{"id":1623,"date":"2023-03-02T14:53:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2023-03-02T14:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:53:31","slug":"mtg-rages-at-local-election-official-in-scolding-over-2020-trump-won-georgia-i-consider-you-a-major-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1623","title":{"rendered":"MTG rages at local election official in scolding over 2020: \u2018Trump won Georgia \u2026 I consider you a major problem\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga) absolutely eviscerated Georgia election official Gabe Sterling over the 2020 presidential election results in the state, bluntly telling him that she considers the so-called conservative to be \u201ca major problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tense moment on Tuesday was made even more combative since Sterling was sitting right&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/marjorie-taylor-greene-attacked-in-a-restaurant-by-insane-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">next to Greene<\/a>. She joined a House Election Integrity Caucus roundtable to take issue with the election results and claim that former President Trump was the real winner in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of President Trump and all of his voters in Georgia, here\u2019s a [gift emoji]. This is what I had to say to Gabe Sterling today,\u201d Greene tweeted later in the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGabe, I do not consider you an expert on this issue. As a matter of fact, I consider you a major problem,\u201d Greene informed the Republican official who still serves as the chief operating officer for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On behalf of President Trump and all of his voters in Georgia, here\u2019s a \ud83c\udf81.<br><br>This is what I had to say to Gabe Sterling today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jfReCPVghJ\">pic.twitter.com\/jfReCPVghJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1630706444675735554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The congresswoman recounted, \u201cMy ex-husband showed up to vote in person in the 2020 general election and was told he already voted and they said yes, Mr. Greene, you have voted absentee ballot. He said, No, I haven\u2019t. I never requested one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow, that complaint got largely ignored. As we reported in the news, we reported to the secretary of state\u2019s office. reported it constantly and no one gave a sh*t about what happened to him,\u201d Greene charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut guess what? It wasn\u2019t just him.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-call-for-national-divorce-is-not-civil-war-after-hysteria-spread-over-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">There were many, many people<\/a>&nbsp;that reported the same issue, not just in Point County, but all over the state. And I want to tell you something else, for you to say there were no dead voters in Georgia\u2026\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere were four,\u201d Sterling claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was thousands of dead voters in Georgia,\u201d Greene clapped back, referring to the voter rolls in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firebrand conservative went on to get to the crux of the matter\u2026 that Trump allegedly won the election in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd then and then the other thing is you have constantly shilled up for this election. And I\u2019m going to tell you there was blatant outright fraud in the 2020 election. Complete and total fraud. You know that. You absolutely do. And now I\u2019m going to follow up with one more thing. Trump won Georgia!\u201d she exclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&#038;embedId=twitter-widget-1&#038;features=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%3D&#038;frame=false&#038;hideCard=false&#038;hideThread=false&#038;id=1627759843607031809&#038;lang=en&#038;origin=https%3A%2F%2Famericanwirenews.com%2Fmtg-rages-at-local-election-official-in-scolding-over-2020-trump-won-georgia-i-consider-you-a-major-problem%2F&#038;sessionId=d9054fcca88a218e7dc93aa9a05da742cdf77e3d&#038;theme=light&#038;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&#038;width=500px<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know you don\u2019t like for me to say that, but I am convinced that he did. Born and raised in Georgia, lived there all my life, campaigned all over the state in the 2020 election and coming here for the Election Integrity Caucus. And for you to be on the panel, it\u2019s actually insulting to election integrity because I think you did a horrific job for the state of Georgia,\u201d she said, hammering Sterling. \u201cAnd I can\u2019t believe that our tax dollars have to pay you to run our election system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sterling waited until later to hit back at Greene on Twitter over the exchange, \u201cI had a discussion with the Election Integrity Caucus. A big part of that is talking truthfully about the challenges in elections and identifying REAL issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome still deal in disproven conspiracies. It\u2019s a challenge we all face, but having a @CocaCola makes everything better,\u201d he kidded, posting a photo of him drinking out of a can while Greene hammered him into silence at the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I had a discussion with the Election Integrity Caucus. A big part of that is talking truthfully about the challenges in elections and identifying REAL issues. Some still deal in disproven conspiracies. It\u2019s a challenge we all face, but having a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CocaCola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CocaCola<\/a> makes everything better. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fzNOVZZOxh\">pic.twitter.com\/fzNOVZZOxh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gabriel Sterling (@GabrielSterling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GabrielSterling\/status\/1630741442371936259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A user tweeted that Sterling should have drank \u201csomething stronger,\u201d to which he replied, \u201cAfter\u2026maybe after\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sterling infamously denounced what he called election conspiracy theories that asserted there was voter fraud in the state during the 2020 presidential election and the Georgia US Senate run-offs. He gave a press conference begging Trump and other GOP officials to stop spreading conspiracy theories and denounced threats reportedly being directed at election workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all gone too far,\u201d Sterling publicly declared on the steps of Georgia\u2019s Capitol for the cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou need to step up and say this \u2026 stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence,\u201d Sterling said addressing Trump, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/01\/politics\/georgia-election-official-trump-republicans-violence\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a>. \u201cSomeone\u2019s going to get hurt, someone\u2019s going to get shot, someone\u2019s going to get killed, and it\u2019s not right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBe the bigger man here and stop \u2013 step in,\u201d Sterling stated. \u201cTell your supporters, don\u2019t be violent, don\u2019t intimidate. All that\u2019s wrong, it\u2019s un-American.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/mtg-rages-at-local-election-official-in-scolding-over-2020-trump-won-georgia-i-consider-you-a-major-problem\/\">https:\/\/americanwirenews.com\/mtg-rages-at-local-election-official-in-scolding-over-2020-trump-won-georgia-i-consider-you-a-major-problem\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga) absolutely eviscerated Georgia election official Gabe Sterling over the 2020 presidential election results in the state, bluntly telling him that she considers the so-called conservative to be \u201ca major problem.\u201d The tense moment on Tuesday was made even more combative since Sterling was sitting right&nbsp;next to Greene. She joined a House Election Integrity Caucus roundtable to take issue with the election results and claim that former President Trump was the real winner in Georgia. 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