Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has increasingly come under fire this week as allegations and evidence regarding her alleged past belief in conspiracy theories have come up. Throughout the week there have been calls for her to resign from democrats, and calls for their republican counterparts to denounce her.
Just last night Mitch McConnell came out and did just that(although without naming her specifically).
Now that we have the head of the Republicans in congress siding against her, it is a little more clear, but throughout the week I was curious what the coverage was saying about her on the other side of the aisle so I cruised on over to Fox news to take a look.
Differing media coverage and slant is nothing new. This is something I have learned from the material in this class, general life experience, and most importantly, historical analysis.
On the MSNBC side, the criticisms are harsh calling her beliefs "dangerous and unhinged" and claiming she tried to portray herself as the victim. MSNBC
Fox News interestingly enough also declined to defend her past beliefs. But reframed the argument to say "well what about rep. Illhan Omar's antisemetic remarks?" Fox News
To me, this is just mudslinging. Which is interesting, but nothing new and will be forgotten to history. The question that it ultimately brought to my mind is about past beliefs. It is pretty well understood in the internet era that anything you say online will ultimately come back to haunt you ,Kevin Hart.
I'm curious where that line is. If it is far enough back, and the past beliefs are mild enough, most people will give you a pass. But where is that line, where it is a bridge too far? How does wielding a postion of power move that line? For example, if a person made racist jokes twenty years ago but changed their tune. Are they automatically disqualified from holding any public office? Would that change if they were in prison and did it for safety? How would it change if that person were running for president? Will the norms adjust over time for this new reality of everything you say is never washed away? How will history view these incidents?
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