Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green shared a video that tries to paint Democrats with one of the most vile and outrageous QAnon conspiracy theories — rampant pedophilia. The insinuation is notably repugnant even for Greene, as detractors note.
Taking a compassionate interchange between President Biden and a boy he comforted about his stuttering (Biden himself was famously a stutterer in his youth), Greene’s post on her personal account works to portray the dialogue as something other than wholesome.
Absolutely disgusting post by @RepMTG. https://t.co/fGvzEB3dIn
— Steven Pifer (@steven_pifer) April 4, 2023
Greene is trafficking in the abhorrent conspiracy theory that the Democratic Party is the “party of pedophiles” — a calumny the Georgia Congresswoman parroted again on 60 Minutes (see below) just this week.
Former ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000) Steven Pifer — who at the Brookings Institution focuses on Ukraine and Russia, subjects about which Greene also has had much to say — writes of Greene’s post (above): “Absolutely disgusting post by Marjorie Taylor Greene.”
CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl shakes her head dismissively and contradicts Greene below, saying “but they’re not,” yet gives Greene the giant platform to parrot her accusation. It’s a challenging balancing act the media is doing — trying to debunk conspiracy theories while also, as part of the process, giving them air.
.@mtgreenee's response to @60Minutes about calling Dems 'Party of Pedophiles'
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) April 3, 2023
MTG: "Democrats…even Joe Biden, the President…supports children being sexualized…sexualizing children is what pedophiles do to children." pic.twitter.com/xRc0chDMjf
Biden sent the letter below to the stuttering boy in the clip.
This is a letter he sent to the young boy. pic.twitter.com/i9Rlobv83l
— United We Sing (@libberry1) April 4, 2023
And afterwards, as millions know, the boy supported Biden’s run for president, as shown in the video here:
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