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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has habitually allowed her ignorance to shine in venues such as the Capitol floor, social media platforms, and the stages of various pro-Donald Trump rallies. Her streak continued on Tuesday at a House GOP press conference, where she compared the normal incorporation of the National Guard in security measures during Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Greene, speaking as part of a group of House Republicans introducing a resolution declaring that Donald Trump is not an insurrectionist, blasted the press for describing the Jan. 6 insurrection as such. She labeled the thousands of people charged with federal crimes as simple Americans who just cared about election integrity.
“The American people who pay for elections with their tax dollars, actually own the elections and have the right to care about their elections, election integrity and the results of their elections when they came to Washington and protested,” Greene said. “All of you call it an insurrection, and then when Joe Biden was inaugurated and this entire Capitol Complex was surrounded with 30,000 National Guard troops, none of you stood there and call that an insurrection. Oh, no. You all stayed silent.”