Her name isn’t on the ballot. She no longer serves in Congress. But Marjorie Taylor Greene is looming large in the minds of north-west Georgia voters as they prepare to choose who to replace her with in Washington.
Known for her hard-line Christian conservative views, brash committee appearances, and embrace of multiple conspiracy theories, Greene quickly became one of the most prominent Republican members of Congress after winning her seat in 2020.
“She did some stuff off the wall,” said Justin Leonard, 28-year-old firefighter in Georgia’s 14th congressional district, who voted for Greene twice. “Kind of making conservatives look a little right-wing and a little like nut jobs. But other than that, I think she did her job.”
But when Greene broke her unwavering support for US President Donald Trump late last year, the pair’s rift descended into a very public feud that ultimately led to her decision to quit Congress in January.
“She did some stuff off the wall,” said Justin Leonard, 28-year-old firefighter in Georgia’s 14th congressional district, who voted for Greene twice. “Kind of making conservatives look a little right-wing and a little like nut jobs. But other than that, I think she did her job.”
Justin Leonard, you’re a fucking idiot.
I get what he’s saying, probably because of my upbringing. But he’s saying that she made conservatives look a little right wing (normal Trump) and little like nut jobs (crazy). So, hes just going an extremely round about, redundant way to say she made them look crazy. Folks in the south view conservatives as old money republicans. Even some of the newer southern dynasties have caught flak for not being hard right enough. That’s why Trump was so big in those areas. They viewed him as someone who was challenging the people they felt had left them behind; take notes dems. They truly believe he’s doing something different. They’re just ignorant enough and stubborn enough to not see he’s destroying the country.
What is interesting to me is, he’s losing support with old money republicans. I’m still a part of a lot of inner circles, and these folks are done. A lot of them want to go back to talking about just money and leaving all social issues in the dust and use it as negotiating tools for more money. But younger republicans, aforementioned in the article, tend to care more about those social issues, while also believing trump has their back with the economy; ignorant.
A lot of fractures are happening in state houses across the South. You have younger, very hard-line republicans at war with the older, more manageable republicans. I saw one meeting where a speaker said, “I swear if you bring up abortion one more time, I’m shooting you on the floor. You won your little battle, we’re gonna only discuss the budget now.” I think the primaries are gonna go hard this year lol
I wonder what side does Leonard think that conservatives fall under? Center? Surely not left-wing.
Watch them pick someone ten times stupider and even more of a racist religious fruitcake.
You are just describing a Georgian, no need to be redundant.
Hey, there are probably dozens of us Lemmy users here!
The only thing that stops Georgia from being a blue state is that Atlanta’s population isn’t quite big enough.
The only think stopping Georgia from being blue is voter suppression.
Decatur, checking in.
I lived there for 10 years and while the ignorant redneck stereotype is certainly very well-represented there, there are also a lot more progressives than you’d think.
Especially in Atlanta and the college towns. And a LOT of Black people who are not politically represented in the media at all, but who vote regularly and often have progressive opinions. Stacey Abrams, for example, is a powerhouse of a political activist, as well as Georgia through and through.
This thing where a given state or region is represented as one homogenized whole is just the same old Trump us vs. them tactic turned in a different direction. Maybe it makes people feel better, but I got news for them: there are racist motherfuckers and nutjob conspiracy believers in EVERY single state of the union, and P.R. and Guam and the USVI too.
there are racist motherfuckers and nutjob conspiracy believers in EVERY single state of the union
I moved to California, and can confirm: the people in the rural areas in this state are an awful lot like the ones in Georgia!
