Jamie Dupree

Trump embraces GOP Q-Anon winner in Georgia

Hours after Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene celebrated a GOP primary runoff victory for Congress in Georgia by denouncing reporters and calling the Speaker of the House a 'bitch,' President Donald Trump hailed her victory, breaking with other Republicans who have raised questions about her views.


"Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene on a big Congressional primary win in Georgia," the President tweeted, making it clear he has no problems with Greene, who is the favorite to win election from Georgia's 14th District in November.


"The GOP establishment, the media, & the radical left, spent months & millions of dollars attacking me," Greene tweeted after her victory, as she thanked the President for his support.


“You inspired me to run and fight to Save America and Stop Socialism!!” Greene wrote on Wednesday morning, as she celebrated the ejection of reporters from her campaign night victory party.

Greene has raised red flags with some Republicans because of her views on Islam, race, and more, much of it caught on videos produced by the candidate.

“There is an Islamic invasion into our government offices now,” Greene said in one video posted by Politico.

House Republican leaders condemn GOP candidate who made racist videos

We uncovered hours of video of this leading GOP congressional candidate in Georgia expressing racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic views. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Muslims don't belong in government; thinks black people "are held slaves to the Democratic Party"; and said she would feel "proud" to see a Confederate monument if she were black because it symbolizes progress made since the Civil War. Greene is the heavy favorite to secure the Republican nomination for the deep-red district, although House Republicans are now racing to distance themselves from her. https://politi.co/37Bok3A

Posted by POLITICO on Wednesday, June 17, 2020

For those unfamiliar with the Q-Anon conspiracy - it is popular among a group of more conservative Republicans who believe pedophiles in government and the media are arrayed against President Trump.

Jamie Dupree

Jamie Dupree, CMG Washington News Bureau

Radio News Director of the Washington Bureau

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