Twitter suspends GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as Democrats push to expel her from Congress

[DonViejo]

Source: CNBC

PUBLISHED FRI, MAR 19 202110:22 AM EDT
Kevin Breuninger
@KEVINWILLIAMB

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Twitter has once again suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., her office said Friday.

The action comes as House Democrats move to expel the conspiracy-embracing congresswoman from Washington.

Greene has previously promoted the baseless pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy and supported calls for violence against Democrats.

Twitter has once again suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., her office said Friday, as House Democrats move to expel the conspiracy-embracing congresswoman from Washington.

Greene, who has previously promoted the baseless pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy and supported calls for violence against Democrats, said in a campaign message that Twitter suspended her account around 1 a.m. Friday “without explanation,” her office told CNBC.

Spokespeople for Twitter did not immediately confirm the suspension or provide comment on Greene’s claims.

Twitter had previously temporarily suspended Greene in January for spreading misinformation.





Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/19/twitter-suspends-gop-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene.html

[underpants]

1. More pity than anything else I'd guess

I see her tweets, they are like someone who has absolutely nothing else to do just sitting around the office during the day.

[Ziggysmom]

2. Yup, that says it all!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. So, she's presidential material, in the rethug view.

Sit around and tweet all day. Yep, that requirement is met!

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

11. I wonder if she does 3am toilet texts like we suspected trump was doing?

Just asking.

[paleotn]

21. She really doesn't have anything to do, except for floor votes.

Virtually all the work in Congress is done in committee. No committee assignments, nothing really to do.

[vlyons]

38. sit in her office and play dialing for $$$

guess she's not smart enough to do even that

[onetexan]

39. So what does her staff also do? Sit around as well i gather?

[Warpy]

43. Apparently no one has taken the Qbots under their wings

to explain that 90% of the job is the daily hustle for campaign money so they can cling to office. Otherwise, she'd have plenty to do, calling every well heeled RWNJ and looneytarian in the country to hit them up for donations.

She wouldn't be in any trouble but her frequent and highly random, disruptive motions to adjourn have managed to piss off a lot of her fellow Republicans. Otherwise, she'd have been tolerated for her full 2 years while colleagues hoped she'd be primaried out next year.

[underpants]

53. Remember she put about $1M into her campaign but yes she has to do the calls

and the phone bank calls are for the House election committee and I think the GOP. I wonder if they have to direct her towards only certain donors.

[Aristus]

58. She's a back-bencher.

In the Senate of Rome, there was a classification of Senator among those who were too poor to run for any of the higher magistracies. They only had enough income to qualify for their Senate seat and nothing else.

They were not allowed to speak in the Senate or otherwise participate in floor debates. Their only privilege was voting on legislation. These Senators were relegated to the back row of benches in the Senate House, and became known as back-benchers.

[ThatJustHappened]

51. There Shoud Be Plenty More Than Pity

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. What this utterly vile woman is doing is NOT in her district's best interest...

despite being voted in by them. Her antics are getting many of her Republican colleagues uncomfortable. Except for the usual suspects like Lauren Boebert, Louis Gohmert, Gym Jordan, and Matt Gaetz. MTG should be getting the attention of the FBI soon if not already.

[Initech]

4. If you're unfit for Twitter, you should be unfit for office.

[IcyPeas]

46. Ha! good point.

[soothsayer]

5. Doesn't look suspended to me

Maybe she deleted the offending hateful tweet

[George II]

9. Her last tweet on her personal account was 15 hours ago, her official account 17 hours ago.

[nevergiveup]

8. She is toxic.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. CANCELLED. Expect her to brandish more weaponry. Gunfight at Capitol Corral? Watch her.

[Initech]

14. I have a hunch that her term will end with her climbing to the top of a watchtower...

[TwilightZone]

15. I get the feeling that she's an instigator, not an active participant.

Just like Trump, who she is clearly emulating.

[IcyPeas]

47. she is only there to "own the libs"

[jmowreader]

37. Watch Robocop again

She will be like Ron Miller, the city councilman who took the mayor hostage after being voted out of office.

[Evolve Dammit]

49. defenestration or self-inflicted?

[FakeNoose]

12. Thank you Twitter!

Now she needs to be permanently banned, just like her anti-hero.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Hope they have a plan for what they'll do with this

Allowing the whole investigation to blossom before dragging in sitting members of Congress has its merits I think.

Let it ripen on the vine.

[usaf-vet]

16. Hopefully Twitter will take a strong stance against any acct that incites violence and/or spreads...

..... lies and conspiracy theories. They MUST do their part to quell the hatred that their platform and others help spread.

1,2,3 strikes and you're gone for good. Once 45 was banded it was noticeable how much his rants raised national threats.

