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A fringe troll’s 15 minutes

I don’t think there is literally any conspiracy theory that Marjorie Taylor Greene has not signed on to. She’s QAnon, including the insane “”Frazzledrip” conspiracy and the “Jewish Space lasers” creating massive forest fires for profit.

And then there’s this crazy rubbish:

In early 2019, conspiracy theorists — including QAnon supporters — claimed that Democrats were hiding Ginsburg or covering up that she was dead so they could hold on to her Supreme Court seat. (The conspiracy theory made no sense then and makes no sense now, as Trump eventually placed right-wing judge Amy Coney Barrett in the Supreme Court after Ginsburg’s death.) In one iteration, some people claimed that a body double replaced Ginsburg when she was seen in public.  

Greene is one of those people. 

On February 26, 2019, she appeared on a streaming program for the pro-Trump website UniteAmericaFirst.com. Toward the conclusion of the show, a caller asked Greene if she had seen “the picture” of Ginsburg at “the airport” — an apparent reference to an image of her at National Airport — “walking straight up right like it’s a whole new person” and asked her if she believes “that is Ruth.” Host and Greene ally Will Johnson added, “It’s almost like a body double like Hillary Clinton” (Conspiracy theorists have also claimed that Hillary Clinton has used a body double.) 

Greene responded: “ I do not believe that was Ruth. No. I don’t think so.” 

I doubt she believes any of this stuff, not really. She a nasty, bully troll who gets a lot of attention from the dumbest people in the world for being a horrible human being, just the way they like it. Whatever it takes to get attantion from the wingnuts she will glom onto.

She’s a terrible person and because she’s armed to the teeth she’s dangerous too. But it looks like the Republkicans are embracing her and putting Liz Cheney on an ice floe. That says it all.

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