When Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene isn't busy plotting to oust Mike Johnson as House Speaker, she can be found opposing legislation combating anti-Semitism.
Greene announced yesterday she would not support the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2023 because it "could convict Christians of antisemitism for believing the Gospel that says Jesus was handed over to Herod to be crucified by the Jews.”
The long and the short of it is that Marjorie Taylor Greene opposes legislation combatting anti-Semitism because she is an anti-Semite. Yes, Greene says anti-Semitism is wrong only to proceed to claim the Jews crucified Jesus.
This is no different than Ilhan Omar claiming to care about the safety of Jewish students at Columbia University even if she considers them to be "pro-genocide". Not surprisingly, Omar also opposed the legislation because she too is an anti-Semite.
As for Greene, her vote isn't likely to help her effort to oust Johnson. But her vote against the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act even if she was on the losing side has the effect of legitimizing anti-Semitism as socially acceptable political discourse in this country.
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