When Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene used a typically under-the-radar legislative process to send political messages Wednesday about foreign aid funding bills, one of her Democratic colleagues decided to strike back.
Greene filed a flurry of amendments to the Ukraine aid bill with the House Rules Committee, including one to require any member who votes in favor of the package “to conscript in" the Ukrainian military. Several congressional experts dubbed it a troll amendment, AKA something outrageous meant to provoke a response.
Florida Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz took the bait. He offered his own amendments. One would appoint Greene as Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy to the United States Congress. Another would rename her Cannon office the Neville Chamberlain Room.
Our favorites of MTG's shensanigans? She filed more than 20 amendments to the Ukraine aid bill and four to the Israel aid bill. Her first proposal on the Israel package would provide funding for the development of space laser technology on our southwest border – apparently a reference to her comments, made before she was elected to the House, regarding the cause of a massive 2018 wildfire in California. Another Greene amendment calls for an iron dome to be built on our border with Mexico.
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