Most of the country is focused on far more important things than Marjorie Taylor Greene’s schedule and Donald Trump’s desperate efforts to stay relevant. But both Greene and Trump used the final days of Black History Month to do some pretty racist things. So, they deserve a look from Worst Behavior Watch.
This time, both Greene and Trump have gone so far that they’ve alienated themselves even from members of their own political party. And with the state of the modern Republican party, that’s saying a lot.
Let’s start with the representative from our 14th Congressional District.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s decision to pal around with infamous white nationalist, anti-Semite, and Putin backer Nick Fuentes caused facepalms across the country.
Kevin McCarthy called Greene’s attendance at an event hosted by Fuentes “appalling” and “unacceptable.”
Republican Whip Steve Scalise also condemned her behavior. And Scalise committed a similar offense years ago by attending an event hosted by a white supremacist group. When that fact came to light, he acknowledged he’d done wrong. He apologized. Steve Scalise has tried to be on his best behavior since then.
Marjorie Taylor Greene? Not so much. She’s doubling down and going on the offensive, attacking the media, Democrats, and the Republicans who tried telling her that she messed up.
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You know who Marjorie Taylor Greene is not attacking? Donald Trump.
You know why? Because Trump thinks just like she does.
Recently, the two-time loser of the popular vote weighed in on the issue of Buckhead seceding from Atlanta to become its own city, a proposition so outlandish that even most statewide Georgia Republicans have denounced or danced around it.
“Let the voters decide on the very popular City of Buckhead proposal!” Trump said, apparently reversing his position on whether voters in Georgia should be allowed to decide the outcomes of elections. It’s unclear if Trump knows that Buckhead bucked Trumpism in 2020, with 60% voting for President Biden.
Trump is trying to prop up his political ally and fellow second-place finisher in the last election David Perdue, giving him political ammunition to use in his race-to-the-bottom gubernatorial primary against Brian Kemp. Discussing Buckhead cityhood, Perdue said, “We have to defend our way of life,” echoing the motto of nearly every racist policy in our history.
