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Marjorie Taylor Greene credits Trump for the end of Roe v. Wade and stokes fears of violence

Jun 24, 2022, 22:21 IST
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.Joe Raedle/Getty Images
  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday stoked fears of violence outside the Supreme Court.
  • Greene spoke with a right-wing YouTube channel to give her live reaction to the Court's abortion ruling.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene praised former President Donald Trump and demonized Democrats in her live reaction to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday.

The far-right Georgia Republican — who was removed from all of her committee assignments in February 2021 for publicly endorsing political violence and antisemitic remarks — spoke with the Right Side Broadcasting Network, a pro-Trump YouTube channel immediately after the ruling was announced.

"Thank you President Trump," Greene said. "God bless you. This got overturned today because of your great work as president, and we want him back."

She also speculated without evidence that Democrats will respond to the ruling with violence and rioting.

"I do fear for the safety of people here in D.C.," she told the YouTube channel.

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A spokesperson for Greene didn't immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

When asked about gun control and the recent Supreme Court decision dramatically expanding the ability to carry a concealed weapon, Greene continued stoking fears around protests to the abortion ruling.

"It's more important now than ever," she said of gun ownership. "People need to protect themselves. They've already shown us what they're capable of with BLM riots. And they want to take our gun rights away, just like they want to keep murdering babies."

Greene called the Democratic Party "the party of death" and "the party of riots," before repeating some of the same graphic language she's used about abortion in the past.

"They wanna say they care about children at school, and they care about people being gunned down. At the same time, they're here demanding that innocent unborn babies be ripped apart limb from limb in the womb."

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Ahead of Thursday's Supreme Court decision, Greene's name came up in the House's January 6 committee hearings, during which she was mentioned as one of at least six lawmakers who sought a pardon from Trump following the insurrection, according to testimony from former White House aides.

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