Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America

by Dan Pfeiffer

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a junior member of Congress who has been kicked off her committee, grows in political power by fighting with liberals. Her Twitter feed was a nonstop stream of liberal rage bait. She stalks Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on- and offline in the hope of picking a fight that will garner her attention. In one sense, Greene’s strategy is working. She is a junior member of Congress who sits on no committees. She has barely the political power you do, but her star is rising in the Republican Party. No one should know her, or care about her, but according to a February 2021 Morning Consult poll, Greene’s name ID was nearly as high as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s. Even more disturbingly, after Greene became the focus of attention for her racist, anti-Semitic, unhinged views, her favorable rating among Republican voters increased by 11 points. She hijacked our attention and reaped the rewards. By constantly making fun of Greene for her batty conspiracy theories (Jewish Space Lasers), we are giving her the thing she desires most and deserves least: attention.