Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed for tweet seemingly celebrating Pope's death
MAGA Rep.
Majorie Taylor Greene
(R-GA) is receiving waves of backlash on social media after she posted to X
hours after Pope Francis' passing
, appearing to celebrate the
Pontiff's death at the age of 88.
"Today there were major shifts in global leadership," said the self-identified "Christian nationalist" in a post on X Monday morning, roughly nine hours after the pontiff's passing. "Evil is being defeated by the hand of God."
The
far-right congresswoman
did not clarify what she was referring to with this post and reportedly has not responded to requests for comment from various media outlets.
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Users on X were quick to call out Greene for her comments, who interpreted them as an attack on the late Pontiff, who passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday from a cerebral stroke, according to the Vatican.
"This is absolutely atrocious. Catholics elected Trump. Please don't do this, and push them away from our winning coalition," user Jeremiah Watson wrote on X.
"You're pure evil," former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger wrote.
"Shame on you, lady. This is disgusting," said one user.
"You're a disgrace to America and the world," said another.
Pope Francis' death began a nine-day mourning period, followed by a complex process to select his successor.
Greene, 50, was baptized Catholic and married in a Catholic wedding ceremony but converted to evangelical Protestant in 2011 and was re-baptized. In 2022 Greene said she left the Catholic Church over fears she could not trust its leaders to "protect [her] children from pedophiles" following repeated sexual abuse scandals, she said in a statement at the time.
She said in the same statement that Catholics were "pious" and that many priests are "kind [and] brilliant,' but said the church's leader was "controlled by Satan" and full of "criminals and abusers"
One user responded to Greene's post on Monday saying that she was one who "spoke like Satan"
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) speaks alongside former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump at a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024.
(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
"Marjorie, invoking God to celebrate the death of the Pope is blasphemy in its purest form. That is not righteousness, it is evil disguised in self-righteousness. You do not speak for God. You speak like Satan, twisting faith into hatred, using lies to stoke division. No true follower of Christ rejoices in death or spews venom at a spiritual leader respected by millions. You've turned Christianity into a political weapon, and it's vile," the user wrote.
Greene has not made any other public comments about the Pontiff's death.
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