Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made clear on Saturday afternoon that she has no intention of taking her own life after making the case for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The controversial conservative lawmaker appeared to be making the case that a “foreign government or powerful people” would attempt to silence her permanently to halt her efforts and, should she be found dead like the convicted pedophile in his jail cell, there needs to be an investigation.

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    Marge thinks way too highly of her worth to the world. They won’t kill her because she’s a joke and has nothing they fear. “Release the Epstein Files!” isn’t evidence, doll.

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    Three hours later, she hinted that she fears for her life.

    She wrote,” I am not suicidal and one of the happiest healthiest people you will meet. I have full faith in God and Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. As a sinner, I am only saved through His grace and mercy. With that said, if something happens to me, I ask you all to find out which foreign government or powerful people would take heinous actions to stop the information from coming out. Not only about this issue, but because of the truth that I have been speaking. The People understand what I’m saying.”

    Meanwhile Candace Owens seems to be implying today that Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin is also at risk of being Epsteined

    I hate to say this bc of all the insane conspiracy theories I’ve heard these two spout, but I feel like there is a decent chance these both might be legit concerns, but they’ve cried wolf (or Jewish space lasers) so many times in the past, nobody is taking them seriously now.

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      Nothing will happen, but if MTG does it offed because of the Epstein files. Then we are in interesting times.

      I’m sure it will be blamed on the libs.

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      MTG will be fine but that kid who killed kirk… Would fit better into the MAGA narrative dead than alive.

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        But he’ll fit MUCH better as an example. They’re not gonna throw away an opportunity to publicly execute him to show what happens if you dare to attack one of theirs. He’s in custody, they’re already spinning the narrative that he was brainwahsed into radical leftism, they’re not gonna just knock him off. He’s a pocket ace if they play their cards right.

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      It’s legit. We’ve heard of senators, congresspersons and judges saying the same things for months, in the MSM, no less. Take. Her. Seriously.

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      Of course they are legitimate concerns. Epstein was a warning, they can get anyone anywhere. They got Kirk, and they can get anyone.

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      Alleged assasins of fascist icons seem to have a weird habit of killing themselves before they can be questioned properly about anything

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    But it’s only an issue in the news because it has become a political fight and it should not be one.

    Like religion, or medicine?

    Still, as much as I dislike her, I appreciate that she’s taking a stand on this issue.

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    The only ones who would harm her over this would be other Republicans. I wish she would let that sink in, because she’s spent her career propping them up.

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    My instinct is typically to never trust anything that comes out of the bitch’s mouth.

    But given her saying this implicates the assholes she typically enthusiastically cheerleads, I’m more inclined to take it as legit.

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    the message was sent long ago.

    https://lemmy.ca/comment/14829551

    I would take this as the moment they fell in line:

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/truck-hit-by-train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-was-in-crossing-after-warning-ntsb-says

    The train carrying members of Congress to a Republican retreat in West Virginia last month struck a garbage truck that had entered a railroad crossing after safety gates had come down, according to a new report released Wednesday.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-to-retreat-hits-truck-on-tracks-1-killed

    Authorities identified the person killed as Christopher Foley, 28, of Louisa County, Va., one of two passengers inside the truck. The other passenger, still unidentified, was airlifted to the University of Virginia Medical Center with critical injuries.

    The truck’s driver, also still unidentified, was transported to a hospital with serious injuries, according to Madeline Curott, public information officer of the Albemarle County, Va., police department.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/train-carrying-gop-lawmakers-retreat-hits-trash-truck-n843311

    The driver of the truck was transported by ground in serious condition. President Donald Trump had said Wednesday afternoon that the driver of the truck had been killed.

    Marshall later told MSNBC that he first tried to help the deceased victim but “couldn’t find a pulse, so we started CPR and worked on that person for several, several minutes, and [it] just didn’t go real well for that gentlemen.”

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      You’re implying Trump caused this?

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        I’m implying trump is capable as has been demonstrated by his exbff pootiepoot.

        It seems odd that a truck would pull onto the tracks after the gates were down.

        A train carrying half of congress.

        And that trump would specifically mention the death of driver.

        I believe it is possible, and likely, that he had some part in this, though, yes.

        (I actually meant to reply to another comment in this thread about another senator who has expressed great fear of retribution among her and her colleagues. )

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    Is this the first time a sitting member of the U.S. Congress has said something like this?

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      It’s entirely performative, she’s not a threat, she doesn’t have enough power or knowledge about anything, nobody cares, she just wants her base to think she’s some kind of political John Wick.

      Conservatives thrive and subsist entirely on narratives and feelings, so this kind of performance is what keeps them going. We can’t stop it, we can’t make them start using their minds instead of their movie-brains, so we have to start learning to perform in different ways to swing their fickle, wandering attention spans and toddler-like emotions where we want them.