Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posts tweet saying the U.S. should be separated by red and blue states, the latest in a string of controversial statements from the congresswoman.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks to reporters as she leave the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 27, 2023.WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for the U.S. to be separated by red and blue states and for a shrinking of the federal government in a tweet on President's Day, the latest in a string of controversial statements from the two-term congresswoman.
“We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government,” said Greene, R-Ga, in the tweet. “Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done.
The United States fought a civil war in the 1860s after a group of southern states tried to secede in an effort to keep the legal enslavement of Black people. Green has been known for her controversial statements — ranging from claims about supposed Jewish space lasers’ starting wildfires to accusations that Muslim congresswomen weren’t legitimately sworn in because they didn’t take the oath of office on the Bible.
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