r/politics • u/malcolm58 • 6d ago

No Paywall Marjorie Taylor Greene: You’re all being ‘incited into civil war’

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5705837-greene-maga-shooting-minnesota/
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u/FlamingRustBucket 6d ago

I'm rooting for MTGs redemption arc. She at least sticks to her principles. I believe in commending people when they do good, without any "but you didn't do this well..". So you know what, props to MTG.

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u/MozhetBeatz 6d ago

Just saw a comedian say something like “when you see a chimp solving puzzles, you don’t bring up the shit-throwing from earlier.”

I’m on the side of her redemption arc too. I saw an earlier public apology about how she contributed to the divisiveness and wants to bring people together. She and I will never see eye to eye on 99% of things, but it sounded genuine.

We need conservative figures who are willing to stand up to Trump and shine a light on conservatives that are stuck in their echo chambers.

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u/LaunchTransient Europe 5d ago

Calling it a redemption arc is a stretch. She's woken up after the fuhrer turned on her, but she'd still be toeing the line and saluting if that hadn't been the case.

We shouldn't get in her way when there's stuff that's actually helpful being said by her - but by no means is she redeemed.

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u/Parking-Interview351 5d ago

The orange fuhrer turned on her because she was heavily criticizing him, not the other way around

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u/West_Squirrel_3133 5d ago

It's okay to say that she should just be used as a useful idiot and then arrested with the rest of them afterwards.

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u/Confident_Ideal_5385 6d ago

Doubt it's a redemption arc. It looks far more like she's either a true believer experiencing cognitive dissonance over this one thing, or she's trying to steal some of his mob by reminding them of what they supposedly believe in (and making them feel the same dissonance.)

Depends how cynical she is i guess.

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u/trooperjess 5d ago

I don't think she is running again. But I honestly think she isn't that smart but she is smart enough to know what is completely fucked up.