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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Thursday dubbed the House Freedom Caucus the “burn-it-all-down caucus,” a swipe at the conservative group that ousted her from its ranks over the summer.

“I’m not a member of the burn-it-all-down caucus anymore,” Greene told reporters. “I’m a greatly, very happily a free agent and I want to do my job here.”

Members of the caucus voted to boot Greene from their ranks over the summer after the Georgia Republican supported the debt limit bill that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden crafted to avoid a default, which drew ire from many in the right flank — some of whom are members of the caucus.

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[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 119 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"I'm a free agent, and I want to do my job for the highest bidder."

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I mean, can we pay her to do it right? I know we're already doing that, but can we pretend to bribe her and yoink away the giant check right before she takes it? Like this
Lucy van Pelt makes Charlie Brown trip by removing the football at the last moment in comical fashion

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, the 'Sinema Doctrine'!

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... says the woman seeking a retaliatory impeachment of Biden...

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

And telling states to secede. It doesn’t get much more “burning it down” than that.

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 57 points 1 year ago

When you’re too crazy for the crazies…

[–] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I really hate every picture of her. It is so frustrating trying to square how weird she looks with how much power she holds.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Her eyes are too close together and her cheek bones are too big and high, which only embellishes how close together her eyes are. That's why she looks so weird.

[–] SadTrain@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

She's a capybara in fancy clothes.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Whoa, whoa! That's extremely offensive! Capybaras are the most chill, and lliked creatures on the planet!

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Capybaras don't give a fuck if you're trans.

[–] mister_flibble@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, Janice apparently had quite the personality change after she left the Electric Mayhem

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[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (6 children)
[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there is no effective therapy for her personality.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shock Therapy has entered the ring.

[–] fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

The shock of being pushed into a wood chipper therapy has entered the room also.

[–] alignedchaos@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

She needs to seek resignation

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Therapy? She needs institutionalized mental healthcare. Where she is supervised 24/7.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

There's no fixing that level of malignant narcissism. The people of the world need to be protected from her.

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[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does she think free is a synonym for Russian?

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[–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She's not a member of the Burn It All Down Caucus. Now she's a Burn It All Down free agent. Much better, right?

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

She's an equal opportunity burn it downer now. Hate for hire, if you will.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...because they kicked me out. Seriously, who thinks she wouldn't still be a member otherwise...?

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Exactly. She's being rejected because she's MTG.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

She's close, but the Republican party is the burn it all down party.

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[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

What "job" would that be, Marge? Pretend you're on The Jerry Springer Show? Do and say the most offensive, repulsive, and provocative things you can think of for attention?

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Is there a single more stupid bitch?

Genuinely, I want to know, because I don’t think there is

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I genuinely did not realize this wasn't boebert.. Apparently it's easy to conflate the amount of stupid going on...

[–] HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Right, this is the one who got into an argument with Boebert about which of them got to file impeachment charges. And, somehow, both of them got reelected after their first term where they were... them.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Well. yes. Yes it is. I have to constantly ask myself "which one is this again".... and then I find myself asking, why do I even care. They're both idiots. they're both annoying, and they're both both a symptom and a cause...

[–] Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Can we criticize even shitty people without resorting to sexist remarks please? Lemmy feels like it should be above that kinda language. Call her a turd or whatever 💩

[–] 2d4_bears@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s always disappointing to see people who think themselves reasonable delighting in the usage of slurs when given the opportunity to tear down someone they perceive as disliked by their community. It is much more damning to them than the object of their ire.

Greene is a symptom of the cancer metastasized on our civilization, but deploying gendered slurs against her is counterproductive and pitiful.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the attacks on appearance for me.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pointless ones. She looks like a normal person. That she's got an infection of fascist brain worms is something you can call out directly.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know... she looks like she has crazy eyes to me. I don't think that's sexist. I can think of plenty of crazy men with the similar look in their eyes.

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[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago
[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

She knows exactly what she's doing. She's telling the stupid and hateful exactly what they want to hear, and she's getting all that fantastic attention she craves.

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[–] Binthinkin@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

She’s part of the “I’m tryna not get arrested for the next step of craziness” crowd publicly but still part of it privately.

They’re realizing they don’t actually have backing and are hiding again.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they doing a human centipede and eating each other alive, asshole first?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That would be an oroboros.

[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Burn it all up then?

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

A free agent of Russia she means

[–] detalferous@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Nah, don't be fooled. Still a terrorist.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Members of the caucus voted to boot Greene from their ranks over the summer after the Georgia Republican supported the debt limit bill that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden crafted to avoid a default, which drew ire from many in the right flank — some of whom are members of the caucus.

Greene called Boebert a “little b—-” after the Colorado Republican unexpectedly forced a vote on her articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Greene criticized Boebert for not explaining her decision to the House GOP conference, and she said her Colorado colleague copied her articles of impeachment targeting Mayorkas.

The Georgia Republican came to Congress in 2021 as a rabble rouser, quickly becoming a conservative thorn in the side of GOP leadership.

Greene on Thursday suggested in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that she would not support the spending bill because it includes funding for Ukraine, which she opposes.

In July, after news broke of Greene’s ouster from the Freedom Caucus, the congresswoman called the group “the drama club.”


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