Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene denounced Kwanzaa as a “fake religion” just as millions of Black people start to celebrate the weeklong holiday.
The far-right Georgia lawmaker berated the national College Republicans for “pandering and BS” after the GOP group tweeted a seemingly innocuous happy holiday message.
“Stop. It’s a fake religion created by a psychopath,” Greene said. “People are tired of pandering and BS.”
She was apparently deriding Kwanzaa founder Prof. Maulana Karenga, who was convicted of felony assault in the 1960s in what he says was a politically motivated prosecution spurred by his involvement in Black nationalist politics.
Greene suggested that the College Republicans should avoid political correctness if it wants to galvanize the conservative base of the GOP.
“You aren’t bringing in new voters, you are turning them away,” she added.
The College Republicans, which bills itself as a home for young conservatives, did not directly respond to Greene’s criticism about the tweet, which misspelled the name of the holiday as “Kwanza.”
On Monday, the GOP group instead retweeted a “happy Kwanzaa to all those celebrating” message from her fellow right-wing Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida.
It also sought to show that other Republicans feel the same by retweeting past Kwanzaa messages from the national GOP and state parties in Ohio and Texas — as well as former President Donald Trump’s tweet of his own “Happy Kwanzaa” message early in his administration.
Greene notably did not criticize her political hero for the greeting despite finding fault with others.
Some Republican groups seek to highlight putative Republican values like personal responsibility, faith and prosperity to reach out to traditionally GOP-skeptical groups like Blacks, Latinos, gays and Jews.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
But hardcore white Christian conservatives like Greene consider such outreach amounts to the watering down of their message to the base of GOP voters.
Kwanzaaa, which lasts for seven days, is a holiday festival, not a religion as Greene claims.
It was created in 1966 as a way to allow Black people worldwide to celebrate their common African roots. It includes days to celebrate concepts like unity, responsibility and self-determination.
Millions celebrate it alongside other end-of-year holidays like Christmas and Chanukah.
Hard core white Christian conservatives that want everyone to worship the same god they do, want to force everyone to follow the same church doctrines they do. Why not simply way she is a white Christian nationalist who wants to overthrow the US democratic system for a theocracy of her own kind. Scottie
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Hi Scottie;
I read this article and, well, considering this um, nice lady, uhm, well, I wanted to learn a bit more about Kwanzaa. So, for that I thank miss marjorie. Now, I do finally understand. Her with her politics and people skills, lets take a look and see what she could fear here:
Kwanzaa is built around 7 pillars:
Umoja (unity)—To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia (self-determination)—To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.
Ujima (collective work and responsibility)—To build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and to solve them together.
Ujamaa (cooperative economics)—To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (purpose)—To make our collective vocation the building and development of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (creativity)—To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (faith)—To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Ok, I can see now how frightening that could be to someone of her cloth. Hey, maybe if all of the people instead just took family pictures with their Kwanzaa tradition clothing all armed with ak’s and such, it would seem more palatable for her.
Well said Randy, very well said. Thank you for the info. I have been slacking the last few days and did not look it up. But hey if Joseph Smith can start a whole religion based entirely on a scam that was known and proven at the time then those who want it can have Kwanzaa as far as I am concerned. But then tolerance is my thing, not the thing if the right wing faux Christian racist bigots like Greene. You were very nice in the way you describe her, but you shouldn’t have been. She never misses an opportunity to use the most biting hatful words to describe others she feels are different from her and therefore inferior. Scottie
Hello Nan. I think you should. She is part of the powerful new tRump republicans that have gotten into the House. They are complete trolls, have no interest in governing but they do want to destroy anything that keeps them from power. They are the school yard bullies. They are the gang thugs. They don’t care who they hurt. You should see the video of her going after AOC before Greene got elected. Sickening display of uncivil crude behavior. Also the video of when she went after David Hogg on the street when he was still a high school student after the shooting he survived. She is despicable and dangerous. Scottie
No … I shouldn’t “see the video.” I don’t want to know anything about her! IMO, she’s a crude, rude (and as you said) despicable, dangerous, Trump-ass-kisser!
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Hi Scottie;
I read this article and, well, considering this um, nice lady, uhm, well, I wanted to learn a bit more about Kwanzaa. So, for that I thank miss marjorie. Now, I do finally understand. Her with her politics and people skills, lets take a look and see what she could fear here:
Kwanzaa is built around 7 pillars:
Umoja (unity)—To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.
Kujichagulia (self-determination)—To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.
Ujima (collective work and responsibility)—To build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems and to solve them together.
Ujamaa (cooperative economics)—To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.
Nia (purpose)—To make our collective vocation the building and development of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.
Kuumba (creativity)—To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.
Imani (faith)—To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.
Ok, I can see now how frightening that could be to someone of her cloth. Hey, maybe if all of the people instead just took family pictures with their Kwanzaa tradition clothing all armed with ak’s and such, it would seem more palatable for her.
“All I am saying, is give peace a chance”.
hugs
Randy
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Well said Randy, very well said. Thank you for the info. I have been slacking the last few days and did not look it up. But hey if Joseph Smith can start a whole religion based entirely on a scam that was known and proven at the time then those who want it can have Kwanzaa as far as I am concerned. But then tolerance is my thing, not the thing if the right wing faux Christian racist bigots like Greene. You were very nice in the way you describe her, but you shouldn’t have been. She never misses an opportunity to use the most biting hatful words to describe others she feels are different from her and therefore inferior. Scottie
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Every time I see that nose …
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Hello Ten Bears. I don’t know about her nose but her eyes radiate hate, anger, and bitterness. Scottie
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Personally, I don’t give a DAMN what Marjorie Taylor has to say about ANYTHING!
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Hello Nan. I think you should. She is part of the powerful new tRump republicans that have gotten into the House. They are complete trolls, have no interest in governing but they do want to destroy anything that keeps them from power. They are the school yard bullies. They are the gang thugs. They don’t care who they hurt. You should see the video of her going after AOC before Greene got elected. Sickening display of uncivil crude behavior. Also the video of when she went after David Hogg on the street when he was still a high school student after the shooting he survived. She is despicable and dangerous. Scottie
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No … I shouldn’t “see the video.” I don’t want to know anything about her! IMO, she’s a crude, rude (and as you said) despicable, dangerous, Trump-ass-kisser!
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