Marjorie Taylor Greene Tweets 'Today Is 1776' After Denying 2nd Meaning Under Oath

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a tweet Saturday declaring that “at this time and on a regular basis is 1776” solely hours after denying beneath oath that she knew the time period was generally used as far-right shorthand for violent rebellion.

The put up got here the morning after the extremist Georgia Republican was repeatedly requested in regards to the time period in a court docket listening to over whether or not she will run for reelection beneath the 14th Modification, which bars elected representatives from taking part in insurrections.

In a Georgia courtroom on Friday, Greene had been proven a video of an interview she gave to Newsmax the day earlier than the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Greene mentioned she didn't bear in mind chatting with the outlet, a tactic she used many instances when confronted on the stand with data of her previous statements.

“That is our 1776 second,” she advised the Newsmax host within the clip, saying that particular sentiment was shared by a lot of her GOP colleagues.

Right now and on a regular basis is 1776.

By no means quit our freedoms.

By no means let the left steal them away.

Be a watchman on the wall and keep on guard each single second of each single day as a result of the left will cease at nothing till they destroy our religion, our households, and our freedoms.

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) April 23, 2022

Whereas 1776 is, in fact, a crucially essential yr in American historical past, it has additionally been co-opted by far-right teams just like the Proud Boys, the extremist group behind the web retailer “1776.store.” A number of the Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol final yr had been pictured carrying gadgets of clothes with “1776” featured prominently, likening protest of Trump’s election loss to revolution.

Greene advised lawyer Andrew Celli, who represents the group of voters suing her, that she didn’t “know a lot in regards to the Proud Boys.”

Greene had urged her supporters to prove the day of Jan. 6, 2021, to protest Donald Trump’s election loss. However the congresswoman claimed that she had by no means heard anyone discuss violence in reference to the protest, or that she had ever advocated for violence to realize political ends. From the stand, she mentioned that “1776 second” referred to the “braveness to object” to Joe Biden’s presidential election win.

The Saturday tweet was posted to Greene’s official Twitter web page; her private Twitter account was banned from the service final yr after she used it to hawk falsehoods in regards to the 2020 election.