Marjorie Taylor Greene Was a Moderator of a Facebook Group Featuring Death Threats and Racist Memes

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Source: Mother Jones

Before she was elected to the House of Representatives as a member from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Trumpy, QAnon-friendly, conspiracy-toting, gun-lovin’, mass-shooting-denying, assassination-promoting lightning-rod Republican, was a top official of the Family America Project, a right-wing outfit. In that capacity, she served as one of a handful of moderators of the group’s Facebook page, which has provided a forum for death threats against Democrats, bigoted attacks on the Obamas and others, and assorted conspiracy theories. The group has also championed the John Birch Society, a far-right conspiracist outfit that claimed throughout the Cold War that globalist and communist treason had penetrated the highest levels of US government.

Under her watch, the group served as a platform for some of the right’s darkest notions.
Greene’s official congressional biography proudly identifies her as the onetime national director of the Family America Project, which describes itself as a “national umbrella organization connecting, uniting, and informing statewide grassroots groups and activists; working together and mobilizing to support President Trump [and] American roots and culture.” The group was founded in January 2018 and is headed by Genevieve Peters, a veteran conservative activist who calls herself a “Christian, passionate President Trump supporter & constitutional defender.” Peters, an ardent coronavirus conspiracist, may be best known for a viral video from May capturing her refusal to wear a mask inside a California Trader Joe’s store.

Much of the group’s political activity has been standard conservative fare—opposing sanctuary cities and abortion rights, boosting Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court appointments. Its Facebook page promoted the January 6 march that led to the murderous raid on the Capitol. According to the page, Greene has been one of its 1,700 members for three years. While her bio does not specify what her duties were as the organization’s national director, the group’s page still lists her as one of just nine moderators.

Under the watch of Greene and that small group, the page has served as a platform for some of the right’s darkest notions. A 2018 post shared on the page contained an image of a noose with the superimposed words “If you want to make America great again, we will have to make evil people fear punishment again.” The poster added, “Start with Hillary and obama!” (Greene endorsed hanging Obama and Hillary Clinton on her own Facebook page that year.)

Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/marjorie-taylor-greene-facebook-john-birch-society/

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The hits keep on coming.....

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. So, she's like Elad in Bizarro World? nt

[JoeOtterbein]

2. What are the Rules She was Enforcing on that Kind of Group?

1. Not racist enough
2. Not enough death threats
3. Too polite to snowfalkes
4. etc., etc. etc........

[Initech]

4. Probably just keeping out the advertising bots.

I'm sure she was contributing heavily to the pile!

[Initech]

3. Shit, this woman isn't fit to serve a Frosty at a Wendy's, let alone in the House Of Reps.

Though I am reminded Matt Gaetz is still a rep, new lows are reached. daily.

[PatSeg]

5. Yes, I hate to think of how much lower

republicans can go. There's always someone around the corner who is even worse.

[sakabatou]

6. Why am I not surprised?

[AnrothElf]

7. a top official of the Family America Project

So... FAP?! She was an official fapper?