Greene frequently lashed out at Congressional reporters in her first months in office, a period in which pro-Trump rioters attacked the Capitol and Democrats - with some Republican backing - stripped her of her committee assignments over social media activity discussing violence against political opponents, like then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Utah Governor Spencer Cox called her rhetoric “evil.” Few Republicans seemed eager to follow her lead. The idea, which Greene relentlessly promoted during a February House recess, got enough attention that Axios polled it (only 20% of Americans liked the concept). “And to me, divorce, of course, is settled in the court. “I didn't want to say ‘secession’ because that's not what I'm talking about,” she said. She knows other people are making the connection, but says her “personal life” was not a factor. Greene did not take offense to being asked whether her plan for a “national divorce” between red and blue areas was inspired by her own recent divorce from her husband. When our conversation began, she was inviting and didn’t shy away from questions that, in the past, might have prompted a fierce response. And to her right, atop a marble coaster, a 16 oz. She sat in one of two upholstered wingback chairs she purchased for her newly renovated office. Dyer paced as she texted a contact in Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s office who she had called on before to step in after getting booted off the app.īehind her loomed an oversized American flag made of painted and stained two-by-fours gifted by a friend’s daughter. Greene was locked out permanently at one point, before Musk let her back. Not frantically, but like someone who had been through this several times before. “Can you call Tucker Carlson?” she asked her staff. And then a third time before the interview was over. For her follow-up, she and Dyer tagged Elon Musk for an explanation as to why her government account was blocked for violating the app’s violent speech terms.
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