Boebert and Greene Swiping at Each Other: ‘Proof That There Is a God in Heaven’
Democrats should take advantage of Republican "chaos," filmmaker adds
The feud between two prominent right-wing congresswomen spilled out into public view this last week, and for well-known progressive filmmaker Michael Moore, the clash became something of an early holiday gift.
Republican Reps Lauren Boebert, of Colorado, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia — last in the news jointly earlier this year when they were caught together heckling President Biden's State of the Union address — this time are on the outs.
Boebert sniped last week at her erstwhile ally in comments at a gathering led by far-right figure, Charlie Kirk.
“You know, I’ve been aligned with Marjorie and accused of believing a lot of the things that she believes in,” Boebert told Kirk at a conference when asked about Greene’s support for Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy to become the next speaker of the House. “I don’t believe in this, just like I don’t believe in Russian space lasers — Jewish space lasers and all of this.”
Boebert’s comment was a reference to a 2018 Facebook post from Greene in which she floated that a “laser beam or light beam” from “space solar generators” could be to blame for wildfires in California, also mentioning the “Rothschild Inc,” a common antisemitic trope.
Greene fired back at Boebert, one of those House Republicans refusing to fall in line to support McCarthy — support McCarthy desperately needs given the tiny majority that Republicans will have in the new Congress.
“I’ve supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. President Trump has supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. Kevin McCarthy has supported and donated to Lauren Boebert. She just barely came through by 500 votes,” Greene posted on social media, referring to the exceptionally slim margin by which Boebert won a second term. “She gladly takes our $$$ but when she’s been asked: Lauren refuses to endorse President Trump, she refuses to support Kevin McCarthy, and she childishly threw me under the bus for a cheap sound bite.”
All these shenanigans just has filmmaker Michael Moore wanting to reach for popcorn.
“It’s proof that there is a god and heaven I am serious this is what’s going to really get us through these two years until we get the House back they are so discombobulated no on the Republican side of the aisle and they are fighting,” said Moore, known for such documentary-style movies as Roger & Me, Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. “Kevin McCarthy can’t even get the votes he needs to be the speaker. They are in such a wreck right now, and we created that wreck because — as McCarthy and others literally said back in the spring and summer — ‘We’re going to pick up 60 House seats in our red wave.’
“And, right now, what thin margin they have means that, out of the 220 something Republicans that are going to be in the House, only four or five of them need to switch their vote on any given bill and we have the majority for the bill we can actually get thing passed in these two years. Yes, and we will take advantage of the chaos,” Moore added, in an on-camera appearance on MSNBC.
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