Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spends a decent chunk of time harassing fellow congresspeople, and her severely troll-heavy antics prompted the House to stripped her committee seats, which (paradoxically) seems to have given her more time to push conspiracy theories. Maybe she’ll get voted out of office at some point, but before that happens, even Steve Bannon has delivered a side-eye to her claims of being the most productive member of Congress, which Greene apparently believes while toting a Scooby Doo meme to the House floor.
Greene’s newest outburst sees her lash out at Dr. Fauci over the horsey-medication Ivermectin, which has become notorious among the right wing as a supposed COVID cure despite the fact that it is potentially very hazardous to people. “Ivermectin is not authorized or approved by FDA for prevention or treatment of COVID-19,” according to the CDC. And the FDA had something to say about it: “You are not a horse.” You aren’t a cow at all. Seriously, you guys. Put a stop to it.”
“It is highly irresponsible for the Biden administration, the CDC, Dr. Fauci, and any of these doctors to be encouraging people not to prescribe it,” Greene says of Fauci’s refusal to co-sign people’s decisions to ingest a paste meant for livestock. “A really good drug,” she added, “whose safety [sic] has been demonstrated for decades, and it even earned a Nobel Peace Prize.”
Yes, the whole “Nobel Peace Prize” nonsense is a right-wing myth that can simply be debunked. Reuters recently conducted a fact-check to set the record straight because no such award has been granted. Despite receiving an award for lowering parasite infections in animals, Ivermectin is not approved to treat COVID (a virus) and is specifically not regarded safe for humans to consume.
However, Marjorie Taylor Greene probably wouldn’t care if someone called her out for anything that she’s saying here. She’s too busy living in her own reality while political rivals assemble with hopes to unseat her in 2022.
