Right-wing Georgia Republican insists she opposes continuing resolution because she does not want to fund the defence of Ukraine

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was furious on Thursday after Congress passed a bill that will prevent a partial government shutdown.

Ms Greene told The Independent that she opposed enacting a continuing resolution — necessary to avoid this weekend’s deadline to have budgets in place — based on her opposition to US funding for Ukraine in its defence against Russia.

The Democratic-led Senate voted 77-18, and the Republican-led House followed suit, voting 314-108, in favour of the bill.

“I’m voting no to this funding bill, absolutely. I’m not going to vote for the CR,” she said.

She then claimed the war in Ukraine was “pretty much over.”

    • FuglyDuck
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      576 months ago

      Yup. though I kinda wanna see her oust Mike “God Said I was the Second Coming Of Moses” Johnson.

      I can be petty like that.

  • FaceDeer
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    496 months ago

    Ah, Republicans. Well known to be super concerned about spending too much on the military.

    My hope is that the funding goes through, and then the Republicans immediately vote Johnson out of his leadership role so we can have another wonderful round of Republican autophagy as they fight over who next to put on the throne.

      • Deceptichum
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        156 months ago

        Autophagy (or autophagocytosis; from the Ancient Greek αὐτόφαγος, autóphagos, meaning “self-devouring”[1] and κύτος, kýtos, meaning “hollow”)[2] is the natural, conserved degradation of the cell that removes unnecessary or dysfunctional components through a lysosome-dependent regulated mechanism.

        Ah yes, a word I’m sure to get frequent use out of.

  • @Riccosuave@lemmy.world
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    476 months ago

    Since she thinks the war in Ukraine is “pretty much over”, I vote we send her to the front lines to verify that personally.

    Again, since the war is “pretty much over” she won’t be needing a flak jacket or any kind of protection whatsoever. She can just waltz on over to Crimea in her crossfit gear. I’m sure she won’t die via landmine, artillery fire, or after being violently raped by the Russian military.

    • @Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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      after being violently raped by the Russian military.

      That’s Ok. I heard if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down.

    • @Wahots
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      76 months ago

      I feel like I’d get exhausted with being angry all the time. Surely, it can’t be good for you.

      • @cynar@lemmy.world
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        56 months ago

        It’s actually worse than you think. Extended stress causes the amygdala (part of the brain) to enlarge. This is why abused animals will almost always be far more reactive to stress than baseline.

        In humans it’s associated with reduced empathy, and more simplistic thinking (think fast, rather than deep). If those aspects sound familiar, you’re likely seeing the problem. Brain scans can often tell the difference between the brains of people exposed to high stress propaganda, compared to the baseline. This also has a strong association with right wing media consumption.

        Basically, the right wing’s Bible thumping, fear inducing, shouty TV actually makes the brain more prone to short term, reactionary thinking, and makes empathising harder.

        Even worse, our brains are no more immune. If we let ourselves get worked up too often, it makes our thinking change. However, if we ignore it, then things get worse. It’s a lose lose situation. 😬

        • @Wahots
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          15 months ago

          More people should go to counseling, that was the biggest eye opener ever. It made a big difference and kinda changed how I saw the world for the better. Really reduced my stress too.

      • @milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev
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        46 months ago

        I’m in complete agreement. I read this headline over breakfast (my time zone) and I was mindful of how outraged I felt. I had to consciously pull back on my breathing and regulate my heart rate.

        I don’t think this is a healthy state of affairs.

        • @Wahots
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          36 months ago

          I was recently watching a video of a console release in the year 2000. Nobody had a phone back then, everyone was just calmly waiting for the midnight release of the PS2 or something. I want to be more like them. I’m trying to get less annoyed about small stuff.

  • PugJesus
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    126 months ago

    The Howler Monkey is playing with its own shit again.

  • theodewere
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    106 months ago

    she leads a pack of idiots who would take a dump right in the House of Representatives