Politics
Danielle Sinay
Aug 13, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to spread misinformation regarding Covid-19, despite being temporarily banned from Twitter for doing just that.
Trading in her keyboard for guest spots on right-wing news networks, the controversial Republican appeared on “Real America’s Voice,” a self-described “platform for patriots all across America who care about traditional values” to broadcast the erroneous claim that Covid cases are not “actually” crowding hospitals’ emergency rooms and intensive care units.
“Yes, the waiting rooms get full. But guess what? The waiting rooms are full of all kinds of things, not just Covid,” she said, alleging to have spoken to “local hospitals.”
Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene on COVID case surge: "Yes, the waiting rooms get full. But guess what? The waiting rooms… https://t.co/o2dLTLpZtP— Jason Campbell (@Jason Campbell) 1628783707
“So while the news tries to tell us the hospitals are slam-packed with Covid, that’s just not the case. Everyone needs to get back down to common sense and remember that, you know, we’re human, we can’t live forever,” she continued.
“We’re going to catch all kinds of illnesses and viruses, and we get hurt sometimes,” Greene, who has no education, qualifications or experience related to medicine and/or healthcare, concluded.
No, we can't live forever, but maybe we could make it to Tuesday or Wednesday...? https://t.co/FfJlyoM66r— Joel Canfield (@Joel Canfield) 1628787653
Like clockwork, Twitter quickly blasted the conspiracy theorist for essentially telling people to get over Covid and, well, die.
Pro-life until you're born. Pro-death as soon as you're born, https://t.co/c3j53bK0pi— Jed Shugerman (@Jed Shugerman) 1628825753
Death cult. https://t.co/BoIEpBha7q— Scott Hechinger (@Scott Hechinger) 1628815641
Others mocked Greene’s claim that the real problem is in the waiting rooms, as opposed to the ICUs .
Member of Congress doesn't know the difference between "waiting rooms" and "intensive care units." https://t.co/1jwa8FTwdf— Bob Cesca (@Bob Cesca) 1628785430
Here's a tip, MTG. The place with the magazines is the waiting room. The place with the ventilators and the heart m… https://t.co/iNVePDQYiX— Charles P. Pierce (@Charles P. Pierce) 1628785623
I'm old enough to remember GOP hysteria over Obama's 'death panels'. Literally nothing this party says is in good f… https://t.co/pb0zSSnZCr— Mehdi Hasan (@Mehdi Hasan) 1628786589
Marjorie Taylor Greene just admitted she doesn’t care if you die of Covid: ”We can’t live forever” https://t.co/CJZn5NqltW— Frida Ghitis (@Frida Ghitis) 1628796967
There have been 67 thousand Covid-related hospitalisations in Georgia, Greene’s home state, according to Georgia’s Covid-19 Data Hub. 19 thousand of these cases resulted in death.
MTG to her constituents: fuck off and die. https://t.co/jBQGvonX6c— Craig Newman (@Craig Newman) 1628818967
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