Marjorie Taylor Greene can’t spell or tell the truth. But those are not the reasons why the name of the Republican representative from Georgia should be stricken from the 2022 midterm election ballot. Amid all the controversy, scandal, and bad theater surrounding Greene, a simple fact is indisputable: When the Republican Party’s most fanatical member of Congress gave aid and comfort to the January 6 insurrectionists, she violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.
That violation is explicitly disqualifying, no matter what Greene and her defenders may claim.
Greene made plenty of headlines last week as she attempted to defend her position on the ballot in an Atlanta courtroom, after voters from her congressional district sued to bar her from seeking a second term in the House. In a show of disrespect for the voters and the judicial process, Greene repeatedly claimed that she could not recall incendiary statements she had made and lawless actions she had taken. One of her most remarkable claims was a suggestion that she did not remember whether she had raised the prospect of defeated former President Donald Trump imposing martial law in order to prevent Democrat Joe Biden from assuming the presidency. That’s not the sort of proposal that anyone imagines a member of Congress would forget. But the Georgian chose to peddle the “I don’t remember” lie to cover for the fact that she was an active participant in scheming to overturn the results of the 2020...
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