4/18/21 Marjorie Taylor Greene in Anglo-Saxon Land

We care about human and civil rights, justice, and fairness, so Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) triggers our gag reflexes. It’s droll to think that the Republican leadership is having as much trouble dealing with Marjorie Taylor Greene as we are, but it’s true!

It’s especially true now, as Greene attempts to create a caucus of Caucasian whiners to be called the “The America First Caucus.” This (she-thinks) charming idea aims to keep the USA and its architecture free from the taint of all other cultures. More or less: In MJT’s view, Europe is grandfathered in. She isn’t specific about the countries she accepts. We assume she’d balk at the Alhambra, with its Moorish inflections and (shudder) Spanish speakers, but how can anyone know what’s in that brain of hers? (Really, can we all chip in and buy her a new brain that’s working?) A Representative named Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is her silent buddy in this scheme.

When Greene’s caucus description came to light on Punchbowl News, lots of people were angry, and the hapless minority leader Kevin McCarthy had to backpedal fast on whether Republicans would accept MJT’s latest flight from reality. It took just hours for MJT herself to disown it as a draft written by staffers — one that she hadn’t even read. Louie Gohmert, R-TX, even said he hadn’t decided whether to join the caucus. “It’s not supposed to be about race at all,” he said. “I’ll have to go back and look” at the description. Gosar, for his part, isn’t commenting at all.

The upshot is that no Republican seemed to think there was anything wrong until the wording was out in the open. Now, it’s an oops. Said McCarthy, “The Republican Party is the party of Lincoln” — which it hasn’t been since Teddy Roosevelt left office — “....not of nativist dog whistles.”

And then, like a miracle, the caucus of “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” was gone.

The caucus of MJT was named “America First” in a tribute to Trump policies. Do you think it might have appealed to Trump fans? Do you think it would have harmed the Republicans at the polls? If no one were to try to manage Ms. Greene’s ideas, would she help or harm her party?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/america-first-caucus-would-champion-anglo-saxon-political-traditions/?fbclid=IwAR0iE1s1cooinPJ6TRDAjHjdAW5Uhd5uyCN4sC3gjqZag2sPFV64dMaST9g