U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene opened herself to criticism on Twitter Monday night after expressing outrage about an interaction she had with a person who disagreed with her political viewpoints.
The outspoken Georgia Republican who is no stranger to making headlines said she was confronted by a woman and her son while eating dinner in a restaurant and was rocked by the encounter.
“I was attacked in a restaurant tonight by an insane women and screamed at by her adult son. They had no respect for the restaurant or the staff or the other people dining or people like me who simply have different political views,” Greene wrote.
“They are self righteous, insane, and completely out of control. I was sitting at my table, working with my staff, and never even noticed these people until they turned into demons. People used to respect others even if they had different views. But not anymore. Our country is gone,” she continued.
An avid supporter of former President Donald Trump, Greene became widely known for her outlandish claims. Legendary music producer Dr. Dre called her “divisive” and “hateful” after she used his music in one of her videos.
More recently, she said that the country should be split by way of a ‘National Divorce’ that would split red Republican states and blue Democratic states. For some, that sounded an alarm that she wanted America to return to the Civil War era with confederate and union states.
A spokesperson for Greene said the woman introduced herself politely before she berated the representative. The woman’s son followed up by yelling expletives at the top of his lungs while he moved closer to Greene.
“I had to get in between him and the table because I had no clue what he’d do,” Greene’s spokesperson said to The Hill.
This prompted Twitter users to call her out on the things she has done recently, including interrupting President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address in early…
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