[SergeStorms]

34. Now, if only Facebook would do likewise.

But I think Zuckerberg loves the far-right banter, and he surely loves the money they spend on propaganda.
Isn't there a point where these guys say, "hey, I've already made more money than I can ever spend", sell the platform , and move on to something else? They must be addicted to the power they believe they hold over the world.

[usaf-vet]

52. Or they have figured how to take it with them. What does it cost to pass through the pearly gates?

Or just plain greedy SOBs

[SergeStorms]

56. Greed, to be sure.

I think they get so enamored with their perceived "power", at least in the limited sense of their platform and money, that they seriously hate anyone criticizing or offering suggestions to make their platform run more smoothly. They're "junior Trumps" whose egos have run amok. They earned an inch, now they think they're a ruler. Zuckerberg had one idea, and its debatable if it was even a good idea, but it certainly was lucrative. That's it. He hasn't cured cancer, or COVID, he created a platform for other people to lie to each other. Big whoop. I was on Facebook for less than 24 hours, saw what a cesspool of lies and egomaniacal fools it was, and promptly canceled my account. Needless to say, I'm not a big fan of "social media ".

[YoshidaYui]

18. Her account is still there...I just checked

@RepMTG

[TwilightZone]

19. Suspended, not removed.

[paleotn]

23. Twitter jail. Better known as Twittmo.

Her stuff that wasn't flagged is still visible, but she can't post anything new for.....lets hope forever.

[barbtries]

20. here's a little pet peeve

(not directed at DonViejo) - it's propaganda. Start calling it what it is. "Misinformation" sounds so innocuous. Propaganda is fucking dangerous and we're swimming in it in this country right now.

[NurseJackie]

22. How long is the suspension? A day or two?

[George II]

24. Thoughts and prayers, and guns and roses.

[melm00se]

25. Democrats push to expel her from Congress

Good luck with that.

Article I, section 5 states (not suggests, not recommends) that it requires a 2/3 vote in the particular chamber to expel a member.

That's 290 members so the Democratic caucus needs to vote 100% AND 68 Republicans cross the aisle.

I just don't see that happening.

[jmowreader]

40. I do

Republicans are quickly tiring of her antics. They’ll keep Lauren Boebert around because Boebert just does things like posing with guns, but MTG is interfering with the workings of Congress and the GOP isn’t going to put up with that much longer.

[Politicub]

26. She does nothing for her constituents. She is beyond

useless.

I’m sure the republicans in her district support her doing whatever it is that she does. Seems like conspiracy mongering, mostly.

I hate that we all pay her salary and benefits.

[Blue Owl]

27. Cancel that freakshow!

[gademocrat7]

28. She needs to be banned from Twitter.

[Hekate]

29. Quack "theories" are the least of it, likely: she actively harasses people in her spare time...

Of course, all she has is spare time.

[Captain Zero]

30. Does anybody else think she threatened Biden...

on his trip to Georgia today?

She can't keep her hatreds or her mouth in check.

[Dreampuff]

31. Since she was just recently put in the corner a couple of months ago,

Why don't they just ban her?

[COL Mustard]

32. I Hope It's A Permanent Suspension

[Jonah Ide]

33. Twitter Nixes Twit

I hope that they ban her outright!

[Steelrolled]

35. Twitter is turning out to be pretty effective at silencing these people.

Mark one up for the private sector.

[CaptainTruth]

36. Twitter says it was an error.

[aggiesal]

41. I can't understand how anyone that believes in QAnonsense ...

can make good government policy based on conspiracy theories.

Kick-out any rep. that believes in conspiracy theories.

[2naSalit]

42. Should have done that months ago.

[bluestarone]

44. Being suspended is like a medal

To these assholes!

[IcyPeas]

48. I'm afraid you are right. a badge on honor for being so deplorable twitter suspends you.

[Skittles]

45. can we just make it a rule

if you're too disgusting for TWITTER you cannot be a member of CONGRESS

[Mickju]

50. Excellent!

I hope it's permanent.

[soldierant]

54. I just wish they'd expel Boebert while they're at it.

[Cha]

55. Please Twitter Ban Gangreene

from Twitter & take that boebertHead with her to Banished Land!

[George McGovern]

57. Good!

She should be sent to a tiny island far far from anywhere where she would have no one to talk to but herself.

[former9thward]

59. "Democrats" are not pushing for Greene's expulsion.

One is. Speaker Pelosi says the Democratic leadership is opposed to the move.

Pelosi says top Democrats won't back measure to expel Greene

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/544071-pelosi-says-top-democrats-wont-back-measure-to-expel-greene

[orangecrush]

60. GOOD

Traitor.

[ck4829]

61. Kick