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Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Official portrait, 2022
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 14th district |
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| Assumed office January 3, 2021 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Graves |
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Marjorie Taylor
May 27, 1974 Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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Perry Greene
(m. 1995; div. 2022) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residences | Rome, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | University of Georgia (BBA) |
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Marjorie Taylor Greene (née Taylor; born May 27, 1974), sometimes referred to by her initials MTG, is an American far-right politician, businesswoman, and conspiracy theorist who has been the U.S. representative for GA's 14th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she was elected to Congress in 2020 following the retirement of Republican incumbent Tom Graves and was reelected in 2022.
Early life and education
Marjorie Taylor was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, on May 27, 1974, the daughter of Robert Taylor. She graduated from South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia in 1992, and the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1996.
Early career and activism
In 2002, Greene's father sold Taylor Commercial, an Alpharetta, Georgia-based general-contracting company that he had founded, to Greene and her then-husband, Perry. As of 2019, Greene and Perry were the company's vice president and president, respectively. Greene was listed as the chief financial officer of Taylor Commercial from 2007 to 2011, but a 2021 Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation determined that she had no significant presence at the company. In 2011, Greene stepped down as the company's CFO and began CrossFit training.
By 2012, Greene worked as a part-time coach at an Alpharetta CrossFit gym. In August 2013, she opened CrossFit Passion in Alpharetta with Travis Mayer, a CrossFit athlete. Greene left the business in early 2017. In a 2015 interview, Greene said she and Mayer knew little about how to run a business when they started.
Greene has said that she became politically engaged during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries. In 2017, she began writing for the now defunct American Truth Seekers, a conspiracy news website, which published 59 articles by Greene. In January 2018, she started writing for Law Enforcement Today, a pro-police fake news website, which featured 27 articles Greene authored. In 2017, Greene visited Washington, D.C. to protest against a Republican gun control compromise.
Greene was a top official of the Family America Project, a conservative group founded in January 2018. She was a moderator of the organization's Facebook group. In that group, members posted death threats against Democrats; bigotry directed at the Obamas; and support for multiple conspiracy theories, including claims associated with the John Birch Society about the U.S. government being infiltrated by communists.
U.S. House of Representatives
Tenure
Greene has supported efforts to impeach Joe Biden. On January 21, 2021, the second day of Biden's presidency, Greene filed articles of impeachment against him, citing alleged abuse of power as the reason for impeachment.
In June 2021, Greene was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6. When Pelosi announced the creation of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, Greene declared her interest in being seated on it.
Greene told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2024 that if Trump won the upcoming election, she would be "certainly particularly interested" in serving as the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Committee assignments
Greene was briefly a member of the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on Education and Labor. She was removed from all committee assignments on February 4, 2021 due to incendiary remarks she had made before her election. She was appointed to new committee roles in January 2023.
For the 118th Congress:
- Committee on Homeland Security
- Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement
- Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations
- Committee on Oversight and Accountability
- Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation
- Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce
- Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic
Caucus memberships
- Election Integrity Caucus
- Republican Study Committee
- Second Amendment Caucus
Greene had also been a member of the House Freedom Caucus, but was voted out in mid-2023.
Political positions
Gun rights
At a September 2020 gun rights rally in Ringgold, Georgia, Greene said she would always protect gun owners' rights and would not vote for any laws making it harder for people to possess guns.
Climate change
Greene rejects the scientific consensus that climate change is caused primarily by human activity, saying in 2021 that "maybe perhaps we live on a ball that rotates around the sun, that flies through the universe, and maybe our climate just changes."
Evolution
Greene has said that she does not accept the scientific fact of evolution, calling it a "type of so-called science" and saying: "I don't believe in evolution. I believe in God."
Personal life
Greene married Perry Greene in 1995 while in college. They have three children. Perry Greene announced in September 2022 that he was filing for divorce. On December 22, 2022, the divorce was finalized.
In 2023, after her divorce from Perry Greene, Greene began dating Brian Glenn, the director of programming for the Right Side Broadcasting Network.
Greene participated in the CrossFit quarterfinals for the 2014, 2015 and 2018 CrossFit Games. In 2015, she placed 47th amongst 40-to-44-year-old women worldwide, but did not progress to the next stage. Her benchmark statistics list a 285lb back squat and a 300lb deadlift.
In November 2023, Greene released a "tell-all" book entitled MTG. The book, published by Winning Team Publishing, details Greene's upbringing, her first campaign for Congress, and her three-year tenure as a United States representative.
See also
In Spanish: Marjorie Taylor Greene para niños
