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Way back in 2018, before she had ever held any kind of political office, Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly endorsed a plan to murder former President Barack Obama. “Stage is being set,” she wrote in response to one Facebook commenter’s request to “hang” Obama and Hillary Clinton. “We must be patient. This must be done perfectly or liberal judges would let them off.” (Greene later distanced herself from the comments but did not deny having written them.)
Oh how things change. After nearly five years in Congress, the hard-right North Georgia representative is calling for an extension of provisio