Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has won the Republican primary in her Georgia district, putting her on the path to be reelected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The controversial Republican, who is serving her first term in the House, defeated her opponent Jennifer Strahan and four other fellow Republican candidates in the primary race Tuesday,The Associated Pressreports.
Among other subjects she touched upon in her remarks after the win included calling for the impeachment of PresidentJoe Bidenand her opposition to mask and vaccine mandates, as well as mourning “the cruel and illegal treatment of many nonviolent Jan. 6 protesters,” perThe Associated Press.
Meanwhile, in response to theTexas Elementary School Shootingon Tuesday, Greenetweeted: “We don’t need more gun control.”
“Our nation needs to take a serious look at the state of mental health today,” she wrote. “Sometimes meds can be the problem. America is failing our youngest generations from decades of rejecting good moral values and teachings.”
“We need to return to God,” she added.
There was a chance that Greene’s name would have been removed from the primary ballot after a group of voters in her district argued she should be disqualified from running for office, due to her support of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and her objection to the Electoral College results that indicated Biden won the presidency overDonald Trump.
Greenetestified in a televised hearingin an Atlanta courtroom in April and said she only believes “in peaceful demonstration,” adding: “I do not support violence.”
With her testimony, she became the first Republican member of Congress to publicly testify under oath about the Capitol riot of 2021.
When Georgia’s secretary of state and an administrative law judge dismissed the voters' claims, Greene’s reelection bid was allowed to proceed.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.Erin Scott-Pool/Getty
Greene, one of Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress, has made courting controversy part of her political brand since before being elected in 2020.
The former president backed Greene for reelection with an endorsement in April. “She doesn’t back down, she doesn’t give up, and she has ALWAYS been with ‘Trump,’ " he said in a statement. “She loves our Country and MAGA, its greatest ever political movement. Marjorie is running for re-election to Congress, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”
In a campaign adposted to her Facebook page, Greene said Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and “other Communist Democrats hate America, hate God, hate our farmers and hate you.”
Shortly after she began her first term in Congress, Greene wasstripped of her committee assignmentsin Feb. 2021 in an unusual show of disapproval for her past support of conspiracy theories, violent rhetoric and other controversial behavior.
Sheamassed massive finesfor not wearing a face mask on the floor of the House of Representatives, breaking a House rule put in place for pandemic safety.
In Oct. 2021, Greene got into averbal sparring matchwith fellow Republican Liz Cheney on the House floor.
In April, she three U.S. senators “pro-pedophile” for their support of Biden’s historic Supreme Court nominee, JudgeKetanji Brown Jackson. Greene even engaged in a days-longfeud with Jimmy Kimmelafter he made a joke about her on his talk show.
source: people.com
