Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to walk back her QAnon beliefs, claiming that she was "sucked in" by the internet.

Oh puhh-leeeze, at least take responsibility for your own words and actions. Too much to ask of MTG, I know.

https://www.comicsands.com/greene-blames-internet-qanon-beliefs-2659089330.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=sand

MTG Dragged After Blaming The Internet For 'Sucking' Her In To QAnon Conspiracies

Admitting she is unfit to serve the public isn't the excuse she thinks it is.

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@georgetakei The "Party of personal responsibility" accepts responsibility for nothing. Always.
@PattiNH @georgetakei
"The party of personal responsibility... for others"
@georgetakei
"I'm not crazy! I'm just stupid!" -MTG
@TheMetalDog @georgetakei
It worked for Trump
@gzuckier @georgetakei
It's the playbook. She can't get appointed to committees as a lunatic. But stupid is acceptable because stupid falls in line with leadership.
@georgetakei Someone that easily fooled has no business holding public office, anyway.
@georgetakei We'll know it's happening when she converts to Judaism...

@georgetakei I believe some members of the GOP just pretend to be complete, total, cacophonously stupid credulous morons, and I believe Greene is *not* one of them.

I honestly believe that reporters have a duty to call her an idiot, to her face, in earshot of everyone around her, repeatedly, and to print that shit.

This woman needs to be told she is an idiot every single goddamn day of her life.

@georgetakei soon: "I was just following orders". 😟

I hope we as a society have learned how to deal with fascists...

@georgetakei I'm willing to accept the jewish space lasers lady is gullible.
@georgetakei my kids used that excuse - when they 12-14 years old. Never worked.
@georgetakei the only easy sucking in was her sucking her crossfit trainer
@georgetakei A lying politician? What a strange concept.
@georgetakei Not a supporter by any means, but even if this is self serving and fake - It’s beneficial to everyone if some of these folk rebuke those beliefs (even outwardly, even if they believe privately). I’ll take it.
@georgetakei #GOP voters wipe their memories clean on command.
@georgetakei That's hilarious. And I don't mean in the real laughter way 😤
@georgetakei Yes puhh-leeeze MTG, what a nitwit!

@georgetakei

facepalm.
...and I know her constituents will buy in to that. There's no anticipating just how low willingly gullible people will go, when they have to justify their own bad decisions.

@georgetakei Margarine Trailer-Queen can’t survive no ‘persona redo.’ North #Georgia rednecks aynt a-gwine let’er make dem look the fool!
@georgetakei I would definitely prefer my representative in government to be a gullible rube who's easily duped into spouting nonsense intended to get people hurt or killed. But if I can't have the full item, I'll settle for a shameless opportunist trading on her own ignorance, narcissism, and lack of moral direction. As the old campaign slogan has it, you can't always get what you want.

@georgetakei

it's the "when I was young and foolish defense"

applied by a 48 year old to her 47 year old self

@georgetakei Hey George, can you please put a Content Warning if you are going to post photos like this that might trigger folks 😉​🤔​
@georgetakei Like that visit to the Holocaust Museum!

@georgetakei

At least take responsibility? She doesn't remember.

@georgetakei the party of personal responsibility my ass. 😤
@georgetakei She also did this...
@Think4Yourself @georgetakei Remember with these people: Every accusation is a confession…maybe we need an in-depth investigation into her personal life, JS.

@georgetakei If anyone's beliefs and personality are swept up in obvious internet lies, hoaxes, and conspiracy theories, they should not be a representative- whether they are still caught up or admit that they were caught up.

This was never a "believed bad information", this was "believed bad information that wasn't logical, relied on absurdities, and was disproven in over 50 court cases".

@Gimpleg @georgetakei
I also believe that any discussions in Congress must follow Robert’s Rules.
That would eliminate about half the GOP talking points.
It wouldn’t be a difficult thing to implement and would at least give the appearance of some kind of intelligent life within our government.
@georgetakei maybe important people are noticing similarities between her and the images of the person who planted the bombs on Jan 6.
@georgetakei Uh, admitting to be gullible is a pretty horrible thing for a government official too, MTG.
@georgetakei
This doesn't feel organic to me. This feels like she brought in professionals to rehab her image.
@georgetakei Mean-spirited, soulless, amoral professional troll. She believes in nothing but enhancing her own power.
@georgetakei A Republican taking responsibility? George, you’re just too funny. The last Republican to do that was George H W Bush and republicans crucified him.

@georgetakei she IS a core face of Qanon conspiracy theories. She is, and was, an elected, sworn, member of congress pushing total lunacy.

She was not “sucked in” — she knew better. Her lungs and lips were providing the suction.

I like heroes who don't get captured by the internet

@georgetakei

@dynarski @georgetakei Then #JohnMastodon should be your ideal. #TheResistanceWillBeFederated

Sad to think this isn't even close to the dumbest thing Mrs-Quacking-In-Their-Boots has said...

#gop #QAnon

@georgetakei
Breathing spent cordite fumes at the firing range can upset neurological cognition.
@georgetakei when your a total vacuum who’s sucking who?
@georgetakei
Well,,, if she’s that gullible she definately has no place in the halls of power!!…
@georgetakei @Orangejuice I don’t think anyone is going to be sucked in by that excuse
@3wombats well never say never, she was elected by some people and it might be excuse good enough or will they turn on her 🍿
@Orangejuice I’m all for the turning. :D

@georgetakei See, if she actually thought she’d been duped, she’d be fighting like hell to discredit the conspiracy theory so no one else would get “sucked in” the way she claims to have been.

If she doesn’t think the spread of right-wing misinformation is an incredibly serious issue, her view of QAnon hasn’t changed at all. To her, it’s true whenever supporting it helps her career.

@georgetakei if she wants to act more “adult “, let her! But never forget what she is. Never forget.
@georgetakei someone so easily "sucked in" but sh*t she reads online has no business in any position of power (same goes for Elon)... 🤦‍♂️
@georgetakei I see she’s having quite the little makeover these days.

@georgetakei "“I will tell you something, if Steve Bannon and I organized that, we would have won,” she said, as attendees erupted in cheers and applause. “Not to mention, it would’ve been armed.”"

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/12/11/white-nationalists-other-republicans-brace-total-war

White Nationalists, Other Republicans Brace for ‘Total War’

A collection of radical right figures including white nationalists and ultranationalist European leaders gathered in Manhattan for the New York Young Republican Club’s (NYYRC) annual gala Saturday night, where that group’s president declared “total war” on perceived enemies.

Southern Poverty Law Center
@georgetakei So all that video of her screaming at high school kids who survived school shootings was just what….”a mistake???” Evil bee-otch…
White Nationalists, Other Republicans Brace for ‘Total War’

A collection of radical right figures including white nationalists and ultranationalist European leaders gathered in Manhattan for the New York Young Republican Club’s (NYYRC) annual gala Saturday night, where that group’s president declared “total war” on perceived enemies.

Southern Poverty Law Center
@georgetakei she's a anti democracy thug