{"id":2011025,"date":"2023-08-24T16:07:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T20:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/camera-captures-what-mtg-was-doing-on-her-phone-at-gop-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T16:09:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T20:09:44","slug":"camera-captures-what-mtg-was-doing-on-her-phone-at-gop-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/camera-captures-what-mtg-was-doing-on-her-phone-at-gop-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera reveals MTG&#8217;s phone activity during GOP debate."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fcamera-captures-what-mtg-was-doing-on-her-phone-at-gop-debate%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=2011025&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--><h2>Camera Captures What MTG Was\u2064 Doing \u2063on Her Phone at GOP Debate<\/h2>\n<p>For anyone \u200dwho tuned\u200d into Fox News\u200d to watch the inaugural Republican primary debates, it was\u200b difficult to shake the feeling that this was all much ado about\u2062 being second behind \u200dformer \u200dPresident Donald Trump (who was not in attendance).<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s now \u200dphotographic \u2064evidence that \u2064people in attendance at the\u200c debate probably felt the same way. Or,\u2062 at least one prominent GOP figure felt that way.<\/p>\n<p>Enter: Fiery Georgia GOP Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mtg-vows-vote-donald-trump-even-jail-serve-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Greene is no stranger to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-lawmakers-rift-mtg-boebert-much-worse-anyone-thinks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversy<\/a>, but her controversies typically involve her outspoken attitude and bombastic rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>This particular controversy is positively subdued for Greene \u2014 but it doesn\u2019t make \u200cit any less emblematic of what most Americans \u200cprobably felt last night watching the debates.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter Glenn\u200c Greenwald, who was in attendance in Milwaukee for the GOP debates, shared a photo\u200b on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Greenwald, \u200bwho was apparently seated right near Greene, posted a candid photo\u200b of what the Georgia representative was doing instead\u2063 of giving her attention to the candidates on stage:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m sitting directly behind <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG?\">@RepMTG<\/a> at the GOP presidential debate and her attention appears \u200dto be at \u200dleast\u2026.\u2062 divided. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KYdJQkBJPx\">pic.twitter.com\/KYdJQkBJPx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1694515865205563444?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sitting directly behind @RepMTG at the GOP presidential\u2063 debate and her attention appears to be\u200d at least\u2026. divided,\u201d Greenwald posted.<\/p>\n<p>The reason for\u200b Greene\u2019s \u201cdivided\u201d attention?<\/p>\n<p>None other than GOP primary front-runner and notable debate absentee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-replaces-top-attorney-hours-surrender-hires-best-criminal-defense-attorney-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former president opted\u200d to skip the first debates, arguing that his commanding lead in the polls \u200dmeant there was nothing but downside\u200b to debating.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not being in attendance, Trump made sure\u2063 that he would still be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlsons-next-move-reportedly-revealed-and-its-way-bigger-than-his-twitter-show\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson's next move is reportedly huge, surpassing his Twitter show.\">topic du jour<\/a> on Wednesday night by having a pre-recorded X interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-responds-tuckers-question-will-kill-savage-animals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> air simultaneously with the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Based \u2062on Greenwald\u2019s picture,\u2063 it\u2019s pretty clear that the Carlson interview held far more interest\u2064 for Greene than whatever it was that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-cuts-off-fox-news-moderator-middle-climate-change-stunt-not-school-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">happening on\u2064 stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(And based on some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/camera-captures-what-mtg-was-doing-on-her-phone-at-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Camera reveals MTG's phone activity during GOP debate.\">biting social media responses<\/a>, like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realjasonmaples\/status\/1694519580310249641?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this \u200done<\/a> \u2062asking \u201cCan you blame her?\u201d, the lack of interest in the debate itself was palpable.)<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the interview \u2062for yourself below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ep. 19\u2064 Debate Night with Donald J Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ayPfII48CO\">pic.twitter.com\/ayPfII48CO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker \u200cCarlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1694513603251241143?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And while official viewership ratings for the Fox \u200dNews debate are\u2063 still not in, the numbers on\u200b that Carlson interview\u200b suggest that Greene was hardly the only person \u200cwho would rather \u2063listen to Trump and Carlson, instead \u2063of Chris Christie and Mike\u2062 Pence.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2064of this writing, that X interview has over 230 million views on the ubiquitous \u200dsocial media platform \u200c\u2014\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/influencers-who-refused-to-pay-elon-musk-8-a-month-for-twitter-realize-what-they-just-missed-out-on\/\" title=\"Influencers' Missed Opportunity: Declining Elon Musk's  Twitter Offer\">mighty impressive number<\/a> by any metric.<\/p>\n<p>Greene was clearly one of those 230 million views, based \u2064on Greenwald\u2019s photo, and it goes to show you just how deep\u200b Trump\u2019s influence runs in the Republican party and\u2063 among voters.<\/p>\n<p>But last night featured some \u200dgenuinely heavy-hitters if you\u2019re at all interested in what the GOP\u2019s future\u200b may look like post-Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Ron DeSantis, Vivek\u2064 Ramaswamy and others could play an outsized role in GOP politics for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, if Greene\u2019s \u200cbehavior is \u200das representative as it \u2062seems,\u2062 most people still couldn\u2019t care less. It\u2019s all about Trump, \u200bfor better or for worse, for\u2064 the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Last\u200b night\u2019s debate really\u200d reinforced that point.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/camera-captures-mtg-phone-gop-debate\/\">Camera Captures What MTG Was \u2062Doing on Her Phone at GOP\u2063 Debate<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2062Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican primary debates on Fox News felt overshadowed by former President Donald Trump&#8217;s absence. 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