{"id":46848,"date":"2022-02-11T14:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T22:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=46848"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T22:09:55","slug":"rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-soup-detat-it-will-make-a-chill-run-down-your-spine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/02\/11\/rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-soup-detat-it-will-make-a-chill-run-down-your-spine\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s \u201cSoup D\u2019Etat\u201d \u2013 It Will Make a Chill Run Down Your Spine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTG-Greene_Gazpacho-Police_9_Soup-Face_1-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTG-Greene_Gazpacho-Police_9_Soup-Face_1-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTG-Greene_Gazpacho-Police_9_Soup-Face_1-125x150.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTG-Greene_Gazpacho-Police_9_Soup-Face_1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By now, most of you have seen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) claim on the right-wing network OAN (without an iota of evidence) that Speaker Pelosi is in charge of the <strong><em>\u201cGazpacho Police\u201d<\/em><\/strong> in order to secretly spy on Congress critters.\u00a0 But if not:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just to clear things up, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMTG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gazpacho: a vegetable-based Spanish cold soup<br \/>Gestapo: Nazi Germany&#39;s secret police <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T9q76r706G\">pic.twitter.com\/T9q76r706G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AccountableGOP\/status\/1491525010997096449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Transcript of MTG<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Not only do we have a D.C. jail \u2014 which is a D.C. gulag [MTG probably meant to say \u201cgoulash\u201d] \u2014 but now we have Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s Gazpacho Police spying on members of Congress, spying on the legislative work that we do, spying on our staff, and spying on American citizens that want to come talk to their representatives.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Just to clear things up, @RepMTG<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gazpacho: a vegetable-based Spanish cold soup<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Gestapo: Nazi Germany&#8217;s secret police<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time that MTG has served up some <em>haute quisling<\/em>.\u00a0 With this malaprop she&#8217;s doing her best <em>Seinfeld\u2019s<\/em> Soup Nazi imitation by declaring: <strong><em>\u201cNo Democracy for you!!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And if you thought the Twitterverse was going to pass up a golden opportunity to mock MTG\u2019s confusing <strong><em>\u201cGestapo<\/em><\/strong>\u201d with <strong><em>\u201cGazpacho\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, you\u2019d be <strong><u>wrong!<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0 So, let\u2019s enjoy a few \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With the Gazpacho Police, every crime is a cold case<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Blickstein (@AdamBlickstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamBlickstein\/status\/1491534992685649921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The Gazpacho Police have caught the leader of the Po Boys breadhanded.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lawindsor\/status\/1491585179466579971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do the gazpacho police adhere to sangria law?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JennK (@jenniferkrneta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenniferkrneta\/status\/1491770547746873348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: &quot;The Hamburgler has been arrested by the Gazpacho Police and thrown into a Goulash.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BettyBowers\/status\/1491530720673738754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">the use of gazpacho tactics by Nancy Pelosi is chilling<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petridishes\/status\/1491531205925384200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/MTG-Greene_Gazpacho-Police.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"403\" height=\"520\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) put a wonderful positive spin while throwing huge shade on MTG\u2019s ignorance:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To every little girl out there: don\u2019t ever think you\u2019re not smart enough to run for office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fKl376AVIn\">https:\/\/t.co\/fKl376AVIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Grace Meng (@Grace4NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grace4NY\/status\/1491609949327216643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to agree that MTG makes Sarah Palin look smart in the same way that Trump makes Dubya look presidential.\u00a0 And I realize that half the entire population has an IQ below 100.\u00a0 But do republicans have to keep electing them all to Congress?<\/p>\n<p>As you all know, <em>olive<\/em> doing puns \u2013 and I think here and now is the <em>thyme<\/em> and place for a few.\u00a0 So, playing off her ignorance of history <em><u>and<\/u><\/em> lack of culinary knowledge (why, some mean-spirited folks have even called her a stupid <em>bisque<\/em>) let\u2019s see what we can come up with.<\/p>\n<p>First, my disclaimer: Having personally met a few members of Pelosi\u2019s Gazpacho Police, I have to say they are <em>consomm\u00e9<\/em> professionals.<\/p>\n<p>With MTG&#8217;s endless invectives and lies, it\u2019s obvious she\u2019s constantly pandering to her <em>bouillabaisse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Next, she\u2019ll be claiming that back on 1\/6\/21 Pelosi\u2019s Gazpacho Police were searching those <em>\u201cpatriotic tourists\u201d<\/em> for <em>mazel tov<\/em> <em>cocktails<\/em>.\u00a0 And it won\u2019t be long before she starts demanding all those foreign prisoners down in <em>Guacamole<\/em> be locked up forever.<\/p>\n<p>When a reporter confronted her about the \u201cGazpacho Police\u201d gaffe, she asked MTG if she happened to have ever even seen a <em>Thesaurus<\/em>.\u00a0 MTG replied: \u201cYou mean one of those computer-generated dinosaurs in <em>Jurassic Park\u201d<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>I guess we can all try to <em>romaine<\/em> calm, but record-shattering ignorance like that makes me want to drink an entire <em>giraffe<\/em> of wine.<\/p>\n<p>Given her long history of unhinged shenanigans, I really think she has a <em>lentil<\/em> disability.\u00a0 Wouldn\u2019t it be wonderful if she just admitted it and confessed: \u201c<em>Miso<\/em> stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The truly sad thing is that besides MTG, all her buddies \u2013 Boebert, Gaetz, Cawthorn, the list goes on and on \u2013 are also all <em>crepes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We <em>cannoli<\/em> hope they all lose in the next election.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb5 <strong><em>I say gestapo and you say gazpacho.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>I hate the Nazis and you hate doc Fauci.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Gestapo. Gazpacho.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nazi. Fauci.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Let&#8217;s call her whole term off.<\/em> <\/strong>\ud83c\udfb5<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now, most of you have seen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) claim on the right-wing network OAN (without an iota of evidence) that Speaker Pelosi is in charge of the \u201cGazpacho Police\u201d in order to secretly spy on Congress critters.\u00a0 But if not: Transcript of MTG &#8220;Not only do we have a D.C. jail <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/02\/11\/rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-soup-detat-it-will-make-a-chill-run-down-your-spine\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4848,4849,4847,4846,4100],"class_list":["post-46848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-gazpacho","tag-gestapo","tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","tag-mtg","tag-soup-nazi","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46848\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}