There are a great many reasons why Republicans everywhere should want Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) to lose her May 24 primary as she seeks a second term in the House, or to at least be forced into a runoff on June 21 that could lead to her ultimate defeat. Just last week, Representative Greene kicked up another storm by telling Lou Dobbs that joining the U.S. military is “like throwing your life away.”
Today, a Georgia administrative-law judge is hearing a case brought by Greene’s opponents, who are seeking to throw Greene off the ballot for her role in the January 6 Capitol riot. Though legally, that effort ought to fail, given the high bar set by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment for disqualifying a public official from office, the image of Greene on the witness stand having to defend her actions — and to be evasive about some of her past bomb-throwing — will not be politically helpful to her.
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