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March 16, 2021, 11:30 am
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has once again been caught acting like someone who is unfit to hold legislative office after comments she made in February surfaced in a YouTube video, which has now been set to private.
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Unfortunately for Greene, news outlets have already widely reported that she made it clear she does not know that the nation of Guam is a U.S. territory and the people who live there are U.S. citizens.
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“I’m a regular person. And I wanted to take my regular-person, normal, everyday American values, which is, we love our country,” she said while apparently arguing against sending foreign nations aid. “We believe our hard-earned tax dollars should just go for America, not for what? China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam, whatever, wherever.”
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In response, Guam House delegate Michael San Nicolas added Greene to his “outreach” program designed to help certain people remember that Guam exists. Instead of just bringing humble pie, Nicolas promised to offer Greene his nation’s favorite cookies.
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“Congresswoman Greene is a new member, and we will be paying a visit to her and delivering delicious Chamorro Chip Cookies as part of our ongoing outreach to new members to introduce them to our wonderful island of Guam,” he told The Guam Daily Post.
Guam Governor Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero also offered to send the junior congresswoman a history book.
Nicolas made good on his promise on Monday, bringing along a battalion of members of Guam’s National Guard in uniform along with a basket of cookies and what look like Guam educational brochures.
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Video of the visit to Greene’s office quickly went viral, racking up over 3.1 million views on Twitter, though the congresswoman was not in her office when they arrived. They were instead greeted by her legislative director, who introduced himself as Taylor and kept upping the amount of time it would take for Greene to get back from her “interview.”
Guam, like Puerto Rico, is a U.S. territory that remains underrepresented, without a representative or senator in federal congress, though they do get to send a delegate to D.C. who gets a vote in certain committees but not on final passage of legislation. There have been movements both for Guam’s statehood as part of the U.S. or independence as its own nation.
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It’s unclear whether Nicolas was ever able to meet face-to-face with Greene to explain what Guam is, but until evidence suggests otherwise, we’re going to assume she still doesn’t get it.
*First Published: March 16, 2021, 11:30 am
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