cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14604927
Conservatives Quickly Turn Against “Idiot” Marjorie Taylor Greene
The Georgia Republican is fast falling out of favor for her opposition to the Ukraine aid bill.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s failed fight to end aid to Ukraine, and her sort-of-serious crusade against House Speaker Mike Johnson, has cost her the support of right-wing media.
The Sunday front page of the New York Post, owned by the conservative Murdoch family, was the latest outlet to attack Greene, invoking the “Moscow Marjorie” nickname coined by former representative Ken Buck.
Fox News, another arm of the Murdoch media empire, had already taken aim at the Georgia Republican last week, with columnist Liz Peek calling her an “idiot” and saying she needs to “turn all that bombastic self-serving showmanship and drama queen energy on Democrats.” This follows an editorial last month from The Wall Street Journal, also in the Murdoch portfolio, that called Greene “Rep. Mayhem Taylor Greene” and accused her and her allies of being “most interested in TV hits and internet donors.”
Even a non-Murdoch outlet is on the attack, as conservative Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Debra Saunders demanded to know “who put Marjorie Taylor Greene in charge?”
No, MTG isn’t what I would consider a mainstream Republican. I don’t know anyone who likes her other than the people who vote for her. The same thing goes for Boebert.
Matt Gaetz is one that most people don’t like but he keeps teaming up with AOC with bills, along with Josh Hawley. At least they are trying to get things passed.
MTG just tries to block things and whine. She is the Republican equivalent of the squad.
Mr Gaetz and Ms OC actually share a goal at all? That’s a surprise! To hear they’ve worked together on a bill that advances both their constituents’ goals is another shocker.
Once? Try several.
Yet that’s what we should want. People working together