Marjorie Taylor Greene continues to spread misinformation regarding Covid-19, despite being temporarily banned from Twitter for doing just that.
Trading in her keyboard for guest spots on right-wing news networks, the controversial Republican appeared on “Real America’s Voice,” a self-described “platform for patriots all across America who care about traditional values” to broadcast the erroneous claim that Covid cases are not “actually” crowding hospitals’ emergency rooms and intensive care units.
“Yes, the waiting rooms get full. But guess what? The waiting rooms are full of all kinds of things, not just Covid,” she said, alleging to have spoken to “local hospitals.”
Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene on COVID case surge: "Yes, the waiting rooms get full. But guess what? The waiting rooms are full of all kinds of things, not just COVID," adding "we're human, we can't live forever" pic.twitter.com/cA13oU7kAV
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) August 12, 2021
“So while the news tries to tell us the hospitals are slam-packed with Covid, that’s just not the case. Everyone needs to get back down to common sense and remember that, you know, we’re human, we can’t live forever,” she continued.
“We’re going to catch all kinds of illnesses and viruses, and we get hurt sometimes,” Greene, who has no education, qualifications or experience related to medicine and/or healthcare, concluded.
No, we can't live forever, but maybe we could make it to Tuesday or Wednesday...? https://t.co/FfJlyoM66r
— Joel Canfield (@JoelCanfield) August 12, 2021
Like clockwork, Twitter quickly blasted the conspiracy theorist for essentially telling people to get over Covid and, well, die.
Pro-life until you're born.
— Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) August 13, 2021
Pro-death as soon as you're born, https://t.co/c3j53bK0pi
This just in from Republicans, "just fucking die, plebs." https://t.co/GHNULH3qYJ
— 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘆 "Doc" 𝗖𝗼𝗵𝗹 (@neuralculture) August 12, 2021
Death cult. https://t.co/BoIEpBha7q
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) August 13, 2021
Others mocked Greene’s claim that the real problem is in the waiting rooms, as opposed to the ICUs .
Member of Congress doesn't know the difference between "waiting rooms" and "intensive care units." https://t.co/1jwa8FTwdf
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) August 12, 2021
Here's a tip, MTG. The place with the magazines is the waiting room. The place with the ventilators and the heart monitors and the IV stands and the unconscious people is the ICU. Please tell your idiot friends. https://t.co/Dx3oQXVbFJ
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 12, 2021
I'm old enough to remember GOP hysteria over Obama's 'death panels'. Literally nothing this party says is in good faith or consistent. https://t.co/GRY0XJKqKI
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 12, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene just admitted she doesn’t care if you die of Covid: ”We can’t live forever” https://t.co/CJZn5NqltW
— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) August 12, 2021
There have been 67 thousand Covid-related hospitalisations in Georgia, Greene’s home state, according to Georgia’s Covid-19 Data Hub. 19 thousand of these cases resulted in death.
MTG to her constituents: fuck off and die. https://t.co/jBQGvonX6c
— Craig Newman (@craignewman) August 13, 2021
