Politics
Indy100 Staff
Feb 20, 2023
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MAGA-fan congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has proposed a 'national divorce' that would see the nation split in two on political lines.
On Monday she tweeted: "We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this.
"From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done."
There's just one glaring problem she's missed.
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The state she represents - Georgia - voted for Joe Biden at the last election, meaning that if there was a national divorce along party lines - she'd likely be stuck in Democrat-land, or be forced to move.
The reaction to her initial pitch on Twitter wasn't kind, with Adam Singer saying: "You are free to leave our country any time, the rest of us actually cooperate and get things done while you squawk into the wind."
Keith Edwards referenced her personal life, saying: "Just because you got a divorce doesn’t mean everyone should."
But once people realised the implications for Marjorie if a split took place, the mockery intensified.
\u201cGreene, who is seen as angling to serve as Trump\u2019s running mate, calls for the U.S. to break apart \u201cby red states and blue states\u201d\n\nIn her home state of Georgia, Dems have won the last 4 statewide races for federal office (Biden, Ossoff, and Warnock x2)\n\nhttps://t.co/y5q0HIWqVY\u201d— Allan Smith (@Allan Smith) 1676908079
\u201cOnly this time, blue Georgia stays Union loyal and copperheads like Greene have to flee to Florida.\u201d— David Frum (@David Frum) 1676905254
\u201cBad news for M.T. "Empty" Greene, Georgia is becoming a blue state.\u201d— Jonathan Carr \ud83d\udc64\ud83e\udd33 (@Jonathan Carr \ud83d\udc64\ud83e\udd33) 1676905914
Greene is rarely far from the headlines. Recently she compared the Chinese spy balloon to 9/11 in a weird rant; tried to troll Biden but became an instant meme; and blamed her wild QAnon claims on being too online.
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