Marjorie Taylor-Greene turns babyface: How should Dems view her now?

The debate among center-left and progressive Dems over Marjorie Taylor Greene over, should we embrace MTG now that we know she’s not batsh*t crazy, misses a key point.

She never was batsh*t crazy.

It was all an act, from the get-go.

We need to keep that in focus as we consider her going forward.

Because there’s no straight line from Jewish space lasers controlling the weather to “that’s fair criticism” and “I would like to say humbly I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics” that doesn’t involve political theater.

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• Spanberger votes to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments

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And to her credit, hey, it worked – she went from being a part-time CrossFit coach to having the ear of the POTUS by blogging about conspiracy theories and punching up at AOC.

I’m not going to criticize her on that – I took the low-key route, avoiding space lasers and claiming that Democrats support Sharia law, and I’m writing this piece from my home office.

I’ve never been on Air Force One or a New Year’s Eve bash at Mar-a-Lago.

The about-face from MTG on Trump isn’t a come-to-Jesus; it’s smart political; calculation.

She’s seeing the cracks in MAGA before others prominent in the movement, like she saw the gravy train 10 years ago before too many others had signed on, and built up a following based on her being an early adopter of pure, unadulterated nonsense.

I’ve been saying and writing for years that we need Republicans who know better to stand up to Trump and his army of malcontents, and, credit where credit is due, we’re starting to see it – with MTG, with Thomas Massie, hell, dating back years ago to our own Denver Riggleman, from just across the Blue Ridge from me in Nelson County, one of the earliest MAGA refugees.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is the biggest name, obviously – and as such, she’s now a target.

Literally, in the form of death threats, and politically, in the form of, Trump threatening to fund a primary challenger to run against her in the 2026 cycle.

Assuming she doesn’t go back to cosplaying the hits as a loudmouth fake QAnon, which would be hard for her to do at this point, I say we do embrace her, but, carefully.

She’s an asset, most definitely, because she traveled not just in those circles, but within the elite of those circles.

At the same time, we have to be cognizant of what Marjorie Taylor Greene is capable of.

She was the playwright, executive producer and star of a 10-year one-woman stage show/high-wire act performed live and without a net that hoodwinked millions.

I agree with others who have weighed in on her babyface turn that have her simply wanting to be the political heir to the next iteration of MAGA.

As long as our embrace is as calculated on her as she is, I think we can all be strange bedfellows.