{"id":49934,"date":"2022-11-21T16:29:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T00:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=49934"},"modified":"2022-11-21T16:29:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T00:29:29","slug":"mtg-miss-malaprop-greene-quacks-up-america-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/21\/mtg-miss-malaprop-greene-quacks-up-america-yet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG \u201cMiss Malaprop\u201d Greene QUACKS Up America Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Sidebar: For a variety of reasons, it\u2019s been a while since I posted a dedicated article.\u00a0 But I\u2019m going to try to get back in the swing of things.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-49936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Ducks-Quacking-in-Boots_2-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Ducks-Quacking-in-Boots_2-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Ducks-Quacking-in-Boots_2-91x150.jpg 91w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Ducks-Quacking-in-Boots_2.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We can always count on MTG <em>\u201cMiss Malaprop\u201d<\/em> Greene to supply us with some comic relief.\u00a0 She has a long list of Tweets and comments showcasing her ignorance masquerading as malaprops, that have Americans \u201cquacking\u201d up.\u00a0 Let\u2019s backup a bit to enjoy some of her previous zany offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Who can forget when she accused Speaker Pelosi of <em>\u201cwonton\u201d<\/em> killings by deploying her own secret <strong><em>\u201cgazpacho police force\u201d<\/em><\/strong> in a <em>chilling<\/em> and ruthless <em>\u201csoup d&#8217;\u00e9\u00b7tat\u201d<\/em>.<\/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<p>Then there\u2019s the time MTG actually said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c\u2026 Bill Gates wants you to eat this fake meat that grows in a <strong><em>peach tree dish<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0So you\u2019ll probably get a little <em>zap<\/em> inside your body that\u2019ll say \u2018No, don\u2019t eat a real cheeseburger, you need to eat the fake burger.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bill had a pithy reply to MTG:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree.jpg 537w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MTG_Bill-Gates_Microchip_Change-Mind_Peach-Tree-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of her lesser-known comments was when she declared an imminent <strong><em>\u201ctitle wave of truth\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marjorie Taylor Greene says there is a \u201ctitle wave\u201d of truth about to start coming out. Where? Inside the \u201cpeach tree dish\u201d curated by the \u201cGazpacho Police?\u201d Just blows my mind that anyone this stupid can hold any kind of elected office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0eDsz9J2eF\">pic.twitter.com\/0eDsz9J2eF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83d\ude31 Scary Larry \ud83d\ude31 \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\u270a\ud83c\udffb\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\uddfd (@aintscarylarry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aintscarylarry\/status\/1586385934047584256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are few things that have gotten MTG as incensed as how she thinks Pres. Biden\u2019s Dept. of Justice has &#8220;mistreated&#8221; the seditious traitors who stormed our Capitol on 1\/6\/21.\u00a0 She shared her thoughts (such as they are) in a speech on the House floor when she had the Chamber called to <em>\u201codor\u201d<\/em> so she could add her two <em>\u201cscents\u201d<\/em> worth:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>The over 800 people who have been arrested and charged for the events on January 6\u201d because \u201ctheir due process rights are being so <\/em><strong>fragrantly<\/strong><em> and horrifically violated\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">hate it when my rights are fragrantly violated <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GbCxlXWx7i\">pic.twitter.com\/GbCxlXWx7i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1534955975530127360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5019207\/user-clip-us-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-special-order-speeches-06092022\">https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5019207\/user-clip-us-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-special-order-speeches-06092022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If it weren\u2019t such a <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">fragrant<\/span> flagrant violation of our nation\u2019s laws, it\u2019d be funny when MTG sent a text to Mark Meadows just three days before Biden\u2019s inauguration telling him that Trump declare should <strong><em>\u201cMarshall\u201d<\/em><\/strong> law:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIn our private chat with only Members, several are saying the only way to save our Republic is for Trump to call for <\/em><strong>Marshall<\/strong><em> law,\u201d Greene texted [Mark] Meadows\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2022\/04\/alls-fair-in-love-and-attempts-to-overthrow-the-rule-of-law\/\">https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2022\/04\/alls-fair-in-love-and-attempts-to-overthrow-the-rule-of-law\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In her most recent malaprop, MTG makes a \u201cfowl\u201d claim about tabulating the votes in our last election:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m sure our enemies are quacking in their boots while we are still over here trying to count ballots.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1590680573148016640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This begs the questions:<\/p>\n<p>[1] Why do you think fellow Americans are your \u201cenemy\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><em>And \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[2] Why the <em>HELL<\/em> are <strong><u>ducks<\/u><\/strong> wearing boots in the first place?<\/p>\n<p>If you wanted to cut her some slack and blame it on AutoCorrect changing <strong><em>\u201cquaking\u201d<\/em><\/strong> to <strong><em>\u201cquacking\u201d<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 someone checked &#8230; it doesn\u2019t:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And, out of curiosity, I just checked to see if autocorrect turned \u201cquaking\u201d into \u201cquacking\u201d. It doesn\u2019t. That\u2019s how she thinks it\u2019s spelled. \ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\ud83e\udd26\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Southern Lib (@HilbillyLiberal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HilbillyLiberal\/status\/1590685602365964290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Twitterverse felt the need to respond about our feathered friends <em><strong>&#8220;quacking in their boots&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> \u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yjOppILI0h\">pic.twitter.com\/yjOppILI0h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Polyglot millennial (@CDC6485) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDC6485\/status\/1590682490192031744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Quacking in boots <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B0XGXc79pR\">pic.twitter.com\/B0XGXc79pR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RollWithIt \u262e\ufe0f (@jbrdtrd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jbrdtrd\/status\/1590688537242107905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ah yes&#8230; quacking boots. Don&#39;t delete Marjorie, let everyone see that you can&#39;t read. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yzff3BJT77\">pic.twitter.com\/yzff3BJT77<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Desecrated (@TDesecrated) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TDesecrated\/status\/1590685864694517763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I think this Tweet has a suggestion for MTG that we could <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span> get behind:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;quacking in their boots&quot;<br \/>\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86<\/p>\n<p>This crazy lady can go Duck herself<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86\ud83e\udd86 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xc3pGu8CRQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/xc3pGu8CRQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Leavitt\/status\/1590707373697441792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And this has a nice summary of a few of her malaprops:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, Marge, they are quacking in their boots. It\u2019s a side-effect of eating meat grown in peach tree dishes. I\u2019m surprised the gazpacho police haven\u2019t quacked down on this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1XSDl8xonI\">pic.twitter.com\/1XSDl8xonI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wayne Parry\u2019s Lobster (@LobsterWayne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LobsterWayne\/status\/1590684744932798465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Sidebar: For a variety of reasons, it\u2019s been a while since I posted a dedicated article.\u00a0 But I\u2019m going to try to get back in the swing of things.) We can always count on MTG \u201cMiss Malaprop\u201d Greene to supply us with some comic relief.\u00a0 She has a long list of Tweets and comments showcasing <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/21\/mtg-miss-malaprop-greene-quacks-up-america-yet-again\/' 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":[5211,5209,4846,4288,5210],"class_list":["post-49934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-boots","tag-malapropisms","tag-mtg","tag-mtg-greene","tag-quacking","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\/49934","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=49934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}