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Marjorie Taylor Greene has spread the cult’s conspiracy theories online
From: Torbjörn Ek
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She has called a Holocaust survivor a Nazi collaborator and claimed that Islamists have invaded government agencies.
Qanon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene has been elected to the United States Congress as a member of the House of Representatives from a district in Georgia, several US media report.
Donald Trump has called Marjorie Taylor Greene a “future Republican star.” At the same time, he has spread conspiracy theories and misinformation on his social media, writes CNN. He has claimed that US financier George Soros, who survived the Holocaust, collaborated with the Nazis, has written on Facebook that “there is an Islamist invasion on our state authorities right now” and has said that American blacks “remain as slaves”. Democratic Party. “Taylor Greene has also argued that white men are” the most abused group of people in America today. “
She has now been elected to the United States Congress as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Conspiracy theories
Before the primary elections, it was also learned that Marjorie Taylor Greene also spoke positively about the anonymous leader of the online cult Qanon, “Q”, who, among other things, launched conspiracy theories about how Donald Trump would wage a secret fight against a Satanic powerful child-eating pedophile, led by Hillary Clinton and Tom Hanks. Among other things, Taylor Green is said to have called “Q” “a patriot” and “worthy of being heard.”
The opponent jumped
During her election campaign, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene distanced herself from some of her controversial statements and claimed that the Qanon online sect “is not part of my campaign,” but has continued with hateful messages and threats on social media. On his Facebook, he posted a photo of him posing with a firearm alongside photos of House Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. Facebook stopped the image after less than a day on the grounds that it violated the social network’s policy.
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The controversial post Taylor Greene posted on Facebook.
Marjorie Taylor Greene easily took home the victory in her district after the challenger, Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal, stepped down and withdrew his candidacy. Van Ausdal told the Washington Post how he withdrew from the election for family reasons after being exposed to large amounts of hate and threats.
The state-by-state vote count
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