Yesterday, Georgia's stain on the nation, Rep. Marjorie "Traitor" Greene (Insurrection-Trumpworld), became the first member of Congress to testify in court about her activities leading up to an on January 6. The plaintiffs in the case are trying to disqualify Greene from running for office on the basis of her support for the insurrection, as required by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
Playing to a crowd of mouthbreathers in the audience as if at a rally, Greene displayed her contempt for the proceedings by suddenly acquiring amnesia about those activities, responding "I don't recall," and variations thereof throughout her 3 hours of testimony. After many of those denials, the plaintiff's attorney played video or exhibited social media posts from Greene showing saying exactly what was alleged:
"Greene was confronted with several of her social media posts on the issue while on the stand, but she was hesitant to take ownership of the views she’s pushed in the past. The conspiracy theorist from Georgia has long engaged with some of the most extreme corners of conservative media, pushing lies about Democratic colleagues, hate speech, and calls for violence, and on Friday she seemed well aware of how bad her record looks when it’s removed from the cesspool of right-wing demagoguery on the internet and laid bare in a court of law." (our emphasis)
She denied calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "traitor," but was immediately confronted with the evidence that she did:
Question to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: "In fact, you think that Speaker Pelosi is a traitor to the country, right?"
— CSPAN (@cspan) April 22, 2022
Greene: "I'm not answering that question...I haven't said that."
Q: "Put up plaintiff's exhibit 5."
Greene: "Oh, no. Wait. Hold on now..." pic.twitter.com/hBHPAkUOaA
One would think a Christofascist like Greene would proudly own her own vile statements to be a "hero" to her mob following, but at this point she wants to remain on the ballot for both the primary election and the general election in November so that she can continue to spew her lies, hatred and sedition. If the judge in this case rules that there is sufficient evidence of her support of an insurrection, the matter would be referred to Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Trump bête noire to decide whether she should be removed from the ballot, a steep climb to deny a sitting Congresscritter a place on the ballot.
