Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) addressed the circumstances surrounding the slaying of a Minneapolis ICU nurse by federal agents on Saturday, and asked supporters of President Donald Trump how they would feel if the political roles were reversed.
The Trump administration claims that Alex Pretti, 37, brandished a gun at a group of Border Patrol agents who fired “defensive shots” at him. Those claims conflict with video footage from the incident, which shows Pretti was holding his phone in his hands while wearing a holstered firearm when the armed and masked agents wrestled him to the ground, took his weapon and opened fire.
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In a Sunday X post, Greene implored both Democrats and Republicans to take off their political blinders. She explained why supporting the deportation of what she called “criminal illegal aliens” shouldn’t mean having to compromise her belief in free speech and the right to bear arms.
“Legally carrying a firearm is not the same as brandishing a firearm,” Greene wrote. “I support American’s 1st and 4th amendment rights. There is nothing wrong with legally peacefully protesting and videoing.”
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Green also urged members of the Make America Great Again movement to consider how they would react if one of their own was killed by government forces carrying out an operation initiated by President Joe Biden.
“We lost our minds when we watched Biden’s FBI track down and aggressively carry out home invasions and arrest on peaceful J6’ers who walked in the Capitol through open doors,” Greene wrote.
“You are all being incited into civil war, yet none of it solves any of the real problems that we all face, and tragically people are dying,” she added.
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Once a diehard ally of President Trump, Greene began to break with the Republican Party over issues like the economy and what she saw as the GOP’s failure to follow through with promises to disclose records related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. She announced her surprise resignation from Congress last November and officially ended her time in office earlier this month.