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Follow Feb. 24, 2021 The catastrophe of January 6th’s attempted coup helped focus attention on one particularly controversial incoming congresswoman: Marjorie Taylor Greene. Whereas figures like Ted Cruz acted as nominal figureheads for the insurgent Tea Party influx in 2012, Greene has become in 2021 the firebrand of a new, post-Trump presidency Republican populism. And it is no coincidence that so much of her conspiratorial mindset, and the protective embrace she’s won from the GOP, is based on antisemitism. Greene’s politics are more an impulsive hodgepodge of reactionary hearsay than a fundamental ideological position, spanning a Seth Rich smear (alleging the former DNC staffer was killed by the MS-13 gang on Obama’s orders) and the equally baseless suggestion that the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas was a ‘false flag’ operation. ....
So after the synagogue massacre, after it, this ad from republican ed charamut, who is running for state senate in connecticut shows in mailboxes, depicts his jewish opponent, democratic state rep matthew lesser holding a fist full of money. look at his face. look at the expression on his face. this is what trump is encouraging. this is how he is molding the gop in his image, and that party seems to be sitting by, scared, or joining in. this is a far cry from where that party ever was, and they re basically daring republicans who don t believe in all this jingoism and hateful talk to vote for someone else or not at all. and trump is betting they will not. one week from today, we will see if he made the right bet. thank you for watching. cnn tonight with don lemon starts right now. and that s why he knew, his ....