Thread by @MollyJongFast

I wrote about marjorie Taylor Greene in “wait, what” in ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩ newsletters.theatlantic.com/wait-what/61d5…

But Greene has not had any trouble fitting into Trump’s Republican Party. If anything, she’s become one of the most prominent voices in the GOP’s antidemocratic iteration.

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If you need proof that Greene is simply a manifestation of where the Republican base is right now, just look at her fundraising numbers: According to Politico, in the first quarter of 2021 she raised $3.2 million from over 100,000 individual donors

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I wrote about MTG and how she’s the heir apparent to Trumpism and here she is

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https://twitter.com/arthurdelaneyhp/status/1479170517190037504

"When not using dehumanizing language, Greene is floating the idea of what she calls a “national divorce scenario.” Secession has historically been a kind of third rail in American political discourse, but Trumpism opened the door to...."

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MTG has been embraced by conservative media.
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