Marjorie Taylor Greene. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

Republikanen Taylor Greene stängs av från Twitter

Den republikanska politikern Marjorie Taylor Greene har fått sitt privata Twitterkonto permanent avstängt då hon upprepade gånger har spridit desinformation om covid-19, rapporterar amerikanska medier.

”Twitter är en fiende mot Amerika och kan inte hantera sanningen”, säger Greene i ett uttalande enligt NBC News.

Greene har blivit avstängd från Twitter flera gånger tidigare men då har avstängningarna varit tidsbegränsade.

Det är hennes privata konto som har stängts av. Hennes officiella konto finns fortfarande kvar på plattformen.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Wikipedia (en)
Marjorie Taylor Greene (born May 27, 1974), also known by her initials MTG, is an American politician, businesswoman, and far-right conspiracy theorist who has served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party and a strong supporter of former president Donald Trump, she was elected to Congress in 2020 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves. Greene has promoted far-right, white supremacist, and antisemitic conspiracy theories including the white genocide conspiracy theory, QAnon, and Pizzagate, as well as other disproven conspiracy theories such as false flag mass shootings, the Clinton body count, and multiple relating to 9/11. Before running for Congress, she advocated for executing prominent Democratic politicians. As a Congresswoman, she equated the Democratic Party with Nazis and compared COVID-19 safety measures to the persecution of Jews during the Holocaust. She apologized for the latter comparison.A supporter of Trump's efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, Greene has repeatedly and falsely claimed that Trump won the election in a landslide victory that was stolen from him. She called for Georgia's election results to be decertified and was among a group of Republican legislators who unsuccessfully challenged votes for Biden during the Electoral College vote count, even though federal agencies and courts overseeing the election found no evidence of electoral fraud. Greene filed articles of impeachment against Biden the day after his inauguration, alleging abuse of power.The House of Representatives voted to remove Greene from all committee roles on February 4, 2021, in response to her incendiary statements and endorsements of political violence. Eleven Republicans joined the unanimous Democrats in the vote. Greene is running for reelection in 2022.
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