Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'Black and Hispanic men' choose 'being in gangs and dealing drugs' over education

12 February 2023

United States Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) produced a video not long after she was sworn into her first term in the House of Representatives in which she claims that marginalized communities of color are victims of their own decisions to engage in crime.

The forty-second clip was first published by The Daily Mailon June 30th, 2021, and expands the extensive laundry list of incendiary rhetoric upon which Greene has built her political firebrand.

"Generations of Black and Hispanic men – do you wanna know what holds them down? Gangs. Being in gangs and dealing drugs is what holds them down. The lack of education is what hold, holds them down. That's, that's not a, a white person thing, but gangs control them. They, they tell them, they tell the young men in their communities, 'don't go to school. Don't you, No. Don't you, don't you move out of this, out of this project. Don't you move out of this community. You join this gang and that's where you belong. You belong with us,'" said Greene. "The gangs are holding them back. It's not white people. It's, it's crazy."

Internet observers were unamused.

Ravin Boodram: "But, but…Charlie Kirk says school is a scam."

Michelle Lamb: "White racist middle-class Marge is an expert on inner-city gangs."

Brian Fidler: "'The lack of education is what holds them down; that’s, that’s not a white person thing' - Marjorie Taylor Greene. Disregarding the irony in MTG’s statement; lack of education in minority communities, is 100% a 'white person thing.'"

JWalker: "She probably interacted with her first black person when she came to DC. So tired of people who don’t actually know us acting like authorities on our lives."

Jay Sands: "She’ll be co-author of the next AP African-American history textbook to be used in Florida."

Surebrec: "Her lack of education didn't hold her down. All she needed, was enough people with their own lacks of education who were dumb enough to be duped into voting for her."

Damian: "Crazy bc people like Marjorie Taylor Greene hold so many white people down."

The Ghost of Yharnam: "Now let’s ask the question about why they’re funneled into that life style. Republicans don’t like talking about that part though."

Lazlo Holmes: "What a weird way to say systematic racism."

Rocky Mountain Dawg Nation: "I didn’t know I was in a gang??"

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