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Georgias Marjorie Taylor Greene labels Gaza crisis a genocide in break from GOP colleagues (www.wabe.org)

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Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene became the first congressional Republican to use the word “genocide” to refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza on Monday, and a Democratic member of […]

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[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I' m starting to suspect she's positioning herself for a 2028 presidential run.

It seems too early for that, but she's definitely up to something, and setting aside the timing, that seems most likely.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think she's just anti-semitic (like actually anti-semitic, not just anti-zionist) in addition to grasping at anything that will bring her more attention. Hardly anyone has been complaining about her lately, and she probably misses it.

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah - I have no doubt at all that she's antisemitic, and in the modern American conspiracy theorist "Them Jews is a'tryin' a take over the world!" sense.

But this doesn't feel like someone just spouting rhetoric, or even just trying to get attention. It seems more deliberate and calculated than that. She's not just hurling condemnation - she's distancing herself from Trump snd the rest of the Republicans.