In January 2022, Rep. Greene joined the alternative social media platform Gab, a favorite platform for white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and supporters of the antisemitic QAnon conspiracy theory. Rep. Greene fully embraced Gab for political power and fundraising purposes, bringing mainstream followers onto its extremist platform and mobilizing the extremists already there.
Summary
Marjorie Taylor Greene was born in 1974 and is currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.
Greene was first elected in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020, following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves. In 2021, she was stripped of all her committee assignments in the wake of unearthed incendiary and violent past statements from that triggered widespread backlash. The vote tally was 230-199 with 11 Republican House members voting with Democrats to remove Greene from her committee assignments.
U.S. Representative Greene has sparked controversy for making trivializing the Holocaust, antisemitic comments, and associating herself with white supremacists.
Rep. Greene had published in the past ludicrous social media posts that include accusations that “Jewish Space Lasers” caused the wildfires in California and that “Zionist Supremacists” secretly masterminded Muslim immigration to Europe. She has also trivialized the Holocaust by repeatedly making Nazi-era comparisons in order to oppose vaccination.
In February 2022, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene addressed the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) in Orlando. The event was organized by Nicholas Fuentes, a renowned white supremacist and Holocaust denier who rose to prominence after attending the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017.
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