MTG's Greatest Hits: A Documented Catalog.

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This post is a catalog, not a polemic. The items below are documented — sourced from her own social media posts, video recordings, and reported accounts — because the volume and specificity of MTG's statements are genuinely difficult to convey without itemizing them. The point is not to shock. The point is that each of these things is real, verifiable, and was said or done by a sitting member of the United States Congress.

QAnon.

Before her election, Greene repeatedly promoted QAnon content on social media and in video recordings. QAnon is a debunked conspiracy theory holding that a secret cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles controls the government, media, and entertainment industry, and that Donald Trump was secretly fighting them. In a 2018 video, Greene said QAnon was "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles out." She referred to Q — the anonymous online account at the center of the conspiracy theory — as a "patriot." After her election, she distanced herself from QAnon but never fully repudiated it, and continued to use language and framing closely associated with the movement.

School Shootings as Staged Events.

Greene has suggested, in multiple documented instances, that mass shootings were "false flag" events staged by forces seeking to promote gun control. She liked Facebook posts suggesting the Parkland school shooting in 2018 — which killed 17 people — was staged. In 2019, she followed Parkland survivor David Hogg on a Washington sidewalk, filming him with her phone, shouting questions at him about George Soros and demanding he answer for "targeting children to brainwash them." Video of this encounter is publicly available. She has also suggested Sandy Hook — where 20 children between 6 and 7 years old were murdered — may have been staged. She later apologized for the Sandy Hook comments after being stripped of her committee assignments in February 2021.

The Jewish Space Laser.

In a 2018 Facebook post, Greene suggested that the 2018 Camp Fire in California — the deadliest wildfire in state history, which killed 85 people — may have been deliberately started by a space-based solar energy laser connected to a plan involving the Rothschild banking family and Pacific Gas and Electric. The post specifically named the Rothschilds — a Jewish banking dynasty that has been the subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories for centuries. The post was reported by Media Matters in January 2021 and widely covered. Greene disputed the characterization of the post but did not dispute its content.

Calls for Violence Against Officials.

Before her election, Greene liked Facebook comments calling for violence against Democratic officials. In one instance she liked a comment suggesting "a bullet to the head would be quicker" in reference to Nancy Pelosi. She liked a post calling for the execution of FBI agents. She liked a post suggesting Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton should be hanged. These likes were documented by Media Matters from her public Facebook activity. After the reporting, a Greene spokesperson said her account had been managed by multiple people and that she was not personally responsible for all of the likes — an explanation that was widely noted as not credible given the specificity and consistency of the content.

What Happened After.

On February 4, 2021, the House voted 230 to 199 to strip Greene of her committee assignments — an unusual step reflecting the seriousness of her conduct. Eleven Republicans joined Democrats in voting to remove her. After Republicans took the House majority in 2023, Speaker Kevin McCarthy restored Greene's committee assignments, giving her a seat on the House Oversight Committee. She became a significant political ally of Trump and has traveled with him, appeared at rallies, and amplified his messaging consistently. She was not censured, not expelled, not held to any lasting accountability. She won reelection in 2022 and 2024.

The Greene story is not primarily about one extreme congresswoman. It is about what her Republican colleagues tolerated, restored, and rewarded — and what that reveals about the direction of the party.