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BumRushDaShow

(142,209 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:38 PM Tuesday

Marjorie Taylor Greene issues warning to Republicans opposing Matt Gaetz nomination

Source: The Guardian

Tue 19 Nov 2024 15.18 EST
Last modified on Tue 19 Nov 2024 15.26 EST


Marjorie Taylor Greene, the firebrand Republican congresswoman from Georgia, has intervened on behalf of Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s embattled attorney general nominee, by issuing a bizarre challenge to her Republican colleagues. Amid intensifying pressure for the release of a congressional report into alleged sexual misconduct that could sink Gaetz’s nomination, Taylor Greene demanded similar full disclosure of what she claimed were multiple reports of assault and sexual harassment filed against fellow Republican Congress members.

She also said she had filed one of the claims herself. “For my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, If we are going to release ethics reports and rip apart our own that Trump has appointed, then put it ALL out there for the American people to see,” Taylor Greene wrote on X in a post which had received 1.3m views by Tuesday 1pm ET.

“Yes.. all the ethics reports and claims including the one I filed, all your sexual harassment and assault claims that were secretly settled paying off victims with tax payer money, the entire Jeffrey Epstein files, tapes, recordings, witness interviews but not just those, there’s more, Epstein wasn’t/isn’t the only asset. If we’re going to dance, let’s all dance in the sunlight,” she wrote. She concluded with what appeared to be a veiled threat: “I’ll make sure we do.”

While not elucidating on the seemingly scattershot allegations, Taylor Greene’s intervention exposed the fissures opened up in Republican ranks by Trump’s nomination of Gaetz as America’s top law official.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/trump-cabinet-gaetz-marjorie-taylor-greene

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Marjorie Taylor Greene issues warning to Republicans opposing Matt Gaetz nomination (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP
Her "ethics" allow for the public display of pictures of the President's son's penis. Harker Tuesday #1
Peppermint Marj strikes again n/t Jacson6 Tuesday #2
She's hurting him HereForTheParty Tuesday #3
So she's admitting... skypilot Tuesday #4
Makes you wonder Smackdown2019 Tuesday #5
I support her ... SomewhereInTheMiddle 23 hrs ago #6

Harker

(14,925 posts)
1. Her "ethics" allow for the public display of pictures of the President's son's penis.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:49 PM
Tuesday

If I see her or Boebert described as "firebrands" again, I'll scream.

skypilot

(8,932 posts)
4. So she's admitting...
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:38 PM
Tuesday

...that her party is full of dirtbags but she's mad that those dirtbags don't want to give a promotion to another dirtbag.

Smackdown2019

(1,258 posts)
5. Makes you wonder
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:50 PM
Tuesday

Makes you wonder what will happen if a few Republicans shift towards the middle. Away from the lunacy that will be another shit show. One thing will be certain. Life will be different

6. I support her ...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 04:55 AM
23 hrs ago

... releasing all the dirt on all the republicans (even the democrats if there are credible allegations with evidence). I see no reason these investigations to public servants should be held secretly. As they are not leading to criminal charges, but consequences in our House and Senate, we - the employers, should have some visibility.

Release them all! Let the voters sort them out.

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