Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Cult of Gun Worship

Marjorie Taylor Greene confuses arrogance for patriotism, spewing paranoia instead of policy, and leaves America’s children defenceless, armed with slogans, not solutions.

I’ve been sitting in Ukraine, idling in the uneasy stillness that comes when your car’s in the shop and your next stop is the frontline. Somewhere between the scent of diesel and the hum of generators, I found myself scrolling through the noise of the internet when a video caught my attention, an exchange between Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and a British journalist Siobhan Kennedy. What began as curiosity quickly turned to fury. The encounter apparently dating back to 2022, felt no less urgent today. And so, despite the timestamp, I kept watching. Then I decided: I would write.

In the pantomime theatre of American politics, where bluster often masquerades as bravery and volume substitutes for virtue, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has carved out a niche not through statesmanship, reason, or legislative prowess, but through a cocktail of performative indignation and rhetorical belligerence. Her recent encounter with a British journalist, which unfolded with all the grace …