Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has been accused of calling for civil war in her President’s Day tweets.
“We need a national divorce,” the Republican extremist tweeted. “We need to separate red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone we talk to is saying this. From sick and disgusting cultural issues shoved down our throats to the policies of the Last American Democrat, we’re done.
That not the first time Greene, who vocally supports the January 6, 2021 uprising at the US Capitol, has floated the idea of secession. In October 2021, he polled his Twitter followers on whether they thought the US should “have a national divorce.” He was also cursed at that time.
Civil war broke out in the US in the 1860s, after an alliance of southern states split in an attempt to continue the legal slavery of blacks.
Monday’s tweet drew reactions from both sides of the political aisle. Utah’s Republican Governor Spencer Cox slammed his rhetoric is “destructive and wrong and – frankly – evil.”
“We don’t need divorce, we need marriage counseling. And we need elected leaders who don’t profit by ripping us off,” Cox tweeted. “We can disagree without hatred. Healthy conflict is essential to the stability and survival of our nation.
Referring to Greene’s tweet, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) noted that “segregation is unconstitutional” and that no member of Congress should support it.
Democrats, including 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), also criticized Greene’s rhetoric.
Others labeled the missive treasonous and traitorous. See some more reactions below.