Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is taking issue with an interview of an incoming Republican lawmaker that aired on Fox News.
In a series of tweets, the Georgia congresswoman blasted former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) for her interview with Rep.-elect George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday night.
“Tulsi Gabbard, who says she is a former Democrat, gave Rep-elect George Santos zero grace, while George is admitting and apologizing for lying about his resume, just like her former colleagues are giving George zero grace [and] even demanding he resign,” Greene wrote in her opening tweet.
She noted Gabbard argued Santos’ “actions on the House floor are what is most important,” but pointed out he has not been sworn in yet.
Tulsi says that George’s actions on the House floor are what is most important, but George has not even had the chance to take action for his district on the House floor because he isn’t even sworn in yet.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 28, 2022
Tulsi also says how can his district believe anything he says..
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Greene continued, “I too believe actions and words are extremely important.”
She then took a jab at Gabbard:
“But I don’t think a former Democrat who’s actions on the House floor as recent as 2020 that gave her an A from Planned Parenthood, an F from the NRA and introduced a climate agenda signature piece of legislation called the OFF Act – designed to end all fossil fuels (the same as AOC’s Green New Deal) should lecture a newly elected Republican member of congress on how he should vote to represent his Republican district.”
Finally, Greene stated she appreciates “that Tulsi says words that sound conservative now even though she can’t take action to back them up.”
“I think we Republicans should give George Santos a chance and see how he legislates and votes, not treat him the same as the left is,” she added.
legislated to kill America’s energy independence and the fossil fuel industry.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 28, 2022
I hope Tulsi is sincere, just like I hope George is sincere.
I think we Republicans should give George Santos a chance and see how he legislates and votes, not treat him the same as the left is.
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Greene’s comment referred to Gabbard’s decision to leave the Democratic Party earlier this year.
Sitting in for Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, Gabbard interviewed Santos and grilled him over his embellished resume and “blatant lies.”
She asked, “Do you have no shame?”
She also insisted, “It’s hard to imagine how they could possibly trust your explanations when you’re not really even willing to admit the depth of your deception to them.”
During an interview with The New York Post, Santos admitted he did not go to college, nor did he work directly for Goldman Sachs.
“I didn’t graduate from any institution of higher learning. I’m embarrassed and sorry for having embellished my resume,” he said, adding, “I own up to that … We do stupid things in life.”
Still, he vowed, “This [controversy] will not deter me from having good legislative success. I will be effective. I will be good.”