ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - A religious and civil rights group is calling for the censure of Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene in the wake of social media remarks which many, including the group, believe were referencing Pope Francis, who died Monday.
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is calling for Greene’s censure after a post on X, formerly Twitter, from the congresswoman, which reads, “Today there were major shifts in global leaderships. Evil is being defeated by the hand of God.”
The tweet, which was posted right before 10:45 a.m. Monday and does not name Pope Francis, was made just hours after the Vatican announced Francis’ passing.
Today there were major shifts in global leaderships.
Evil is being defeated by the hand of God. — Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) April 21, 2025
“As Newsweek journalist Gabe Whisnant noted, the two major world leadership changes that were announced (Monday) were the death of Pope Francis and the resignation of Klaus Schwab as the head of the World Economic Forum. It is obvious that Greene’s remark about God defeating ‘evil’ was aimed at the Holy Father,” Catholic League President William Donohue said in a letter to the House Ethics Committee.
Donohue said while Greene, as an ex-Catholic, has a right to make “reasoned criticisms” of the late pope, “no sitting member of Congress has the right to denigrate the leader of a world religion.”
“To allow her to continue to smear Catholicism reflects badly on the Congress. Therefore, I am asking that Republicans and Democrats come together to censure Marjorie Taylor Greene for her bigoted remarks,” Donohue wrote.
The social media post drew ire from many, including Clarence Blalock, a Democrat who is seeking to unseat Greene as the U.S. House District 14 representative in 2026 after falling short in the 2024 Democratic primary for the seat.
This is disturbing, Pope Francis deserves better than this. RIP https://t.co/6I1AZEfAsX — Clarence for Georgia (@ClarenceforGA) April 21, 2025
We have reached out to Greene’s office for comment.
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Building_a_life on April 23rd, 2025 at 04:00 UTC »
Any group who wants her censured, I'm with them.
RiseDelicious3556 on April 23rd, 2025 at 03:58 UTC »
She is out of control. Just a nasty, mean-spirited woman spewing hatred every chance she gets.
Ancient_Popcorn on April 23rd, 2025 at 03:53 UTC »
I mean, she deserves a censure for literally anything she says. She’s just a dumber version of Trump, and that’s hard to do.