Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday got into a heated back-and-forth with a British journalist who questioned US Gun laws at a press briefing. Greene told the reporter to “go back to your country” for saying that in the UK they don’t have mass shootings.
after the scribe pushed her on America’s gun control debate during a heated back-and-forth on Second Amendment laws.
The Georgia lawmaker, who’s known for peddling conspiracy theories and being a follower of Q-Anon, argued that it’s the job of elected officials to defend Americans’ right to possess guns and pointed out that British people don’t have the same right.
“We don’t have guns in the UK, that is true, but we don’t have mass shootings either, and our children aren’t scared to go to school,” the journalist told Greene.
“You have mass stabbings, lady,” Greene shot back. “You have all kinds of murder and you’ve got laws against that,” Greene continued.
When the journalist noted the murder rates are lower in the UK, Greene told her to head back to her country.
“Well, you can go back to your country and worry about your no guns. We like ours here,” Greene said.
Greene later gloated about the moment on Twitter and posted a clip of the exchange, only to be buried in scorn.
Watch the entire exchange and some of the responses below:
"Well, you can go back to your country and worry about your no guns."
Marjorie Taylor Greene replies to @SiobhanKennedy4 after she questioned the Republican congresswoman about why she was opposed to new gun control legislation. pic.twitter.com/KWdPOlo0WC
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) June 23, 2022
When British press wants to argue about our God-given American gun rights, my answer is: “go back to your own country.” pic.twitter.com/QrcA9Apbet
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) June 22, 2022
God given.? Now this is humour
— Not Chuck Gettemy, Esq (@thechuckgettemy) June 22, 2022
God wants you to own guns?
Wut? pic.twitter.com/4BuOLwmJhI
— Domestic Supply Of Lunacy (@UnionizeTesla) June 22, 2022
SAD! pic.twitter.com/EWIPn4YWGg
— José De La Cruz 🚀 (@joedlc71) June 22, 2022
“America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation.”
― Georges Clemenceau
— God Fearing Atheist💙 (@Michael58493624) June 23, 2022
God given American gun rights?!?
Oh right … Was it in John chapter eleventeen where Jesus said to the apostles…"2000 years from now Americans can all have guns, all of them! Even Kentucky. Now hand me those loaves and fishes these people look hungry."— Byron Ricketts (@BJR3_Boston) June 22, 2022
God given right absurd.. God wrote the ten commandments…Man wrote the amendments to the Constitution.. one has nothing to do with the other.. so leave God out of it!
— armymom (@AngelicoDeb) June 22, 2022
God given? You mean he parted the sky, sent down his only son to die for us and his last breath was “make sure when America is founded they get them guns.” I don’t remember that part
— How Do I Tweet? (@DeanerNeedsLove) June 22, 2022
So Greene thinks that "mass stabbings" is the same as dead school kids decapitated in seconds by a gun beyond recognition.
— Deep Thoughts – Team Abby Normal Orange (@TheRealDogCIC) June 22, 2022
😂🤣😂🤣👍👍👍🤡 pic.twitter.com/FIpwxN18eo
— paul Siminsky (@PaulSiminsky) June 22, 2022
You be the company you keep….Green Converse 💚Lady Ruby pic.twitter.com/tq2MtqUvXE
— Bethes' Saddle @ The Table 🇺🇲🎖️🐎😁 (@Bethe57) June 22, 2022
