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'I'm not suicidal': MTG hints at threats from 'powerful people' over Epstein files

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made clear on Saturday afternoon that she has no intention of taking her own life after making the case for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The controversial conservative lawmaker appeared to be making the case that a “foreign government or powerful people” would attempt to silence her permanently to halt her efforts and, should she be found dead like the convicted pedophile in his jail cell, there needs to be an investigation.

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That didn't work for the Boeing whistleblower.
Neither was Epstein, honey-bunch.
- Epstein insisted he was not suicidal, telling a jail psychologist he had a “wonderful life” and “would be crazy” to end it.
My instinct is typically to never trust anything that comes out of the bitch's mouth.
But given her saying this implicates the assholes she typically enthusiastically cheerleads, I'm more inclined to take it as legit.
If she really cared about this shit why would she be running with the pedo crew?
- She's not intelligent
I was confused what Magic The Gathering had to do with the Epstein files.....
- The Epstein files is a new set of cards released by Hasbro.
- I always have to remind myself her name is Marjorie Trailer Greene.
  
  Perjury Traitor Greed, Large Marge, Empty G....these are all acceptable also.
- https://mtga.untapped.gg/meta/cards/615274/stenn-paranoid-partisan
Broken clocks and whatnot...
The only ones who would harm her over this would be other Republicans. I wish she would let that sink in, because she's spent her career propping them up.
- Israel.
Jewish space lasers are coming for you Marjie.
- *Israeli Space Walkie-Talkie Launcher
Girl you're not important enough to kill. You think you're so relevant cause you talk loud, you're not
Three hours later, she hinted that she fears for her life.
She wrote,” I am not suicidal and one of the happiest healthiest people you will meet. I have full faith in God and Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. As a sinner, I am only saved through His grace and mercy. With that said, if something happens to me, I ask you all to find out which foreign government or powerful people would take heinous actions to stop the information from coming out. Not only about this issue, but because of the truth that I have been speaking. The People understand what I’m saying.”
Meanwhile Candace Owens seems to be implying today that Charlie Kirk's accused assassin is also at risk of being Epsteined
I hate to say this bc of all the insane conspiracy theories I've heard these two spout, but I feel like there is a decent chance these both might be legit concerns, but they've cried wolf (or Jewish space lasers) so many times in the past, nobody is taking them seriously now.
- Alleged assasins of fascist icons seem to have a weird habit of killing themselves before they can be questioned properly about anything
- Nothing will happen, but if MTG does it offed because of the Epstein files. Then we are in interesting times.
  I'm sure it will be blamed on the libs.
  
  if ... X ... Then we are in interesting times.
  To be honest, I think we passed that threshold some ways back now. I'd say we are pretty deep into "interesting times".
  
  'We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is ‘real’
  Remember this from back in April? I just thought she meant they might try to sabotage her re-election...
  
  I'm not so sure honestly. MTG is a true believer I think or is at least better at playing one than other Republicans. She has repeatedly said things that would have a MAGA republican posting on twitter a few hours later groveling to the god king for forgiveness but stuck to her guns.
  To be clear I really really don't like jewish space lasers lady but I think she is an actual Qanon believer and not a LARPer.
  
  "Those dastardly Clintons have killed again!"
- MTG will be fine but that kid who killed kirk... Would fit better into the MAGA narrative dead than alive.
  
  It's very convenient that the guy who supposedly shot up the ICE facility is dead.
  
  Dead men ~~tell no tales~~ don't deny they belong to antifa.
  
  But he'll fit MUCH better as an example. They're not gonna throw away an opportunity to publicly execute him to show what happens if you dare to attack one of theirs. He's in custody, they're already spinning the narrative that he was brainwahsed into radical leftism, they're not gonna just knock him off. He's a pocket ace if they play their cards right.
- It's legit. We've heard of senators, congresspersons and judges saying the same things for months, in the MSM, no less. Take. Her. Seriously.
- Of course they are legitimate concerns. Epstein was a warning, they can get anyone anywhere. They got Kirk, and they can get anyone.
So she really drank the kool aid and now they can’t handle her and lost control?
- She brought the Kool-aid with her.
But it’s only an issue in the news because it has become a political fight and it should not be one.
Like religion, or medicine?
Still, as much as I dislike her, I appreciate that she’s taking a stand on this issue.
- I don't trust her, but I also don't trust the people she's claiming she's afraid of.
  
  This is one thing that she's actually been very consistent about.
  
  I don't think she's faking the fear. Plenty of people get swept up into the fascist machine because of fear for acting out. Eventually your just forget who you are
Why not ask her man Trump to protect her from those threats?
Marge thinks way too highly of her worth to the world. They won't kill her because she's a joke and has nothing they fear. "Release the Epstein Files!" isn't evidence, doll.
Is this the first time a sitting member of the U.S. Congress has said something like this?
- It's entirely performative, she's not a threat, she doesn't have enough power or knowledge about anything, nobody cares, she just wants her base to think she's some kind of political John Wick.
  Conservatives thrive and subsist entirely on narratives and feelings, so this kind of performance is what keeps them going. We can't stop it, we can't make them start using their minds instead of their movie-brains, so we have to start learning to perform in different ways to swing their fickle, wandering attention spans and toddler-like emotions where we want them.
- in public, but the have all been threatened by Miller's Brownshirts.
  
