Marjorie Taylor Greene Brutally Roasted For Flubbing Basic American History: ‘This Is Embarrassing’
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was widely panned over the 4th of July weekend for a social media post that inaccurately stated some key facts surrounding the founding of the nation.
“The average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 was 44 years old, but more than a dozen were 35 or younger,” wrote Greene in a Sunday tweet, which then listed:
Thomas Jefferson: 33
John Hancock: 39
James Madison: 25
Alexander Hamilton: 21
James Monroe: 18
Aaron Burr: 20
Paul Revere: 41
George Washington: 44
“Readers added context James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, Aaron Burr, Paul Revere, and George Washington were not signers of the Declaration of Independence,” noted an X community note later attached to the post.
The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake shared Greene’s post and commented, “It just keeps happening.” Blake then included screenshots of Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), and ex-Rep Madison Cawthorne (R-NC) also flubbing basic American history related to the Declaration of Independence and the Consitution.
It just keeps happening. pic.twitter.com/ZoBmNRuqLV
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) July 8, 2024
Greene’s post was widely panned on X, including by conservative radio host Erick Erickson who replied, “WTF. Are you stupid? This is embarrassing.”
Below are some additional replies:
WTF. Are you stupid? This is embarrassing. https://t.co/bqOZmM4Tj2
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) July 8, 2024
This is the greatest community note of all time. Make Stupidity Embarrassing Again. https://t.co/Bb2XmE5llT
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) July 7, 2024
This is the kind of undiluted ignorance one spouts when one spends more time doing CrossFit than reading books. https://t.co/KUggOAZfkJ
— Tim Wise (@timjacobwise) July 8, 2024
Absolutely humiliating community note for Marjorie Taylor Greene pic.twitter.com/eLdrHHIEyh
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 7, 2024
This is very wrong but including Paul Revere is the funniest part to me. Like he was just a guy. He was not “a founding father.” lolololololol https://t.co/FzW1Ivw5uv
— Ali B (@wtflanksteak) July 8, 2024
She’s lucky to have been born an American citizen, because she’d fail the civics test that I, and other legal immigrants, have rightly had to pass to become one. https://t.co/CT5CB02nYx
— Nate Sibley (@NateSibley) July 8, 2024
She really said Paul Revere 😭😭😭 https://t.co/kM6GoyzW2Y
— Billy Binion (@billybinion) July 8, 2024
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