Outgoing Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene wants her millions of followers on X to know one thing: social media is not real. She has started to craft a new identity as the sober self-appointed philosopher in politics, pontificating about the divisive nature of modern American discourse — but it does raise the question of why she never mentions her own role in creating it.
Greene’s statement on X touched on all the familiar themes, and to her credit, they are real challenges. Political rhetoric has become hateful and toxic, even leading to increased talk of political assassinations. Her sudden pivot to moderation has surprised everyone, including President Donald Trump, and it doesn’t take a political scientist to see that it may have cost her influence within the MAGA sphere.
