She was sanctioned shortly after arriving in Congress in January for spreading conspiracy theories, but that did not stop pro-Trump Republican elected official Marjorie Taylor Greene from raising a staggering $ 3.2. million dollars, in the first quarter of 2021.
"I am honored, overjoyed and so happy,"
she said Wednesday, April 7, revealing this result, recorded during her first three months in Congress, when she became , according to her,
"the most attacked newcomer to Congress in history
.
"
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Elected in November in a conservative constituency in the state of Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene has been sitting in the House of Representatives since January, where she is already more famous than many elected officials who arrived much earlier.
Between January and March, more than 100,000 people from all 50 U.S. states donated funds for his re-election campaign in November 2022, according to a statement.
By comparison, the young elected ultra-media Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had raised $ 726,000 during her first quarter in the House, at the beginning of 2019. An amount then considered important.
"Great betrayal"
A great supporter of Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to claim, without foundation, that the Republican billionaire won the presidential election in November against Joe Biden.
She had fiercely defended him during his second impeachment proceedings, when the real estate mogul was accused of inciting violence during the deadly assault on the Capitol.
"I have defended my positions and have never wavered in my beliefs in favor of America's policies first, and of putting the people before the politicians!"
And I will never back down
,
”
the Georgia elected official wrote on Wednesday.
"Besides, I'm just getting started."
Against abortion, for the right to bear arms, its positions
"are exactly what the base of the Republican Party wants to see in its elected representatives in Congress,"
added his press team in a statement.
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The House of Representatives had sanctioned her in early February for having propagated conspiracy theories, removing her from her seat on two committees.
During the vote, 11 Republicans had joined more than 200 Democrats against her.
They denounced in particular its past support for the theses of the QAnon conspiracy movement.
She had offered a partial apology the next day, while deploring the
"great betrayal"
of the 11 elected members of her party.