Republican lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mitt Romney made waves on Saturday with a public Twitter spat.
Greene, a US representative from Georgia, sparked the unexpected conversation with a lengthy Twitter thread saying she had a “GREAT” call with Donald Trump. She said she is “grateful for his support” and that “you can never beat him because We The People have his back.”
I had a GREAT call with my all time favorite POTUS, President Trump!
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 30, 2021
I’m so grateful for his support and more importantly the people of this country are absolutely 100% loyal to him because he is 100% loyal to the people and America First.
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She went on to say that Republican congressmen were not to blame for the storming of the US Capitol on Jan. 6 and questioned why there were thousands of soldiers in Washington to protect members of Congress following the riot.
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“While I along with all Republicans denounced the Capitol attack and were victims inside as well, our Democrat colleagues try to lie and blame us for violence we had nothing to do with and have condemned all along,” she said.
“After the Capitol attack, 30,000 National Guard were brought in to secure the Capitol and protect the elites. Yet where was this type of protection for all of the people and American cities that have been ravaged over the last year?”
After the Capitol attack, 30,000 National Guard were brought in to secure the Capitol and protect the elites. Yet where was this type of protection for all of the people and American cities that have been ravaged over the last year?
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 30, 2021
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Minutes after she sent those messages, Senator Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts and now representing Utah, took to Twitter to swiftly rebuke her.
“Lies of a feather flock together: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense and the ‘big lie’ of a stolen election,” Romney wrote.
Lies of a feather flock together: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense and the “big lie” of a stolen election. https://t.co/ID4QL2ZPEV
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) January 30, 2021
In response to Romney’s statement, Greene said he “obviously cares nothing about the people’s number one concern” and told him to “grow a pair or a spine.”
“Republican” Senator Mitt Romney obviously cares nothing about the people’s number one concern.
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) January 30, 2021
Please grow a pair or a spine. https://t.co/4XR54MDyqI
Greene is a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy and has been in the news recently for baseless social media posts that have resurfaced, including one of her saying that the Sandy Hook school shooting was staged.
She is facing mounting calls from Democrats in Congress for her to be removed from the House of Representatives.
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