{"id":2263957,"date":"2024-06-10T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-says-trump-is-a-convicted-felon-like-jesus\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:18:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T16:18:54","slug":"mtg-says-trump-is-a-convicted-felon-like-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-says-trump-is-a-convicted-felon-like-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG compares Trump to Jesus, calling both convicted felons"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmtg-says-trump-is-a-convicted-felon-like-jesus%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=2263957&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--><p>In Nevada recently, while introducing Donald Trump at an event, \u200cRep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene likened Trump to Jesus. Highlighting both as having been convicted,\u2063 she referenced Jesus \u200das once being a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">convicted felon<\/a>, similar to Trump who was recently\u200d found guilty of 34 \u200dfelonies related to\u200c a Manhattan hush money case. Greene&#8217;s \u200dcomparison came while she was supporting Trump in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsoft-targeted-by-hacking-group-backed-by-chinese-government\/\" title=\"Microsoft Targeted By Hacking Group Backed By Chinese Government\">political campaigns<\/a> across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as \"Always the Smartest Person in the Room\" Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground states<\/a>, including Nevada.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Warming up the crowd for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> in Nevada over the weekend, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marjorie Taylor-Greene<\/a> (R-GA) compared the former president to Jesus \u2014 again.<\/p>\n<p>She said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jesus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jesus<\/a> was a convicted felon like Trump, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-bill-clinton-was-not-convicted-of-treason-by-a-military-tribunal\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, Bill Clinton Was Not Convicted Of Treason By A Military Tribunal\">recently convicted<\/a> of 34 felonies by a New York jury for his role in a Manhattan hush money case. The House Republican gave the remarks as part of a longer speech as she helps Trump on the campaign trail in political battleground Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about, \u2018Oh, President Trump is a convicted felon,&#8217;\u201d Greene said. \u201cWell, you want to know something? The man that I worship is also a convicted felon. He was murdered on a Roman cross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jesus was not a convicted felon, though he was arrested by Roman authorities. Felonies did not exist in ancient Rome when Jesus lived. The concept was <a href=\"https:\/\/criminal.laws.com\/felony\/felonies#:~:text=Even%20though%20the%20world's%20first,the%20earliest%20developments%20of%20common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>invented<\/a> around the 14th century in England.<\/p>\n<p>Greene has compared Trump with Jesus before, saying Trump was similar to the central figure of Christianity when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/04\/04\/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-jesus-arrest\/11600165002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>arrested<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is joining some of the most incredible people in history <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/04\/04\/trump-indictment-arraignment-new-york-live-updates\/11588238002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">being arrested today<\/a>,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cNelson Mandela was arrested, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pork-in-the-covid-package-can-the-gop-trim-the-fat\/\" title=\"Pork in the COVID Package: Can the GOP Trim the Fat?\">served time<\/a> in prison. Jesus was arrested and murdered by the Roman government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Republican is up for reelection this November. She won landslide victories in 2020 and 2022 and has been an ardent supporter of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Greene previously made headlines with her attempted removal of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from his post, which he survived with the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-motion-to-vacate-congress-2e091748562e99373561ed8015cf5e82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>help of Democrats<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Nevada event, Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene warmed up the crowd for Donald Trump by likening him to Jesus, referencing both as convicted felons. 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