{"id":41192,"date":"2024-10-12T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T21:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=41192"},"modified":"2024-10-12T16:39:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T21:39:03","slug":"maybe-shes-smarter-than-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2024\/10\/12\/maybe-shes-smarter-than-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe She&#8217;s Smarter Than Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rep MT Greene (R-GA) puts out an apparently outrageous tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes they can control the weather.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can\u2019t be done.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marjorie Taylor Greene \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@mtgreenee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1842039774359462324?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes they can control the weather.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can\u2019t be done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes, very silly. But her own Party&#8217;s response helps reveal an unspoken nuance:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">Florida Rep. Carlos Gimenez, for example,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/09\/florida-mtg-weather-posts-00183016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0online this week, suggesting that Greene and those who agree with her need \u201cto have their head examined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He\u2019s not alone.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/10\/mtg-hurricane-milton-helene-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios spoke to<\/a>\u00a0several other GOP lawmakers, one of whom said Greene\u2019s beliefs on the subject are \u201cloony tunes.\u201d The same member\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/10\/mtg-hurricane-milton-helene-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the outlet<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cdisgust with her recent comments is widespread among House Republicans.\u201d<em> [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/maddowblog\/even-republicans-see-mtgs-latest-push-loony-tunes-rcna175034?icid=nextpost_bot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maddowblog<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Both sides are taking her seriously, without realizing that neither is the intended audience. That audience is &#8230; the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>An electorate that should terrify the <em><strong>GOP<\/strong><\/em>. They and their allies have spent decades denying that anthropogenic climate change can occur, and that capitalism is a prime contributor. If that message fails, they, at a minimum, may lose to regulation an economic system at the core of their beings; and it&#8217;s not impossible that angry mobs might toss them into the ocean, or worse.<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s going on here?<\/p>\n<p>Greene is simply finding a new way to deny it. Much like talking to the Divine, she&#8217;s pointing at a mysterious &#8220;them&#8221; who are controlling the weather, a hypothesis that, much like the Divine, cannot easily be falsified.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Greene is fighting for her political survival. Unlike her colleagues, she&#8217;s willing to go to any length, and play it as strong as necessary, to save that career.<\/p>\n<p>This could get more intriguing, not to mention silly, before the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep MT Greene (R-GA) puts out an apparently outrageous tweet: Yes they can control the weather. It\u2019s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can\u2019t be done. &mdash; Marjorie Taylor Greene \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@mtgreenee) October 4, 2024 Yes they can control the weather. 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