REVEL REVEL: This is what Marjorie Taylor Greene did to remind McCarthy who’s boss (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Greene’s tweet has been pulled down after, it seems, a report was submitted by the copyright owner. BET reports that Dr. Dre has responded, saying he doesn’t license his music to politicians, “especially someone as divisive and hateful as this one.”
The story below has been updated with a copy of the tweet in which the video (at this time) is still viewable, and with an image depicting the current state of Greene’s tweet.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The election for Speaker of the House of Representatives is done, after a grueling first three days of the new Congress, but those who played key roles in dragging the process out aren’t in a hurry to let it go.
Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene each had special opportunities to feel like the most powerful person in the room, and as each revels in it, one has gone so far as to release a celebratory video.
Greene reaching out to her social media following with an attention-hungry, self-aggrandizing video clip surprises no one.
In the past, she’s even posted video of herself pursuing a survivor of a school shooting as he made his way down the street, and of desperate attempts to get the attention of Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
This time, though, it’s set to music, and she seems to think it’s a mic drop.
To a hip hop tune from Don Ricardo Garcia, Snoop Dogg, and Dr. Dre, she laughs, struts through the halls of Congress, and flourishes her nameplate and her anti-trans bigotry “two genders” poster.
Then she reveals her real flex: there’s a brief news snippet of her waving her phone at Representative Matt Rosendale, with Donald Trump on the line, trying to convince him to change his vote and support McCarthy.
That’s followed by another snippet about her selfie with the newly-elected Speaker.
It’s all calculated to send one message: Greene is feeling really important and powerful, and she feels a significant part of the credit for McCarthy’s elevation to House Speaker is hers.
She also added her own text, seeming to warn that the long-threatened vengeance investigations are imminent:
“It’s time to begin.. and they can’t stop what’s coming.”
A previous iteration of this story included her tweet, but Twitter has removed the media from her post. At this time, the following version still plays.
https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1612460496741072897
Greene’s tweet is currently still up, but with the media disabled, looks like this:
Marges middle school campaign video 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
— Jacqueline Anne Thompson (@ThatsJacqueline) January 9, 2023
Mostly, though, people are wondering if she bothered to seek permission to use the music, and speculating that the prominent rap and hip hop artists probably wouldn’t appreciate it being appropriated by someone who has made headlines for associating with white supremacists.
It’s really gross that you appropriate Black rap culture to imply that you’re some sort of gangster… when you pal around with neo-Nazis and rant about critical race theory.
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) January 9, 2023
So far, there’s no public response from the artists or label.
