The Left has gone completely bonkers over Sixty Minutes interviewing Marjorie Taylor Greene. They so want to silence everyone they find disagreeable. They needn’t have worried. Stahl did her best to favor their side.
During Marjorie Taylor Greeneโs (aka MTG) unfriendly interview with Lesley Stahl, youโll find Stahl framing questions extensively from her point of view as a left-wing reporter. Also, the voiceover narratives only benefitted the Left. ย At one point, Stahl wanted her to apologize to Nancy Pelosi for something she never said. Weโre still waiting for Lesley to apologize to Donald Trump for saying there wasnโt any proof the Left spied on his campaign.
In any case, while you might disagree with MTG, she answers the questions without hesitation. The most interesting answer for many might be when MTG responds to Lesley Stahl’s question about calling Democrats ‘pedophiles.’
‘DONALD TRUMP IN HEELS’
Stahl noted some of the names MTG is called, such as โlooney tunes, ย Q nut, unhinged, moron…pretty ugly stuff.โ
Greene said it doesnโt bother her. โIt looks like the average troll in my Twitter feed, so I don’t really care. Name-calling doesnโt bother me or offend me.โ
Stahl asked her how much she styled herself after Donald Trump. She said people call her ‘Donald Trump in heels.’ MTG said she didnโt but has a lot in common.
โI didn’t intentionally style myself after President Trump, but I can see how people draw those similarities. We both come from the same industry, construction. I also have pretty much a plain-speaking style, and so does he.โ
Stahl said sheโs also in attack mode, and โmany consider Marjorie Taylor Green’s behavior outlandish, even thuggish. MAGA activists and right-wing media eat it up…โ
THE VOICEOVER BIAS
There were also voiceovers by Stahl, again framing it from her viewpoint, always reflecting negatively on MTG and MAGAs [as she refers to Trump supporters].
In this voiceover, Stahl says, โIn just two years, Greene, at age 48, has moved from the fringe of the party to the front rowโฆwithout changing either her style or herย views on an issue.โ
Greene said, โWhen I’m outspoken about it, and I take my standโฆthe first reaction is Marjorie’s crazy, Marjorieโs extreme, Marjorie’s a right-wing extremist. And then what will happen is my colleagues will go back home to their district, and their own constituents are coming up and saying, โAre you supporting Marjorie? Do you agree with Marjorie? Have you cosponsored Marjorie’s bill?โ And then they find out, โoh, maybe she’s not crazy,’ and then they end up agreeing with me.โ
TRUMP’S TO BLAME
During the interview, Stahl wanted MTG to blame Trump for the economic and financial catastrophe we face with $31 trillion in debt. MTG didnโt blame Trump but said a president has little power over it.
She also agreed the government must not go into default and doesnโt want taxes raised. MTG called for cuts in COVID bailout money and some climate initiatives.
Stahl said she chased after a โsurvivor of the Parkland Florida school shooting.โ [I donโt know who she meant, but it might have been David Hogg; the man was not a survivor and appeared after the shootings. Hogg rants about taking guns away on social media, but his family owns guns.]
The framing seemed to be an attempt to make her and the conservatives look bad. You can watch and decide who came out on top.
DEMOCRATS ARE PEDOPHILES
Next up was MTG calling Democrats โpedophiles.โ Mrs. Greene stuck with that one. Her view is if theyโre supporting the grooming of children, transgender surgeries, and sexualized activities for children, thatโs โwhat pedophiles do to children.โ
โWow, OK,โ Stahl said, โbut my question really is, can’t you fight for what you believe in without all that name-calling and without the personal attacks?โ
โWell, I would ask the same question to the other side because all they’ve done is call me names and insult me nonstop since I’ve been here, Lesley. They call me โracist.โ They call me ‘anti-Semitic,’ which is not true. I’m not calling anyone names. I’m calling out the truth basically.โ
MISCELLANEOUS
MTG does believe the 2020 election was stolen, sheโs divorced, and she is worth $11 million. She also listened to right-wing radio with her โarch-conservativeโ father. [Guessing it was Rush!]
Greene discussed her family’s struggles to get the construction business going and talked about people dredging up outdated information โ namely Stahl, who was dredging.
MTG wants a Christian government and continues as a fervent supporter of Donald Trump. She does not support the Ukraine war since they are not our 51st state.
Pfizer sponsored the program.
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