  Pee Wee Himmler
Anything to stay in the news cycle.
lived like a tool and might die like a tool
Loud-mouthed bigoted cunt says what?
On a completely unrelated topic, I wonder if she's looking to redo the windows on her house?
Who cares about shameless attention seekers like MTG and Candace Owens?
This is just media friendly paranoia designed by their publicity teams for public consumption.
- is Candice Owens still around?
- I have no idea who candace owens is, and id rather keep it that way i think, but this isnt about MTG as a person.
  This is about someone who is "on their side" who has been consistent about releasing the epstein files. About sharing truth and knowledge (presumably) regardless of who it takes down, and now shes being threatened to be permanently silented. If she's offed, im not going to shed a tear for her personally, but the message thats being sent is a damning one.
  
  The message was sent with Epstein himself.
- Exactly, she want to sound influential, but she's not important enough to eliminate. In fact, she's so untrustworthy for both sides, that she's more valuable running her mouth, since everything she says sounds so moronic, nobody on either side believes anything she says.
  She's just a really stinky fart in the wind.
- Yeah I don’t care about them either but if MTG is keeping the topic of Epstein Files in the news, then I’m not mad.
She should avoid any elevators.
The same people who got Kirk killed?
- With trans bullets, no less.
  
  While listening to a trans Spotify playlist
- well Charlie Kirk didnt work for them so maybe try another? a woman this time?
Shame.
the message was sent long ago.
https://lemmy.ca/comment/14829551
I would take this as the moment they fell in line:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/truck-hit-by-train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-was-in-crossing-after-warning-ntsb-says
The train carrying members of Congress to a Republican retreat in West Virginia last month struck a garbage truck that had entered a railroad crossing after safety gates had come down, according to a new report released Wednesday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-to-retreat-hits-truck-on-tracks-1-killed
Authorities identified the person killed as Christopher Foley, 28, of Louisa County, Va., one of two passengers inside the truck. The other passenger, still unidentified, was airlifted to the University of Virginia Medical Center with critical injuries.
The truck's driver, also still unidentified, was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, according to Madeline Curott, public information officer of the Albemarle County, Va., police department.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-retreat-hits-trash-truck-n843311
The driver of the truck was transported by ground in serious condition. President Donald Trump had said Wednesday afternoon that the driver of the truck had been killed.
Marshall later told MSNBC that he first tried to help the deceased victim but "couldn't find a pulse, so we started CPR and worked on that person for several, several minutes, and [it] just didn't go real well for that gentlemen."
- First link is broken.
  
  Thanks. Fixed. It's just the link to my original comment containing that same text.
- You're implying Trump caused this?
  
  I'm implying trump is capable as has been demonstrated by his exbff pootiepoot.
  It seems odd that a truck would pull onto the tracks after the gates were down.
  A train carrying half of congress.
  And that trump would specifically mention the death of driver.
  I believe it is possible, and likely, that he had some part in this, though, yes.
  (I actually meant to reply to another comment in this thread about another senator who has expressed great fear of retribution among her and her colleagues. )
I wish she would for the restoration of integrity and democracy of Congress.
Wish she was.
Political theater?
- I honestly can't tell.
- It may be, but in the end does it matter?
  The key question of course is how the maga base is interpreting this.
  Besides Media Matters, are there any groups who track the latest sentiments from right wing outlets, forums, etc?
  
  The key question of course is how the maga base is interpreting this.
  At least some of them are going to read it as "the corrupt pedophile Democrats want her dead so they aren't exposed". I wish I were joking, but these people might as well be holding the Olympic medal for mental gymnastics in blaming "the left" for everything that ever happens.
Maybe she's trying to claw her way up from where Trump and his followers come from.
If this is her way of foreshadowing a high-commitment shitpost, I'm here for it. Bonus points if it happens when she tries to set up a false flag to blame the anteefers but fails to heroically survive the encounter.
If I were her I would be
I'm not especially religious, and my thoughts would suggest not at all religious, but can we pray that some evil unknown (but also widely known to conspiracy theorists) group of wealthy secret organisation /individuals / family make this shitshow of a human disappeared?
- If she is finally, after all these years, trying to make a stand against an 'evil unknown' then why would you pray for her demise?
  If she is slain and we celebrate, then nobody else will want to turn on the evil unknown?
  But let's be real I'm 75% sure she is just grifting lol.
  
  She's literally up for reelection and even the script that she knew was record scratch turned on its ass thanks to 21st Century Nazi - The Turbo Speedrun. So all she is doing is trying to keep her kushy government health insurance and income for doing nothing - perks that citizens do not get, so she doesn't have to deal with Sephora/Taco Bell employee health insurance.
  
  Like all the others she is a pathological hateful and bigoted liar. Stop taking her and any other Republican's word for what it is. Judge them by their deeds. So far the deeds we can judge her for is being complicit in the fascist takeover of the US.
  Why does so many people, on lemmy of all places, keep falling for whatever these psychopathic liars say, whenever they say something that is just remotely in line with what they believe themselves? I mean it is no wonder these people had no difficulty taking over the US, it is apparently one of the most gullible places on Earth.
  
  The paradox of what we'd like to see. She is so definitely just a grifter. Will flow whichever way pays.
- She doesn't deserve to be silenced, but she does deserve to be completely ignored.
- You want the israelis to eliminate the critics of their blackmail?
  That is a dumb thing to wish for, you should be embarrassed for how stupid your comment is, and how easy you were manipulated by organized parties here.
  
  I am not entirely sure that you understood my sarcasm / serious comment. Lemmy is generally a courteous place for discourse. Ireply to you with ourtesy. After all, we are a long way from Twitter / X / Reddit

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