Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is already facing accusations that she made “patently false” claims in her debut book before it has even been released.
Her tell-all book, MTG, which comes out 21 November, includes her account of what happened on January 6. She employed an “us vs them” logic when describing how Democrat and Republican members of Congress reacted as the Capitol was under attack, according to an advanced copy obtained and described by The Guardian.
Earlier this week, Ms Greene teased the book’s contents. “I talk January 6, I give inside stories about the Swamp you won’t hear anywhere else,” she wrote. “And yes, I talk about those Jewish Space Lasers.”
In an excerpt described by The Guardian, the Republican firebrand wrote about the Capitol riot: “Several of the Republican congressmen said, ‘We’re going to stay right here and defend the House chamber.’ As they began barricading the door with furniture, I noticed not one Democrat was willing to stay to defend the chamber.”
Ms Greene’s retelling comes into sharp contrast to that of Democratic Colorado Rep Jason Crow.
Congressman Crow — a former Army Ranger — told The Denver Post after the day’s harrowing events that “I got into ranger mode a little bit.”
“Most of the members didn’t know how to use the emergency masks, so I was helping them get their emergency masks out of the bags and helped instruct a bunch of folks on how to put it on and how to use it,” he said. “I wasn’t going to leave the House...
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