Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Thursday triggered an avalanche of ridicule after she lashed out at the Biden administration for not recommending horse dewormer drug ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, claiming that the drug “won a Nobel Peace Prize.”
During an appearance on “Real America’s Voice,” Greene touted ivermectin’s purported effectiveness against COVID-19 and slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci for not prescribing the drug even it “won a Nobel Peace Prize.”
Of course, ivermectin did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rather, scientists William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work showing that ivermectin can be effective in treating against infections caused by roundworm parasites in horses.
None of this means that the drug is effective at treating the novel coronavirus, however.
Greene went on to rail at government officials for not pushing this unproven treatment.
“It is deeply irresponsible for the Biden administration, the CDC, Dr. Fauci, and any of these doctors to be advising people to not prescribe it,” she said.
Watch the video and some of the responses below.
🇺🇸@RepMTG speaks out in support of Ivermectin.
“I believe that they have blood on their hands. Ivermectin is a very good drug. It’s safetiness has been proven for decades. It even won a Nobel Peace Prize and it is absolutely irresponsible for the Biden administration,
— Angelus iustitiae (@AIustitiae) October 8, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene rants that Fauci won't prescribe ivermectin 'even though it won a Nobel Peace Prize'
Not satire!— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) October 8, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene babbling on about the Nobel Peace Prize with zero understanding …. pic.twitter.com/Bn26tTYCDI
— Catgirl666 (@BooBooskitty) October 8, 2021
Breaking: Marjorie Taylor Greene says Ivermectin was awarded Nobel Peace Prize. SMDH
Scientists used Ivermectin for parasitic infections did win the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine. COVID is not a parasitic infection, Covid is a virus. pic.twitter.com/oJmiwjiW9C
— Chris Reyna 📚🎓 (@creyna55) October 8, 2021
Actually, my question now is why didn't aspirin ever win the Nobel Peace Prize? The number of headaches that thing has cured, it must be a shoo-in.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a joke.
— Nomen Dubium (@EJPointer) October 8, 2021
While appearing on "Real America's Voice," @RepMTG touted ivermectin's purported effectiveness against COVID-19 and gushed that "it even won a Nobel Peace Prize."
In fact, ivermectin did not win the Nobel Peace Prize and MTG is still a moron.
— l Bark Loudly (@barkley_al) October 8, 2021
Congrats to Marjorie Taylor Greene on winning the Nobel Peace Prize in evolution for being the missing link. https://t.co/7qxw4g6OMj
— Bleeding Heart Liberal Marine (@BleedingMarine) October 8, 2021
This must be “Fake News” because, according to @RepMTG , Ivermectin won the Nobel Peace Prize! https://t.co/Zm0iUq183H
— County Clare Observer (@county_clare) October 8, 2021
Marjorie Taylor Greene thinks ivermectin won a Nobel Peace Prize. LOL. https://t.co/CtbLhY2k8p
— Bleeding Heart Liberal Marine (@BleedingMarine) October 8, 2021
Good heavens! “In fact, ivermectin did not win the Nobel Peace Prize.” MTG will say anything @RepMTG https://t.co/AsfONQgicZ
— D'Angel Grace (@ADeGrace12) October 8, 2021
Damn, I wanted to hear Ivermectin's acceptance speech.
I guess we can add "Nobel Peace Prize" to the (very) long list of things about which Marjorie Taylor Greene proudly, defiantly and obviously knows jack shit. https://t.co/wKOrFEOqYK
— Nomen Dubium (@EJPointer) October 8, 2021
No surprise here. Marjorie Taylor-Greene is pushing nonsense. Ivermectin did not win a Nobel Peace Prize. She's a moron that gets her news from Facebook, and yet she's a member of the House.
This is how far we've fallen. Thanks Reagan. https://t.co/a3EkiAL2mR
— Michael Farley (@mb_farley) October 8, 2021
