House Republicans abandon Georgia primary candidate after racist videos emerge
Kerry Picket 26 mins ago A Georgia GOP candidate for the House of Representatives lost support from Republican lawmakers after racist videos of her emerged on the internet, forcing them to throw their backing to her runoff rival.
© Provided by Washington Examiner A Georgia GOP candidate for the House of Representatives lost support from Republican lawmakers after racist videos of her emerged on the internet, forcing them to throw their backing to her runoff rival.
Marjorie Taylor Green was the first of the top two finishers in the GOP primary for Georgia's 14th Congressional District on June 9 for the seat now held by retiring Republican Rep. Tom Graves. Green drew 41% of the vote, while Republican opponent Dr. John Cowan picked up 19%. Since neither was able to break the 50% threshold necessary to earn the nomination immediately, both will face each other again in a runoff on Aug. 11.
Green was previously favored by Republican House members until videos first found by Politico showed Green talking about Islamic nations being under Sharia law and where men have sex with "little boys, little girls, multiple women" and "marry their sisters" and "their cousins."
Green called the 2018 election of certain freshmen Democratic members “an Islamic invasion of our government†and that “anyone that is a Muslim that believes in Sharia law does not belong in our government.â€
In another instance captured on the videos, she compared Black Lives Matter activists to the neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members who demonstrated three years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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