{"id":116866,"date":"2021-02-03T14:39:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116866"},"modified":"2021-02-03T15:12:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T20:12:55","slug":"why-the-media-wants-to-make-marjorie-taylor-greene-the-new-face-of-the-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-the-media-wants-to-make-marjorie-taylor-greene-the-new-face-of-the-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The Media Wants To Make Marjorie Taylor Greene The New Face Of The GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhy-the-media-wants-to-make-marjorie-taylor-greene-the-new-face-of-the-gop%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=116866&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MTG.png?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The legacy media are in trouble. Their reliable boogeyman, Donald Trump, is no longer in office. With the occupant of the White House no longer big, bad or orange, news segment schedules are presumably terrifyingly empty for the first time in four long years. Making matters worse, they\u2019re now unable to stir up a frenzy of simultaneous sadism and masochism in response to Trump\u2019s social media posts after their Leftist comrades unceremoniously booted the former president from Twitter in the final days of his administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With Trump no longer in the picture \u2014 at least in the near future \u2014 the Left have lost their central scapegoat of hatred. Having achieved their goal of \u201cunseating a dictator\u201d via the ballot box \u2014 a democratic downfall few <em>real<\/em> dictators ever have to concern themselves with \u2014 they are now facing the reality of a post-Trump world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The answer? Find the next scapegoat!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More specifically, find the next individual whose entire history and ideology can be intentionally mischaracterized as the face of the conservative movement. That individual is Marjorie Taylor Greene, the U.S. Representative for Georgia\u2019s 14th congressional district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The first-time congresswoman is the Left\u2019s new Donald Trump, in all the worst ways. For them, her history of making bizarre and \u2014 in some cases \u2014 morally repugnant comments are simply the latest window into the soul of your average Republican.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The sudden application of this strategy is shockingly obvious. While numerous high profile and experienced conservatives distance themselves \u2014 or even openly criticize \u2014 Greene, the Left act as if she is the heir to the Trumpian crown, with hoards of applauding conservatives congregating behind her.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/01\/opinion\/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop.html\"><span>argued<\/span><\/a> <span>that \u201cIt\u2019s Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s Party Now.\u201d Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez constructed her latest straw-man argument, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1355719260715311106\">tweeting<\/a> that \u201chealthcare is a human right\u201d and \u201cwhite supremacist conspiracy theories\u201d are equally extreme. Leftist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmclymer\/status\/1356735610237693952\">activists<\/a> kicked and screamed like children as they used a supposed failure to \u201chold Marjorie Taylor Greene accountable\u201d as a reason to ignore their own calls for unity, with a healthy dose of whataboutism thrown in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>These arguments, and the countless others like them, are all built upon one central premise. American conservatism is equal to its real worst element, while American Leftism is equal to its imaginary best element.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With this flawed logic, the Left can simply cycle through one comparatively insignificant single \u201cconservative\u201d after another, demanding that every Republican publicly renounce them as ongoing proof of moral loyalty. At the same time, the mere existence of these cherry-picked conservatives can be used as an excuse for any and every political or cultural step they desire, because nothing is more important than getting<\/span> <em><span>this<\/span><\/em> <span>white supremacist out of office. Meanwhile, there is no need for the Left to be held similarly accountable for the worst among them \u2014 such as the vocally anti-Semitic Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is certainly not a defense of Marjorie Taylor Greene in any fashion whatsoever. Her views are largely antithetical to fundamental conservatism, and we should hope that she is replaced by a more palatable alternative in 2022. However, let\u2019s not accept the Left\u2019s premise that getting \u201crid\u201d of Greene will bring them to the table, or <em>finally<\/em> earn their respect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump lost, and they still hate us. When Greene leaves office \u2014 hopefully sooner rather than later \u2014 they will still hate us, and will simply move to find the next \u201cface\u201d of the Republican Party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em>@ighaworth<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">&nbsp;<em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legacy media are in trouble. Their reliable boogeyman, Donald Trump, is no longer in office. 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