Greene gives lengthy interview with New York Times days before stepping down as congresswoman for Georgia

Greene gives lengthy interview with New York Times days before stepping down as congresswoman for Georgia

Marjorie Taylor Greene, now just days away from stepping down as a congresswoman for Georgia, has said in her latest mea culpa interview that she “was just so naive” for believing that Donald Trump was a man of the people.

In a lengthy interview with the New York Times that examines her break with the president after years of devotion, Greene explained that a series of minor ruptures with the president culminated in a total breach after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was killed in September.

The third-term Georgia congresswoman said she was watching Kirk’s memorial service on TV when his widow Erika said she forgave her husband’s killer. But then Trump took the stage to say that unlike Kirk – “a missionary with a noble spirit” who did not “hate” his opponents, Trump said he disagreed.

“I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them,” Trump said.

  • hungprocess@thriv.socialEnglish
    6·
    15 hours ago

    Username checks out.

    While I agree with the broad strokes of what you’re saying about empathy, it’s important to remember that people like this (or if we’re being generous, the people she was like until just now) see empathy from their adversaries as a weakness to be exploited.

    One can be empathetic without being a naive chump. When anyone has caused the amount of harm MTG has, forgiveness comes only after they have atoned. If she puts half as much money and effort into repairing the damage she’s done as she put into causing the damage in the first place, then and only then can we talk about letting bygones be bygones.

    If that atonement never materializes (and call me a cynic but I doubt it will) then this is just the same old conservative playbook of “now that I’ve stomped all over other people to get what I want, it’s time for togetherness”.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      14 hours ago

      the people she was like until just now) see empathy from their adversaries as a weakness to be exploited.

      I’m not saying to feel sorry for her…

      I’m saying these people hold their views out of ignorance and none of them are a lost cause.

      And unless someone is doing something to prevent them from voting, they’re still going to ignorantly keep voting R.

      It’s not about if they deserve to be helped, it’s that everyone else deserves to stop being hurt by them. And if we don’t understand how they think, well never change enough of their minds.

      The billionaires want blind tribalism, doing what they want only helps them.