The title of this post is actually something Marjorie Greene said during her statement to Congress yesterday. It is a bizarre thing to say. It was part of many other bizarre things she said during a rambling statement meant to try to prevent her being removed from her committee seats, something the Republican steering committee and Kevin McCarthy should have done but failed to do. So, the Democrats were forced to ride in to the rescue...this may have been intentional to give their Republican colleagues cover that did not want themselves and their families to end up on some Trump supporter's death threat list. Fine, but this was not a hard choice nor was it some battle over free speech, nor was this as scumbag Jim Jordan put it "a dangerous move because if we let them come for her they will come for us next" and we all know what he was talking about there. 

Jordan, of course, had nothing to say about Greene's advertising that showed her holding an assault rifle with photos of three of his Democratic colleagues, all women of color, and the phrase "Their worst nightmare." under it. This was one of many vile things Ms. Greene said and promoted as she clearly and openly let people know she does not like people of color, Muslims, nor Jews. She believed that Nancy Pelosi should be executed and spewed utter nonsense about mass shootings being "false flags" not just on the internet but at teen victims of these events. This is not a woman that belongs in government in any way and certainly not sitting on an education committee. 

Again, not a difficult choice to stand up and say "No, we will not let a person like this serve on a committee. She is unfit." and yet when they took the vote just 11 Republicans in the House stood up and said this. 199 stood up and said "We want Ms. Greene on our education committee."

199 to 11. Those 11 Republicans now all will require security details and probably will be ambushed by sleazy Republican party members in their own states. 

Why?

Well, you can start with the fact that Marjorie Greene is a Donald Trump endorsed candidate that he calls a "star" and only just recently spoke to her and told her again how wonderful she is. 

But lets go back to the subject line of this thread. This wacky statement that she was allowed to believe things that were not true...allowed by who?

Not by the media, who she grouped in with QAnon in her rambling statement yesterday. The media kept reporting that QAnon was insane and nothing but lies...unless you were watching nighttime FOX shows, Newsmax or One America. Then, sure, they were feeding people nonsense.

So, who "allowed" her to believe things that were not true?

Who should have been the one to step in to tell her that the QAnon stuff was nonsense? That mass shootings in schools really happened? That there were not Jewish space lasers starting wildfires in California? That there was an attack on our country on 9/11/2001? That President Obama was not Muslim?

All the media I read and saw did not promote these conspiracy theories, in fact, they debunked them but...oh yeah, Donald Trump said not to listen to the real media, that they are "fake news."

So, is she saying Trump, who she has had conversations with, allowed her to believe things that were not true? Like he won the election against Biden in a landslide? She has been parading around DC in a mask since she has been a congresswoman in a mask that says "Trump won."

She has promoted his lie about winning the election...is he the one that "allowed" her to believe false things? He must be at least one of these people that were allowing her to believe these things because he sure as hell promoted them.

How do 199 Republicans vote to keep her on any committee? 

The Democrats and 11 Republicans did the right thing yesterday. 199 Republicans...well...showed they want nothing to do with truth or facts or that they are too afraid of death threats to do the right thing. 

Is this where we are at as a country?