Marjorie Taylor Greene's Big Beautiful Bill Tweet
Yesterday, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene basically admitted that she didn't read President Donald Trump's championed "One Big, Beautiful Bill" before voting "yes" on it.
In a tweet, she wrote, "Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years... I would have voted NO if I had known."
Obviously, any representative voting on a bill without knowing the full extent of its contents is concerning, regardless of party lines. But the "One Big, Beautiful Bill" — which passed through Congress last month with a 215 to 214 vote — is especially concerning as it includes:
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the internet was not impressed with Greene's honesty. Here's what they're saying:
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