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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) appeared to defend the leader of the Proud Boys militia group after the Justice Department (DOJ) announced it is seeking a 33-year sentence for his role in planning the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Enrique Tarrio was found guilty of seditious conspiracy in May, the most serious charge brought against anyone related to the riots. A 33-year sentence is the longest requested and would be the longest handed down in the Capitol riot cases, if accepted by a judge.

“You know who the Justice Department is not seeking 33 years in prison for?” Greene said on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday. “Antifa/BLM violent rioters who burned, looted, destroyed $2 billion in property in George Floyd riots. And Hunter Biden and Joe Biden for taking criminal bribes selling political influence and favors.”

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[–] MushuChupacabra 70 points 1 year ago

This would be consistent with the acts of treason that she's committed so far.

[–] AbidanYre 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hunter Biden and Joe Biden for taking criminal bribes selling political influence and favors.”

It's like she's never heard of Trump or Kushner.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

They have no imagination so they substitute with projection. They know what they're doing.

[–] JustZ 1 points 1 year ago

She's also lying.

[–] TropicalDingdong 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, when people blatantly do things they also appear to do the things they are doing.

[–] TropicalDingdong 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes but I don't go into living room and see that my partner is 'apparently' watching TV. I'm not 'apparently' driving down to the corner store for some biscuits.

Although maybe I should start incorporating this into regular use.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It might also be to avoid libel lawsuits. Many outlets will use weasel words like 'allegedly' even if the proof is concrete. It's all to avoid liability.

[–] TropicalDingdong 7 points 1 year ago

Thats a good point, allegedly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

certainly wasn't an apparition.

[–] TropicalDingdong 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Yep the Republican party is the biggest threat to the United States.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Because she’s a racist piece of human garbage.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am so fucking done with reporters continuously bending over backwards to give the absolute worst of our political spectrum the benefit of the doubt and an assumption of good faith.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Vote. That's one of the only things we can do to make a difference.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

America produces the most rage inducing politicians, I don't live there and I'm so tired of the circus, it must be awful to be a reasonable American and have to deal with this shit, I can't believe how much the world has changed for the worse in 20 years.

[–] icedterminal 10 points 1 year ago

As an American, it's exhausting.

I can't be reasonable with most because hardly anyone critically thinks. Not asking the important who, what, when, where, why and how questions. It's surface level and whatever has the most attention. It's hard to get someone to think for themselves. Not realising they are in fact easily influenced.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SHE

IS

A

NAZI

...but also incredibly stupid

[–] fabian 3 points 1 year ago

those two things seem to have high comorbidity

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And Hunter Biden and Joe Biden for taking criminal bribes selling political influence and favors

Remind me who sold presidential pardons for $2 million each?

[–] Isthisreddit 9 points 1 year ago

The right wing morons don't know that because right wing media never reported it, and they foam spit "fake news"repeatedly when you tell them

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

To the surprise of no one.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Stupid attention whore Nazis gonna nazi.

[–] Coach 10 points 1 year ago
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 8 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the summary/transcript so I don't have to click on thehill

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) appeared to defend the leader of the Proud Boys militia group after the Justice Department (DOJ) announced it is seeking a 33-year sentence for his role in planning the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Tarrio and three others were convicted of plotting to halt the count of electoral votes and potentially overturn the results of the 2020 election.

During the trial, prosecutors said Proud Boys saw themselves as “Donald Trump’s army” and significantly contributed to breaches of the Capitol Building throughout the day.

“The defendants understood the stakes, and they embraced their role in bringing about a ‘revolution,’” prosecutors wrote in court filings.

Greene has previously claimed that the Justice Department is “weaponized for political purposes,” in relation to the special counsel prosecution of former President Trump.

The younger Biden has been under investigation for nearly five years by Delaware prosecutors and was accused of tax and firearms crimes.


The original article contains 344 words, the summary contains 152 words. Saved 56%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] FReddit 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

The supremacists are testing the waters by taking their masks off, believe everything they are saying and go after them to the maximum extend of the law.

[–] MrCrankyBastard 5 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what annoys me more - her stupidity, her open hypocrisy (wouldn't care if she was an adulterous harlot if she wasn't part of a party that is regressive and oppressive), or the fact that people value her for a combination of her appearance and deliberate offensiveness. She exhibits every behavior that Aviator wearing redneck truck video makers imagine 'them Antifas' do,being shrill and obnoxious and 'disrespectful', and they're okay with it because they think it somehow 'owns the libs'.

Wasn't able to pull her bullshit when her Fuhrer was indicted in NYC - she needs more FAFO in her life.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A little OT: why is it that you have 435 representatives and we always hear about like five of them for the last couple of years?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That's what American politics have become. Be as loud and obnoxious as you possible can while spewing the stupidest and/or most divisive one-liners you can muster and everyone's all over it.

[–] TheLowestStone 6 points 1 year ago

They are the loudest.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 1 year ago

If you stay quiet, nobody notices for years that you've been taking bribes.

See: Clarence Thomas, who rarely speaks up in court.

[–] Stanwich 4 points 1 year ago

She defends a traitor and a coward because she's a traitor and a coward.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 1 year ago

Has she defended that January 6th traitor that's now a fugitive yet?