The White House has opted, at least for now, not to engage in discussing or formally condemning QAnon supporter Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who has advanced dangerous conspiracy theories and endorsed the execution of Democratic lawmakers.
Good, just keep getting shit done and let them rip each other apart. If asked just shake your head and say “aren’t they special”
“We’re not going to allow the briefing room to be a platform for propaganda, and we will shut that down as needed as well,” Psaki foreshadowed at the time.
I think the journalists at TPM are really enjoying the headlines they are creating these days. From “bonkers” to ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
Now we need “This one weird trick will rid you of Republicans”
Biden don’t play. I will be happy, though, to hear after the fact of what the Administration did on the down-low to go after the insurrection.
Of course, for a Dem administration to officially weigh in on or condemn such a thing would be incredibly hypocritical and divisive and do nothing to bring about the unity that it claims to be working towards. Its only plausible move is to pay lip service to diversity of views and seek to find common ground with folks like Greene.
(Psst, do folks think I need to add a /s tag?)
Yep let Congress deal with it. The GOP can’t blame Biden. He can play, who me?, with the best of them.
In this GOP it’s more likely Kinzinger will lose his committee assignments than Greene.
I’m just amused and mesmerized by the brunette that does the hand language. Her expressions are fun to watch. I hardly paid any attention to much else.
I’m hoping the White House is seeing polling that says cretins like Greene will drive away moderate suburban Republicans from the GOP
The nutjobs will, of course, flock to the Republicans, but if it keeps losing the not totally batshit insane demos, it does not bode well for them as a national party.
You can only play Diogenes walking around with his lantern for so long and for naught-maybe a handful of Republican votes. Reconciliation is the only option since unlike the 2017 tax cuts the health and the economy of the country is at stake.
Last time I checked Biden was neither a member of the Republican party or of Congress.
Why are reporters asking the WH anything about Greene and not her party or her leadership?
Good answer and just the right tone. Taylor-Greene is a GOP problem and the questions about her should be directed at McCarthy and Scalise not President Biden. Biden is busy working.
Daily briefings by someone who doesn’t have to lie, wouldn’t lie anyway, and knows what she’s doing. It’s kind of freaking amazing!
Miscellany:
Can “Vaccine Boutiques” be far behind?
As a frenzy of newly eligible older adults seek COVID-19 vaccinations, hospitals in the Puget Sound region are quietly giving people of influence — including hospital foundation board members and donors — special access to vaccines.
Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett offered on Jan. 25 an invite-only clinic for donors, board members and fundraising campaign volunteers, according to an email addressed to donors obtained by The Seattle Times. At the same time, the hospital was not providing vaccine access to the general public, according to a spokesman.
Seattle area MPH daughter confirms that several local Seattle area hospitals have been offering vaccine to their big donors. Maybe it wasn’t a great idea to leave distribution to big, corporate healthcare systems.
And here we sit so broken-hearted. Tried to get vaccinated and in our face they farted.
Confession: This is something I’m really worried about. The R party is about to be subsumed by a full-on cult. And they retain the infrastructure to continue to win a lot of state and regional elections, and striking distance of the presidency. As clown-like as Geatz, Cruz, MTG, Broebart & co are, I’m getting a creeping sensation that first we laugh at them, then they win.
It’s unclear, however, whether the White House’s will eventually have to weigh in on the GOP’s latest author of an alternate reality as Greene and others who were Trump loyalists create a mess for the Republican Party that could impact Congress’ ability to legislate.
I’m not sure how the WH should weigh in. It looks to me like an internal issue with the GOP, and they may or may not be able to manage it. I guess the WH could wait until it does impact Congress’ ability to legislate and then kick that hornet’s nest if necessary.
Psaki said. “And I’m not going to speak further about her, I think, in this briefing room.”
however it has been noted that an addition 1000 ft of rope has been presented to the Republicans - in case they run short in their attempt to hang themselves …
They want a soundbite from Jen because then they can ask a GOP politico what they think about what Jen said. Controversy, not information, drives the news.