A running list of Marjorie Taylor Greene's controversies

The Georgia Republican continues to add to her extensive list of outlandish remarks

Marjorie Taylor Greene, in a red dress, giving Donald Trump a thumbs up
Greene has endorsed violence and promoted conspiracy theories
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The rise of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from total obscurity to widely-mocked House backbencher to influential Republican powerbroker has been not only meteoric but frequently stunning, given her inability or refusal to change her often outlandish rhetoric. Despite a substantial history of outrageous remarks and incendiary actions, Greene has quickly become a national figure rumored to be in the mix as the GOP candidate for Georgia's 2026 U.S. Senate race. Stripped of her committee assignments in 2021 when the House of Representatives was controlled by Democrats, Greene's participation in House business was restored after Republicans recaptured the chamber in 2022. Her ever-expanding role as a prominent figure in the national Republican Party mirrors the transformation of the GOP itself into a vehicle for her brand of confrontational politics and conspiracy-driven information warfare.

The co-owner of a general contracting firm and CrossFit franchise before she was elected to the House, Greene rose to prominence as a conservative media figure during the first Trump administration when she published a series of articles for a website called American Truth Seekers. At the now-shuttered website, she "wrote favorably of the QAnon conspiracy theory, suggested that Hillary Clinton murdered her political enemies and ruminated on whether mass shootings were orchestrated to dismantle the Second Amendment," said NBC News. She further boosted her profile prior to her 2020 House campaign with viral stunts, including "a since-deleted Facebook Live" video in which she tried to visit Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in her office and referred to it as "a day care" while "mocking the staff for keeping the door locked," said CNN. But her relentless antics have never seemed to bother voters in her district — she ran unopposed in the 2024 Republican primary for her seat and won a third term in the general election by almost 30 points.

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David Faris

David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics. He is a frequent contributor to Informed Comment, and his work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Indy Week.