The New York Times wants you to think that Marjorie Taylor Greene is politically savvy - LGBTQ Nation
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A long profile of Greene downplays her outrageous behavior, presenting her instead as a "shrewd" observer of D.C.

In a surprisingly flattering profile in The New York Times, Marjorie Taylor Greene portrays herself as a political naif who actually believed Donald Trump’s campaign promises and suffered death threats once she broke with the president.

The article softens Greene’s image by omitting some of her most outrageous behavior. The story mentions that she “harassed 18-year-of gun activist David Hogg on the street,” without mentioning that Hogg was himself the survivor of a mass shooting at his high school. There’s no word about Greene calling Hogg “little Hitler” or about the time Greene kicked another teen activist. Nor is there any mention of Greene’s suggestion that Paul Pelosi, husband of then-speaker Nancy Pelosi, knew the man who assaulted him in his home, a homophobic lie circulated by the right.

None of Greene’s actions are presented as beyond the pale. Instead reporter Robert Draper characterizes her in far gentler terms than Greene’s behavior would admit: “Greene did harbor a genuine conspiratorial streak, often even wondering if this or that person wore a wire. But she was also becoming an increasingly shrewd and acerbic observer of life on Capitol Hill.”

  • James R Kirk@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    While I am no fan of the Times and absolutely don’t think that she deserves a big splashy feature on their front page, it truly wasn’t a puff piece and definitely not sanewashing. Here are a few examples:

    “Robert,” she replied with a searching look, “do you really think Joe Biden got 81 million votes without even campaigning?” “Yes,” I said. “They counted all the votes. That was the final tally. Why wouldn’t I believe it?” The look she then gave me, which I will never forget, was one of bottomless pity.

    And

    Just outside the front door of her office stood the familiar placard blaring, “There are TWO genders: MALE & FEMALE.”

    And

    Trump, she claims, was bothered by her steadfast opposition to abortion, which she has called “murder.”

    And

    […]she continued to characterize Trump’s Democratic opponents, and their positions, in the direst of terms: “radical communist Kamala Harris,” “the perverted trans agenda against children that is an attack directly on God’s creation,” “the party of pedophiles.”

    As the article OP posted said, she has said many other even more batshit things that should not be forgotten but that’s not really what the Times piece was about (it was about her fight with Trump).