who shows up believing Trump has the authority to do such a thing. I guarantee Trump will have more than a handful of legislators show up for the free media televised event...you just know the media will be giving free air time anytime Kyle and Trump get together.

[Frustratedlady]

24. I think I heard on Morning Joe that Rittenhouse was invited to Mar-a-Lago, last night.

Maybe I heard that wrong?

This circus around this kid is beyond disgusting.

[Freethinker65]

27. There are already pictures of the meeting. Thumbs up pose of course.

[Frustratedlady]

35. Well, it shows to me that Trumo and his "party" are a lot more immature than I gave them credit for,

The Repukes have shown that they don't have the sense to come in out of the rain and are capable of little more than being bullies and obstructionists. Trump has always been beyond repair and never did grow up. They all remind me of little boys in their club houses who have never actually gotten beyond their toy guns.

I have lost what little respect I ever had for Republicans. That goes for them all since no one has the guts to straighten them out.

[Traildogbob]

22. And does Marginal Trailer Queen

Have a Particular BuyBull passage that praises his murdering? Wait until the Georgia Bubbas are all exonerated. Soon they will have enough with the Capital insurgents to have a parade with military tanks and missiles and all the variations of treasonous flags the fly.
This Queen does not deserve to “Live Long”. Medals for the Georgia Bubbas are coming.
More God Blessin MurKKKa.
All their shit while thumping the Bible. Just how America was born and excused all its murderous activities with the takeover of “Newly Discovered” country.
If we can’t stop these idiots, we deserve the outcome.

[Bayard]

23. I keep thinking,

What if this kid had been black? The cops would have shot him, and he'd be old news by now.

Is MTG really this much of an idiot, or does she just play one on TV?

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. How about asking the pope to make him a saint?

This is absolutely ridiculous.

[grumpyduck]

26. Doesn't she have anything better to do

with our tax dollars that pay her salary than spew this fucking bullshit?

Apparently not.

Eat shit and die, asshole.

[mn9driver]

28. She has sponsored 16 bills since taking office. They are all batshit right wing crazy.

She likes the idea of awarding congressional gold medals to those who attack protesters. She also likes the idea of impeaching Biden and expelling Maxine Waters. She also likes gun rights stuff and anti-vax, anti mask stuff.

That’s about it. That is all she is good for.

[trusty elf]

41. She likes chocolate pie...

[bucolic_frolic]

29. It's all a farce to them now, as long as it serves their interests

[Miguelito Loveless]

30. Man is John Wilkes Booth pissed off

that he was born so early.

[geardaddy]

56. You win the thread!

[LiberatedUSA]

32. The party of trolls.

[Jose Garcia]

33. Hopefully she doesn't figure ouy that she has the ability to

nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

[DeeNice]

34. Two names that I don't need to see any more. nt

[hay rick]

36. Rush Limbaugh rolling over in his grave...NOT.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Two people died. Community more protected if Rittenhouse had stayed home. . . . nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

69. And one permanently disabled

While he escaped death, Gaige Grosskreut, lost 90% of his bicep, was in the hospital for a week and in physical therapy for months. He wasn't simply "shot in the arm".

[Karma13612]

42. This is obscenely offensive....nt

[llmart]

43. Maybe Nancy can rip it up like she did anus mouth's state of the union speech.

MTG is such a waste of skin.

[DFW]

44. Did she include Dylan Roof, Charles Manson and Jeffrey Dahmer?

Or is she going to propose them individually?

[oldsoftie]

45. Just a meaningless attention ploy.

Her district gets nothing because she sponsors nothing except her own interests

[intheflow]

46. No. n/t

[djacq]

47. The Celebration of White Privilege.

[moondust]

49. She'll always be remembered as "Empty."

Next week she can nominate the 3 Georgia killers.

[dalton99a]

50. What an attention whore

[Captain Zero]

79. She's 10 pounds of shit in a five pound sack.

For sure.

[ZonkerHarris]

51. She wins the race to the bottom

[usaf-vet]

60. To early to call it. But she is definitely in contention.

To early to call it. But she is definitely in contention.

[SeattleVet]

62. With this bunch, there *is* no bottom.

With them it's more like, 'You think that's as low as I can go? Hold my beer and watch this!'.

[barbtries]

52. still trying to shut my mouth.

nothing surprises me about these people, but i can still be shocked.

[Initech]

53. Not a cult.

[Irish_Dem]

55. I thought this was a military only medal for extraordinary bravery and self sacrifice.

[Initech]

57. That was until the last guy came along.

He really cheapened the whole thing. Like everything he does.

