SCOOP: House Republican leaders are racing to distance themselves from a leading GOP congressional candidate after we uncovered hours of Facebook videos in which she expresses deeply racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic views.
the story w/ @allymutnick: politico.com/news/2020/06/1…
the story w/ @allymutnick: politico.com/news/2020/06/1…
It’s hard to even list all the offensive comments from Marjorie Greene, but let me try:
—She questioned whether Muslims should be allowed to serve in office, calling the midterms “an Islamic invasion" & accusing Muslims of wanting "special treatment" to “rise” above non-Muslims.
—She questioned whether Muslims should be allowed to serve in office, calling the midterms “an Islamic invasion" & accusing Muslims of wanting "special treatment" to “rise” above non-Muslims.
—She said that if she were black, she'd feel “proud” to see a Confederate statue "because I’d say, ‘Look how far I have come in this country.’”
—She said minorities are being held back in society by gangs, drugs, a lack of education, and abortions — “not white people.”
—She said minorities are being held back in society by gangs, drugs, a lack of education, and abortions — “not white people.”
—She said she knows "a ton of white people that are as lazy and sorry and probably worse than black people” and said unemployment is simply the result of “bad choices” and being “lazy.”
—She compared Black Lives Matter activists to KKK members and denounced them all as “idiots”
—She compared Black Lives Matter activists to KKK members and denounced them all as “idiots”
—She complained that @IlhanMN "has got to wear a head-covering” in Congress and took the oath of office on a Koran: "No! You have to be sworn in on the bible."
—She warned that a Muslim man running for the Florida state House "was not born in America” & “we cannot let him win.”
—She warned that a Muslim man running for the Florida state House "was not born in America” & “we cannot let him win.”
—She said Obama only won black voters because of the “color of his skin" and that’s why he identifies as black, even though he is “half-white” and “American.”
—She called Jewish Democratic mega donor George Soros a "piece of crap that turned in his own people over to the Nazis.”
—She called Jewish Democratic mega donor George Soros a "piece of crap that turned in his own people over to the Nazis.”
—And finally, she said white men are “the most mistreated group of people in the United States today” and said black people are treated equally now. "Guess what? Slavery is over.”
One more:
—She repeatedly said black people “are held slaves to the Democratic Party” and said black Republicans get called “coon” and “Uncle Toms” by liberal black voters: “It’s a slavery system to keep their vote."
—She repeatedly said black people “are held slaves to the Democratic Party” and said black Republicans get called “coon” and “Uncle Toms” by liberal black voters: “It’s a slavery system to keep their vote."
