Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is no longer a bit player in the House Republican caucus. She may still be a backbencher, but not many lawmakers in their second term land a sit-down interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” like the one that aired on Sunday.
I understand why interviewer Leslie Stahl was interested in speaking with Greene. Between her bond with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and her fundraising prowess, Greene has real clout within the GOP. But the resulting package was the worst kind of faux objectivity, offering Greene an undeserved chance to mainstream and sanitize her image.
Greene’s “60 Minutes” profile was just one piece of a very deliberate attempt to win over journalists after years of negative coverage. “It was just a shift in my thinking,” she told Semafor’s Kadia Goba. And if anyone watching Sunday’s broadcast — which included B-roll of Stahl watching the congresswoman do a CrossFit routine — was getting their first glimpse on Greene, it seems unlikely that they got a full understanding of just how far-right she truly is.
The resulting package was the worst kind of faux objectivity, offering Greene an undeserved chance to mainstream and sanitize her image.
Yes, as Stahl makes clear in her introduction, the interviews with Greene took place before former President Donald Trump’s indictment last week. That means the piece doesn’t address her planned protest in New York City scheduled for Tuesday ahead of Trump’s arraignment in a Manhattan...
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