Marjorie Taylor Greene under fire for incendiary comments at Trump rally
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is receiving backlash after she claimed at a rally in Michigan that Democrats are “killing” Republicans.
Ms Green made the comments while attending former president Donald Trump’s Michigan rally on Saturday.
“For daring to push back against the regime, and it doesn’t stop at a weaponised legal system. I am not going to mince words with you all,” she said.
“Democrats want Republicans dead, and they have already started the killings.”
Ms Greene cited an incident in North Dakota where an intoxicated man who allegedly “had a political argument with [a] pedestrian,” hit the pedestrian with a car and then later claimed the pedestrian was “part of a Republican extremist group,” according to court documents, reported The Daily Beast.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I am not going to mince words with you all. Democrats want Republicans dead and they have already started the killings."
This rhetoric is dangerous and unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/2UiKXsrlsJ— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) October 1, 2022
In her speech she also accused president Joe Biden of branding Republicans as enemies of the state.
Mr Biden “has declared every freedom-loving American an enemy of the state,” she said. “But under Republicans, we will take back our country from the Communists who have stolen it and want us to disappear.”
Her statements have provoked backlash on social media with several users calling out her rhetoric as dangerous.
The Republican Accountability Project tweeted: “This rhetoric is dangerous and unacceptable.”
Another user said: “Two months ago Marjorie Taylor Greene said ‘murder is legal’.”
Two months ago Marjorie Taylor Greene said “murder is legal”
Today she spouted lies to justify GOP violence
January 6th was just a practice run
If we let Republicans take Congress I shudder to think what could happen https://t.co/90VDjv9adB pic.twitter.com/CcsNU14ShZ— Adam Cohen Lawyers for Good Government #DemCast (@axidentaliberal) October 2, 2022
“Today she spouted lies to justify GOP violence. January 6th was just a practice run. If we let Republicans take Congress I shudder to think what could happen.”
Users also questioned how the Republican lawmaker was allowed to use such language.
Can someone please explain to me how this is allowed to happen? She’s going to get people killed and we’re supposed to just sit back and watch it happen? They are NOT the party of law and order! They do NOT back the blue.
— Lily🌻 (@LilyinIndiana) October 2, 2022
trumpism isn't politics. It’s a long-standing violence-and-intimidation generation machine. It’s racism, fascism, and lies combined to further fracture social divisions and deteriorate societal stress points. From Central Park 5 to the Wall to Floyd and the Big Lie/Jan 6 attack
— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) October 2, 2022
Ms Greene, a Trump loyalist, has also been part of growing calls to pass an article of impeachment against Mr Biden.
However, her calls have not yet been heeded to by senior Republican leadership.