'Total disregard': Marjorie Taylor Greene to pay $100K in fines for not masking in Congress

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has denied to take up an appeal brought by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) and other far-right lawmakers who were hoping to have the Court overrule a pandemic-era rule in the House of Representatives.

But this week, as MSNBC host Jen Psaki reported, Greene and her two other appellants — Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and Ralph Norman (R-South Carolina) — must pay the fines that then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) imposed. For Greene alone, those fines amount to more than $100,000.

"Congresswoman Greene and some of her MAGA colleagues flouted the rules over and over and over again," Psaki said. "Even while sheltering in place during the January 6 insurrection, by the way."

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"As thousands of people died of Covid every day across the country, Marjorie Taylor Greene boasted about her total disregard for others' health and safety," Psaki continued, before playing a clip of Greene speaking about her insistence to not follow basic health protocols.

"I refuse to wear a mask," Greene said at the time. "I'm not vaccinated. And I will be sanding strong, standing up for the people across this country that refuse to get vaccinated."

According to the rules Pelosi put in place, members were required to wear a face mask in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first fine for non-compliance was just $500. But each subsequent violation came with a $2,500 penalty. This means Greene violated the House's mask rules roughly 50 times. The $100,000+ in fines amounts to roughly half of her annual congressional salary.

"The rules apply to you too, Marjorie Taylor Greene!" Psaki said. "Mask up or pay up!"

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Watch Psaki's segment below, or by clicking this link.