Racist QAnon Follower Marjorie Taylor Greene Wins Georgia GOP Runoff

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Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene brandishes an AR-15 while defending property against nonexistent “antifa” activists in a promotional video.



Racist QAnon Follower Marjorie Taylor Greene Wins Georgia GOP Runoff

Greene overwhelmingly defeated her opponent in the heavily Republican 14th Congressional District.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-wins-georgia-gop_n_5f33494ec5b6960c066de62f

By Dominique Mosbergen


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She referred to African Americans, for instance, as “slaves to the Democratic Party,” warned of “an Islamic invasion of our government” and insisted that billionaire philanthropist George Soros is a Nazi, Politico reported.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) lambasted Greene’s videos as “appalling.” Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.) said in June that he could “no longer support” Greene’s candidacy in light of her “deeply troubling” comments.

Greene has also come under scrutiny for her support for QAnon, the far-right conspiracy movement that, among other baseless beliefs, has promoted the fiction that President Donald Trump is working to dismantle a “deep state” cabal of Satan-loving and pedophilic liberal elites.

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“Republican extremism is on the ballot across Georgia and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s primary win tonight after embracing vile racism and conspiracy theories represents exactly what’s wrong with today’s GOP,” Scott Hogan, executive director of the Democratic Party of Georgia, said in a statement.

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