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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she isn't antisemitic because Jesus was 'a Jewish carpenter'
Alia Shoaib
Sat, November 18, 2023 at 7:51 AM EST·2 min read
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended herself against antisemitism allegations in her new book.
She claimed that her controversial Jewish space laser comments were "sarcastic."
The Christian nationalist congresswoman noted that her "Savior," Jesus, was a Jewish carpenter.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene addressed her controversial comments about Jewish space lasers and said that she is not antisemitic because her "Savior," Jesus, was a Jewish carpenter.
The Georgia congresswoman has dedicated a chapter of her upcoming memoir "MTG" to addressing the antisemitism allegations, per The Forward, which received an advanced copy of the book.
Greene made a widely ridiculed claim in 2018 that a Jewish-financed space laser had caused the worst wildfires in California's history.
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CurtEastPoint
(20,095 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,377 posts)If it were "sarcasm," and not antisemitic tomes, then why insert "Jewish"?
Maybe I'm obtuse (unlike MTG), but I just can't find the necessary element irony that's inherent in her alleged sarcasm. Where is it?
Blue Owl
(59,618 posts)GreenWave
(12,795 posts)They will argue he was the first Christian.
I think she under estimated how many anti-Semites vote for her and want nothing but scorn for those who are not.
calimary
(90,775 posts)pansypoo53219
(23,168 posts)DavidDvorkin
(20,683 posts)The carpenter was the husband of his mother, the man she was unfaithful to.
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