Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Easily Elected to Third Term in Congress

The far-right lawmaker, whose conspiracy theories and inflammatory comments have made her one of the most controversial members of Congress, cruised to reelection on election night

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a controversial far-right Republican congresswoman, cruised to reelection on Tuesday, Nov. 5, handily defeating Democratic challenger Shawn Harris, a veteran and cattle farmer.

Greene, 50, will now serve a third term as the representative of Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, a Republican stronghold in the northwest part of the state.

One of Donald Trump's staunchest allies in Congress, Greene has been the subject of considerable controversy since she was first elected in 2020.

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During her time in the House of Representatives, Greene has made several statements referencing conspiracy theories regarding both the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election.

Her promotion of COVID-19 conspiracies led to the banning of her X account (when it was still Twitter) in 2022, though it was reinstated after Elon Musk bought the platform.

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Perhaps her most notable comment regarding the pandemic was when she compared mask-wearing to the Holocaust, remarks that she eventually apologized for after drawing fierce rebukes.

"I'm truly sorry for offending people with remarks about the Holocaust," Greene said at the tine. "There's no comparison and there never ever will be."

Those remarks led to Greene being stripped of her House committee assignments one month into her tenure in 2021, though she was named to new committees after Republicans took control of the chamber in 2023.

Greene is no stranger to getting in heated arguments with her House colleagues, and has previously sparred with lawmakers on either side of the aisle, including former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

On social media, Greene "liked" a Facebook comment that called for "a bullet to the head" of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and mused about whether a California wildfire was started by a space laser.

When fellow Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert — another fire-starter in Congress — introduced articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden in 2023, after Greene had previously introduced similar articles, the Georgia congresswoman confronted her on the House floor.

"I’ve donated to you, I’ve defended you. But you’ve been nothing but a little bitch to me," Greene told Boebert in front of their colleagues.

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Greene’s second term in Congress was overshadowed by GOP infighting as the majority party in the House. The Rome, Ga., native filed an unsuccessful motion to remove Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson from his position, a role he was elevated to after Republicans ousted previous Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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After Georgia and other southern states were devastated by Hurricane Helene in September, Greene — who denies that human activity impacts climate change — popularized a false right-wing conspiracy theory that the government was controlling the weather and sending hurricanes to Republican areas ahead of the election.

Before Helene made landfall, Greene was one of the House Republicans who voted against supplying additional FEMA funding to help with recovery efforts.