Marjorie Taylor Greene visited the Capitol in 2019 and falsely claimed that Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are illegitimate House members because they swore in on the Quran. She also unsuccessfully tried to get them to retake their oaths on the Bible. https://www.mediamatters.org/congress/marjorie-taylor-greene-visited-capitol-and-tried-get-reps-ilhan-omar-and-rashida-tlaib
To be clear: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/bibles-arent-required-for-the-oath-of-office/
Bibles Aren't Required for the Oath of Office

Q: Did the Supreme Court rule that it is illegal to take the oath of office with anything but the Bible? A: No. That is a made-up claim that originated on a self-described satirical website.

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/01/bibles-arent-required-for-the-oath-of-office/
Greene also said that she wanted to tell Reps. Omar and Tlaib that they "really should go back to the Middle East if they support Sharia." In addition to her remark being bigoted, it's also ignorant: Omar was born in Somalia while Tlaib was born in Michigan.
The @splcenter previously noted this visit in an August 2019 @Hatewatch profile which documented how Greene has frequently published hateful videos to social media: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists
Marjorie Taylor Greene: How an Outspoken MAGA Fan Built a Following

Originally a MAGA supporter but now an emerging MAGA star, Marjorie Taylor Greene has deftly leveraged social media and confrontations in public to increase her visibility. Now she’s entering

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/16/marjorie-taylor-greene-how-outspoken-maga-fan-built-following-world-extremists
In addition to being a bigot, Greene has pushed QAnon ( http://mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/here-are-qanon-supporters-running-congress-2020, via @AlKapDC), 9/11 ( https://www.mediamatters.org/congress/qanon-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-911-conspiracy-theorist-who-claimed-theres-no, and Seth Rich ( https://www.mediamatters.org/seth-rich-conspiracy-theory/gop-backed-house-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-obama-administration) conspiracy theories.

She has the support of Trump and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
GOP-backed House candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene: The Obama administration used MS-13 to assassi...

http://mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/here-are-qanon-supporters-running-congress-2020
Greene also "mused about the possibility that the Las Vegas massacre was a massive conspiracy intended to help pass gun control measures" ( https://twitter.com/ehananoki/status/1295366056828186631) and called the pipe bomb packages near the 2018 midterms a hoax by the targets ( https://www.mediamatters.org/congress/members-congress-received-pipe-bombs-2018-house-candidate-marjorie-taylor-greene-called-it).
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