Is MTG for real?

As we say in the south, I was born at night, but I wasn’t born *last* night. In my dictionary, if you look up the word “whackjob,” you’ll see a picture of Marjorie Taylor Greene.

So what to make of MTG’s apostacy over the Epstein files and Trump’s attacks on her? So far, I’ve seen this as classic Trump kayfabe. But I have great respect for Josh Marshall, and here’s his take:

“If Greene was really a true believer in the whole Q-Anon world, which transmigrated pretty seamlessly into the Epstein story, maybe seeing Trump turn on his heels and insist that the world move on and never talk about it again simply shook her at a basic level that most of us can’t quite imagine. If you recall, when we first heard of Greene as a candidate, she was as the first actual Q-Anon supporter running for Congress.

 

“Here’s where I want to remind you, that this all seems a bit too novelistic, a bit too just right. But why exactly? For most of us, Trump is a serial liar and abuser of women. He has a very public history of ‘dating’ women who were 19 or 20 years old when he was well into middle age. Trump’s audacity in doing his epic record scratch moment, shifting from the man who would clean the stables of Epsteinian elite corruption to the guy who closed the stables, might take us aback a bit. But the idea that he might have something to hide is hardly shocking. But again, if you’re a true believer, it might be pretty shocking. In fact, it could be the kind of thing that upends your whole worldview in pretty dramatic and unpredictable ways.”

It's not a strong case, but it got my attention.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/did-trumps-epstein-switcheroo-send-marjorie-greene-on-her-wild-arc

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