{"id":540181,"date":"2021-05-25T15:35:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T19:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540181"},"modified":"2021-05-25T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T19:35:23","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-said-she-wouldnt-take-down-hitler-statue-in-newly-unearthed-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-said-she-wouldnt-take-down-hitler-statue-in-newly-unearthed-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene Said She Wouldn\u2019t Take Down Hitler Statue In Newly Unearthed Video"},"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\">28<\/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-said-she-wouldnt-take-down-hitler-statue-in-newly-unearthed-video%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=540181&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\/05\/Then-candidate-for-Congress-Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-speaks-at-the-Dalton-City-council-meeting-in-June-of-2020-YoutubeScreenshotCity-of-Dalton-scaled-e1621966075376.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she wouldn\u2019t take down a statue of Adolf Hitler because of his historical significance in a newly unearthed video from 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Greene, who was then a candidate for Congress, appeared to argue there was a slippery slope for removing statues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing situations where Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, all kinds of statues are being attacked, and it seems to be just an effort to take down history,\u201d Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1n5e_zl9Qb4&amp;t=5780s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>, noting she supports keeping \u201call of our monuments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether I see a statue that may be something that I would fully disagree with, like Adolf Hitler, maybe a statue of Satan himself, I would not want to say \u2018take it down.\u2019 But again, it\u2019s so that I can tell my children and teach others about who these people are, what they did, and what they may be about.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.032786885246\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mtgreenee<\/a> spoke in opposition to tearing down monuments, arguing that statues can be used to teach others about \u201cwhat they did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether I see a statue that may be something that I would fully disagree with, like Adolf Hitler\u2026I would not want to say \u2018take it down&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ws5PRPbNnm\">pic.twitter.com\/ws5PRPbNnm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1397221811851513856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think that we have to preserve them, not because we support any statue in particular or that we support what may have happened, but its to preserve our history. Because our history is our lessons and our lessons is how we learn to make our choices going forward,\u201d she noted. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/meghan-mccain-marjorie-taylor-greene-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(\u2018This Is How People Get Red-Pilled\u2019: Meghan McCain Flames Media For Attacking Marjorie Taylor Greene, Running Cover For The Squad)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dalton residents called for the removal of the statue of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesfreepress.com\/news\/local\/story\/2020\/jun\/10\/confederate-statute-dalton\/525029\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chattanooga Times Free Press<\/a>. Officials eventually decided to relocate the statue, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrcbtv.com\/story\/42239851\/update-confederate-statue-in-downtown-dalton-to-be-relocated-after-calls-for-its-removal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WRCB TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Greene came under fire Tuesday over another comment related to Hitler, likening individuals who have to prove they received the COVID-19 vaccine to Jewish people who were forced by Nazi\u2019s to wear the Star of David.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.761061946903\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vaccinated employees get a vaccination logo just like the Nazi\u2019s forced Jewish people to wear a gold star.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccine passports &amp; mask mandates create discrimination against unvaxxed people who trust their immune systems to a virus that is 99% survivable.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6X6VNolcA7\">https:\/\/t.co\/6X6VNolcA7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marjorie Taylor Greene ???????? (@mtgreenee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1397150992341377027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Greene was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/marjorie-taylor-greene-holocaust-comparison-vaccine-covid-jeff-miller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criticized<\/a> for her comment by a slew of people, including Ben Shapiro and Democratic Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/25\/mccarthy-condemns-greene-holocaust-vaccines-nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> condemned Greene\u2019s comments as well.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller has reached out to Greene but did not receive a response at the time of publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Georgia Rep. 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