For years, Republicans rightfully mocked the ridiculous claims and partisan antics of Rep. Maxine Waters, a Democrat from California. Now, the GOP has its own version of Waters in Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Just days into her first term, Greene continues to be an embarrassment for the party. She has already promised to file articles of impeachment against Joe Biden on Jan. 21, making her even quicker to push impeachment than Waters was with President Trump in 2017. Waters obsessed about impeachment until the House of Representatives actually did it in late 2019, and it looks like Greene is well on that path.
Greene was a devotee of the absurd QAnon conspiracy theory, a theory that was also prevalent among the rioters who stormed Capitol Hill to disrupt the certification of Biden’s presidential victory. She has also engaged in Sept. 11 trutherism, questioning whether a plane ever hit the Pentagon. Whether out of a tendency to push conspiracy theories or a partisan charade, she also pushed the idea that the election was stolen from Trump (which is primarily why Trump now finds himself impeached again).
Waters, for her part, pushed the “Russian collusion” narrative relentlessly, with as little evidence as Greene has presented. Waters even went as far as to say that Trump wanted to lift sanctions to help Russian President Vladimir Putin, “even though I don’t have the facts to prove it.”
Waters has also challenged election results in the past, claiming in 2001 that Florida’s electoral votes were “fraudulent” and in 2005 that Ohio voting machines had switched votes from John Kerry to George W. Bush.
Sound familiar?
Waters also objected to the Electoral College results after the 2016 election, making it three straight Republican victories that she has deemed illegitimate. Waters is recognized by Republicans as a partisan hack who frequently embarrasses herself and serves as a punching bag for the opposition. Greene is her GOP carbon copy.
Greene will not help Republicans do anything but lose, as shown by Georgia Republicans staying home in the Senate runoffs. She is an anchor that will be tied around the GOP’s neck, and the party won’t have the help of legacy media and cultural institutions that prop up Democrats like Waters. Greene will be the GOP’s Waters, but she will hurt her party far more than the original has.