[Irish_Dem]

58. Right, he destroyed so many institutions and traditions.

[George II]

61. I just checked - the legislation has to be sponsored by 2/3 of each house. Not going to happen.

[Irish_Dem]

64. Thank God. What a travesty to even consider it.

[Initech]

71. Yeah this is just trolling, but on a professional level.

Though Marjorie is not exactly someone who I would hold in any sort of regard as a "professional". This shit has got to stop.

[George II]

72. You mean unprofessional level, right?

[JohnnyRingo]

63. GTFO! I just don't understand anymore.

This isn't the country I grew up in. Not even in the days when MLK was shot did we have members of congress honor the triggerman at a riot. And we had actual Klansmen in office back then.

[maxrandb]

65. This girl suffers from delusions of adequacy

She's as useless as a Football Bat

You could convince her that she could pick up a turd from the floor by the "clean end"

Ignore her. She's as worthless as teats on a bullfrog.

[3auld6phart]

67. Seriously ??

Is Empty Greene feckin’ serious? Where in bloody hell do the
Repukes dredge up these losers? Just too damn many to name.

[mahina]

70. Attention addict. Look at meeee! Talk about meeee.

Troll.

I have a mental picture of a bunch of wounher warthogs sitting around a table with a big pad brainstorming ideas to derail and grab headlines.

Apology to warthogs.

[Monohull]

73. She's a very sick woman.

[ybbor]

75. She's an evil, attention seeking clown

Pennywise ain’t got nothing on her!

Vile!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

76. She always pulls idiot stunts in hope of attention

I would be ashamed if she was my Congressperson.

[marble falls]

77. Of course. As if.

[monkeyman1]

78. need to figure out which mental ward she escaped from???

[LudwigPastorius]

81. Poor, stupid little culture warrior...

Shouldn't she be hanging out with those Q freaks at Dealey Plaza waiting for John John, Elvis, Jesus, and E.T.?

[jmowreader]

82. Oh my...

“Madam Speaker, I rise to nominate Kyle Rittenhouse for the Congressional Gold Medal for protecting Kenosha…”

“Mrs. Greene, the only reason I am not asking you if you have gone out of your fucking mind is you don’t have one in the first place. Quit doing this shit.”

[onenote]

83. Someone should propose an amendment to her bill

changing it so that it awards the Medal of Honor to Ahmoud Arbery

[jmowreader]

94. I was thinking of a better amendment

This one would require any Member who loses all his or her committee assignments to resign within seven days of notification.

[sheilahi]

84. here's an idea

Hey Marjorie (aka lowlife miserable worthless POS)
You want the little murderer to have a medal? Give him Rush's. He's not using it anymore.

[waterwatcher123]

85. Schedule a Vote - Let Marjorie and the Republicans Defend their Position Publicly

This is a great opportunity to totally embarrass and create a morass of recriminations in the Republican party. Let them publicly defend or run away from Marjorie's view of what the Republican party stands for in 2021.

[The Jungle 1]

86. Yes yes yes

Attack over this. The right always gets a pass on their cray cray. We need to let America know that she is bat shit crazy every time she opens her pie hole.

[Stuart G]

87. MOST IMPORTANT, THE FOOL IS UP FOR REELECTION IN 2022...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Faces Tough Reelection in 2022https://www.businessinsider.com › Politics
Feb 24, 2021 — The US representative in Georgia is up for reelection in 2022, and her recent actions have put her at odds with Democrats and Republicans ...

BUT SHE IS LIKE TRUMP...SHE THINKS SHE CAN GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING.

BUT SHE WON'T. THE REPUBLICANS WILL PLOT AGAINST HER BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT SEAT. SHE WILL LOSE.

....STUPID IS STILL VERY STUPID...................

[Kid Berwyn]

88. Normalizing murder.

Next up for Majorly Traitor Greed and Associates: mass murder.

[deepstate]

89. Wrong Award

Hitler-Jugend ( HJ ) - Schießauszeichnung für Scharfschützen

[MandelaObama]

91. It's a sad state of affairs

When you read a headline like this and you think "of course she would, it's only logical she would do this according to the warped logic of the QAnon/White Supremacist world"

How low we've sunk

[Mike Nelson]

92. Hmm...

... if Crooked Donald were still President, he would be getting some kind of badge! They believe he shot liberal trouble-makers. Marjorie's voters will love her more, now... however, stories about Marjorie help us nationally. Keep them comin'!

[AngryOldDem]

93. LOL. And in other breaking news, the sun rose in the east.

Why does this come as a surprise?

THIS is the real issue here. Not the minutae that some seem to be fixated on. This kid is the new face of the extreme Right, and by extension, the GOP.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

95. Rittenhouse is what happens when you give your kids guns instead of books.

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