Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congresswoman from Georgia, won a GOP primary race, putting her controversial first-term performance to the test.
With her victory two years ago, Greene became a sensation of the Republican Party's far-right fringe, embracing former President Donald Trump's erroneous allegation that the 2020 election was rigged and engaging in conspiracy theories regarding COVID-19, according to a report from PBS.
In her victory address late Tuesday, the 47-year-old lawmaker showed no indications of mellowing. She pushed for President Joe Biden's impeachment, dismissing his victory as the result of "fraudulent electoral votes," compared pandemic mask and vaccination regulations to "medical tyranny," and criticized "the brutal and illegal punishment of many nonviolent January 6 demonstrators," as she did in the past.
Moreover, as per a report published by US News, she called Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnel one of the "failed leaders" of Congress. Greene also said that she is among the "majority" who pushes for the imprisonment of Hillary Clinton.
Greene said her reelection would "send a message to the bloodsucking establishment. It is we who will set the policy agenda for the next decade and not them."
"We're going to start speaking the truth more forcefully and more loudly than ever before," she added.
In November, she will face the winner of a three-way Democratic primary in the 14th District in northwest Georgia, a seat drawn to give Republicans a significant edge.
A Target of Criticism
Greene stayed on the primary ballot in Georgia's 14th Congressional District on Tuesday, despite a failed attempt by opponents to dismiss her. They said Greene incited the riot on January 6, 2021, which hindered Congress' ratification of Joe Biden's presidential win. The claims were dismissed by Georgia's secretary of state and an administrative law judge.
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Since her election in 2020, Greene has been the target of frequent criticism and resentment.
Soon after being sworn in, her committee assignments were removed from her due to social media posts concerning conspiracy theories and liking a Facebook comment calling for the assassination of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), per The Hill.
She also got banned permanently on Twitter for frequently violating the platform's rule on spreading false information about COVID-19, however, her official congressional account is still functional.
Like Trump, Greene Has Loyal Supporters
In 2018, Greene alleged in a Facebook post that the wealthy Jewish Rothschild family profited from California's wildfires and highlighted allegations of "lasers or blue beams of light" triggering the flames, prompting charges of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories. The post is now deleted from the social media platform.
The Republican lawmaker has clashed with Democratic members of Congress, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), and spoke at a white nationalist conference earlier this year.
Greene, who has the support of former President Trump, has built a strong national following among Republicans.
Audrey Haynes, a political science professor at the University of Georgia, said the controversial legislator has loyal supporters.
"Wherever she goes, there are people who cheer her on. Yet there are also those who believe she has made the district, and particularly Republicans in the district, into a joke and has little influence in the House," Haynes noted.
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