Marjorie Taylor Greene’s presidential aspirations are delusional

Buckle up, nerds, she’s running for president.

That was my first thought upon reading Annie Karni’s glowing profile of conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in the New York Times last Sunday. Even as Karni allowed that Greene has a reputation of being “something of a joke” who is “known for making bigoted remarks and amplifying QAnon,” she mostly sticks to the protocols for portraying Greene as the next big thing in national politics. There was a lengthy interview with the subject herself, replete with quotes meant to amplify her image as an iconoclast and a force to be reckoned with. There were supplementary interviews with her boyfriend Brian Glenn, who serves as White House reporter for the right-wing Real America’s Voice, and cheerleaders like MAGA podcaster Steve Ba