You have to accept the fact that the government totally wants to provide surveillance on every part of your life. They want to know when you're eating. They want to know if you're eating a cheeseburger, which is very bad because Bill Gates wants you to eat his fake meat that grows in a peach tree (sic) dish.
So you'll probably get a little zap inside your body and then say "no, no." Don't eat a real cheeseburger. You need to eat the fake burger, the fake meat from Bill Gates.
Um, they probably also want to know when you go to the bathroom and if your bowel movements are on time. I mean, what else do these people want to know?
I’m in such a quandary. I can’t decide if crazy or stupid is the more dominant trait here. https://t.co/hDaEIuUcNE
— Mattie Timmer (@MattieTimmer) May 30, 2022
Recall when on April 23, Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia testified in an administrative lawsuit brought by five voters who charged that she "voluntarily aided and engaged" in the 1/6/20 insurrection and thus is ineligible to run for federal office.
Greene put on a spectacular performance and thus defeated the bid to disqualify her. She admitted to nothing other than forgetting everything but oh, no, she couldn't possibly have believed whatever she was accused of. Approximately ten days after her testimony, an unavoidably cynical columnist from the Holland (MI) Sentinel would post this snippet:
Questioner: “Did you like a (social media) post that said it’s quicker, that a bullet to the head would be a quicker way to remove Nancy Pelosi from the role of speaker?
Greene: (Smiles and hesitates) I’m not answering that question. It’s speculation.
Questioner: You have said, Ms. Greene, that she’s a traitor
to this country.
Greene: No, I haven’t said that.
Questioner: OK. (Then speaking to a clerk) Show Exhibit 5, please.
Greene (immediately): Oh no, wait. Hold on, now. (Pause) I believed that by not securing the border, that that violates her oath of office. (Apparently Greene remembers better just before exhibits are about to display evidence contradicting her statements.)
Later in the hearing …
Questioner: Had you ever advocated for martial law to be imposed in a conversation with the chief of staff …
Greene: I don’t recall.
Again, I’m pretty sure I would remember advocating, or not advocating, for something so notable, so horrific, as declaring martial law in America. Wouldn’t you?
The congresswoman demonstrated that she could teach a law school class entitled "How to Avoid Admission of Guilt When Your Hand is Caught in the Cookie Jar" by deftly avoiding responsibility for any actions taken or words spoken.
And she could. Greene may be trolling the left, hoping the antagonism and ridicule she incurs will stir up would-be donors among extreme conservatives. Or she may be seeking publicity, to gin up those donations, raise her national profile among GOP voters, or simply for the benefit of publicity. She may be having a ton of fun.
The exhortation to eat a "real cheeseburger" instead of a "fake burger" brings to mind the adage "real men don't eat quiche" of the 1980s, which was meant as satire but widely interpreted as a demonstration of masculinity. Additionally, the substitution of "peach tree" for "petri" may have been a nod to the voters in the Peach Tree state of Georgia. It's speculation- but we sell the Georgia congresswoman short at our peril.
Greene's intent is not clear, yet it's likely she is fully aware of why she is doing what she is doing. Asked whether she considered Speaker Pelosi a traitor, tried to claim that she never said that Nancy Pelosi is a traitor. Confronted with proof to the contrary, the congresswoman skillfully pivoted, her memory restored by the possibility she otherwise would be charged with perjury.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is characterized by extremism, bigotry, and deceit. But only at our peril do we mistake that for craziness or stupidity.
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