{"id":2424249,"date":"2025-04-16T13:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-defends-police-that-tasered-protester\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:57:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:57:04","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-defends-police-that-tasered-protester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-defends-police-that-tasered-protester\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene defends police that tasered protester"},"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%2Fmarjorie-taylor-greene-defends-police-that-tasered-protester%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=2424249&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>During a recent town hall meeting led by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene in Acworth, Georgia, two male protesters were tasered by police following a physical altercation. The event turned chaotic as demonstrators disrupted the town hall, prompting Greene to support the actions of law enforcement, describing them as necessary for maintaining peace. Greene emphasized that the protesters were unruly and aggressive, asserting full support for the police. <\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Greene&#8217;s political opponent condemned her response, accusing her of fostering violence against dissent. Police had anticipated potential disruptions at the town hall due to prior intelligence from social media. Following the incident, Greene reaffirmed her commitment to continue holding town halls despite other Republican members choosing to avoid them due to similar disturbances. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">town hall showcased heightened tension<\/a> between constituents and lawmakers amidst a backdrop of escalating protests at such events.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MTG commends police officers who tasered protesters at town hall meeting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2096844\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) dismissed criticisms surrounding her town hall in Acworth, Georgia that resulted in police tasing two men in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest instance of Republican town halls going sideways as protesters have increasingly infiltrated the meetings to shout down lawmakers. As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3336382\/house-republican-members-in-person-town-halls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">National Republican Congressional Committee<\/a>&nbsp;Chairman Richard Hudson (R-NC) told members that they should cease holding in-person town halls to stop encouraging such actors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3381975\/marjorie-taylor-greene-denies-insider-trading-accusations\/\">MTG denies insider trading accusations, says portfolio manager &#8216;bought the dip&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3381737\/centrist-republicans-house-leadership-cutting-medicaid-coverage\/\">Centrist Republicans warn House leadership about cutting Medicaid coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3381559\/house-democrats-congressional-trip-el-salvador-visit-trump-deportees\/\">House Democrats push for congressional trip to El Salvador to visit Trump deportees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>One male protester, who police identified to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3381719\/heckler-tased-grabbing-police-officer-marjorie-taylor-greene-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Johnny Keith Williams\">Johnny Keith Williams<\/a>, was seen grabbing a police officer at Greene&rsquo;s town hall Tuesday night. The officer pushed Williams toward the door as he continued to fight while more officers joined in. After Williams continued fighting the other officers, one officer was heard in videos posted to social media warning Williams to go outside or be tased. Williams kept pushing against the officers, and two of them employed tasers.<\/p>\n<p>As the event continued, Ackworth Police Department tased and arrested a second man, Andrew Nelms. A third person, Kiyana Davis, was arrested without incident. Additionally, police escorted six other people out of the venue.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For anyone questioning or criticizing the police at my townhall last night, the GREAT police officers conducted themselves in textbook fashion and protected every single person there by keeping the peace!!!!! These protestors were deranged and aggressive and lost control of themselves the second the townhall started,&rdquo; Greene wrote on X Wednesday. &ldquo;We have tons of video footage that absolutely proves the protestors were unruly and fighting and resisting police. I 100% support our heroic police officers for the incredibly difficult job the do every single day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For anyone questioning or criticizing the police at my townhall last night, the GREAT police officers conducted themselves in textbook fashion and protected every single person there by keeping the peace!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>These protestors were deranged and aggressive and lost control of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O1z1AaK6gj\">pic.twitter.com\/O1z1AaK6gj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#127482;&#127480; (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1912461185229729992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The White House provided their implicit approval of the exchange, mocking Williams on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They gave him a dose of that Edison Medicine,&rdquo; White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung captioned a video of the exchange in a post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They gave him a dose of that Edison Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Cc: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveInmanUIC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SteveInmanUIC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QcaunqXXva\">https:\/\/t.co\/QcaunqXXva<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenCheung47\/status\/1912313389608509498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I continue to be amazed about how political commentators continue to show they have absolutely no idea what &ldquo;free speech&rdquo; entails or how the First Amendment works,&rdquo; <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> commentary writer Christopher Tremoglie wrote on X. &ldquo;Hint: It doesn&rsquo;t mean you can just say anything and do anything whenever you want and be disruptive at a public event.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I continue to be amazed about how political commentators continue to show they have absolutely no idea what &ldquo;free speech&rdquo; entails or how the First Amendment works. <\/p>\n<p>Hint: It doesn&rsquo;t mean you can just say anything and do anything whenever you want and be disruptive at a public&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher Tremoglie (@chriswtremo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chriswtremo\/status\/1912435908814463220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Greene called for higher salaries and better pension plans for police officers. Still her post brought further condemnation from her 2026 opponent Clarence Blalock.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, you encouraged violence on someone because they dared to not quietly be part of your staged presentation, this is shameful,&rdquo; Blalock wrote in response.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No, you encouraged violence on someone because they dared to not quietly be part of your staged presentation, this is shameful.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clarence for Georgia (@ClarenceforGA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClarenceforGA\/status\/1912479525323014498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Williams, 45, was arrested and charged with simple battery of a law enforcement officer and obstruction of a law enforcement officer. Nelms, 40, was arrested under the same charges. Davis, 28, was the stand out with a city ordinance charge of vulgar language. All attendees were pre-screened by Greene&rsquo;s staff to prove residency in her district, but Nelms provided identification that proved to be outside the district.<\/p>\n<p>The department claimed in a statement that it was briefed with intelligence from social media that disruptions could occur at the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3379411\/house-republicans-avoid-town-halls-during-congressional-recess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOUSE REPUBLICANS PLAN TO AVOID TOWN HALLS DURING CONGRESSIONAL RECESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are grateful for those in attendance and those who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-believe-when-experts-lie\/\" title=\"What to Believe When Experts Lie?\">conducted peaceful protests<\/a> outside of the facility. The Police Department provided designated areas in proximity to the facility where many people peacefully exercised their constitutionally protected First Amendment rights,&rdquo; the APD wrote in a statement. &ldquo;It is disappointing that a very small number of people actively worked to create a temporary disruption to what was otherwise a completely peaceful event.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Greene asserted she was not intimidated by the behavior, signaling she will continue to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amash-attempts-michigan-comeback-can-a-libertarian-still-win-in-trumps-gop\/\" title=\"Amash seeks Michigan return: Libertarian success in Trump&#039;s GOP?\">hold town halls<\/a> while other Republican lawmakers<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3379411\/house-republicans-avoid-town-halls-during-congressional-recess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" avoid them\"> avoid them<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2096844\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2096844\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTG praises police for tasering protesters at her town hall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2424250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/marjorie-taylor-greene-reelection-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34653,3967,21566,53572],"class_list":["post-2424249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","tag-police","tag-protester","tag-taser"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/marjorie-taylor-greene-reelection-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424249"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2424253,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424249\/revisions\/2424253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2424250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}