Sen. Mitt Romney Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyLeaving the GOP After 46 years and feeling 'politically homeless' Olympic advertisers scale back amid Japanese coronavirus surge: report Gaetz takes aim at Cheney at rally in her home state MORE (R-Utah) on Saturday blasted news that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had spoken by phone with former President Trump Donald TrumpPalm Beach reviewing Trump's residency at Mar-a-Lago Immigration reform can't wait On The Money: Five questions about the GameStop controversy | Biden, Yellen call for swift action on new aid MORE amid growing backlash over the Georgia Republican's past remarks.
“Lies of a feather flock together: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense and the 'big lie' of a stolen election,” Romney tweeted.
Lies of a feather flock together: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s nonsense and the “big lie” of a stolen election. https://t.co/ID4QL2ZPEV — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) January 30, 2021
Romney has been quick to condemn Trump and his baseless allegations of widespread election fraud. He was the only GOP senator who voted to convict Trump during his first impeachment trial last year.
His tweet Saturday came in response to messages posted by Greene in which she said she had a “GREAT” phone call with Trump while pushing back on criticism from fellow members of Congress.
Greene tweeted after the call with Trump that she is “so grateful for his support.”
I had a GREAT call with my all time favorite POTUS, President Trump!
I’m so grateful for his support and more importantly the people of this country are absolutely 100% loyal to him because he is 100% loyal to the people and America First.
Cont’d... — Marjorie Taylor Greene (@mtgreenee) January 30, 2021
Members of both parties have condemned Greene for peddling conspiracy theories and supporting posts on Facebook before entering office that had called for violence against Democrats.
Democrats have begun pushing for hearings in order to remove Greene from the House.
Tater_Tot_Maverick on January 30th, 2021 at 18:54 UTC »
I mean this really represents the divide in the Republican Party. You have the conservative but relatively bearable wing vs the batshit crazy qanon conspiracy wing. The issue is they both ultimately need each other to survive.
So the question is how do we either expedite them separating to hurt the lunatics’ power or at least help stop the truly insane ones from taking it over completely?
Edit: typos.
Edit2: Bearable was maybe a generous word. Mostly meant the kinds of conservatives we’re used to seeing.
sparklewaffles98 on January 30th, 2021 at 18:29 UTC »
hey mitt, you're still in that party tho
like
u know that rite?
IshiharasBitch on January 30th, 2021 at 18:26 UTC »
Marjorie Taylor Greene 2024?
Does the GOP have the will to push a woman as president?