Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused Democrats of being out for Republican blood, escalating the already heated rhetoric between the parties.
The Republican firebrand made the comments, which went viral and drew blowback, at a “Save America” event Saturday evening in Warren, Michigan, before former President Donald Trump took the stage to campaign for the state’s GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon.
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“I am not going to mince words with you all. Democrats want Republicans dead, and they have already started the killings,” Greene said.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I am not going to mince words with you all. Democrats want Republicans dead and they have already started the killings.”
This rhetoric is dangerous and unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/2UiKXsrlsJ
— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) October 1, 2022
Greene brought up the story of Cayler Ellingson, 18, being killed in North Dakota last month. The man accused of murdering Ellingson, 41-year-old Shannon Brandt, said the teenager was “part of a Republican extremist group” and claimed he hit Ellingson with his car “because he had a political argument with the pedestrian and believed the pedestrian was calling people to come get him,” according to court documents.
Closer to home for many of those in attendance, the congresswoman also cited the shooting of an elderly anti-abortion advocate while she was door-to-door canvassing in Michigan last month following an alleged argument.
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Taking aim at President Joe Biden, who has upped his attacks on “MAGA” Republicans in recent weeks, Greene said the commander in chief “has declared every freedom-loving American an enemy of the state.” She added: “But under Republicans, we will take back our country from the communists who have stolen it and want us to disappear.”
Greene’s comments went viral in a clip shared on Twitter by the Republican Accountability Project. “This rhetoric is dangerous and unacceptable,” the tweet said.
