Hi, foreigner here, can any Americans explain why the f MTG’s opinions seem to get a disproportionate amount of coverage even when they’re fairly bland ones like this? As far as I can tell she’s not a member of the cabinet or in any kind of leadership role within the party, or have I missed something?
Is it really just as simple as the press loves to give disproportionate airtime and column inches to far-right demagogues, even when it’s the Guardian?
She has a record of making statements that bear a profound stupidity that attracts attention. She is the originator of the “jewish space laser” meme. She is also on a weird redemption arc (it wont work) but she seems to be more reasonable and is acting more professionally since Trump took office.
TRUMP HAS BEEN ignoring her since he got elected, she probably expected a cabinet seat, more publicity,etc. Shes on a vendetta right now, and the gop really have pushed her out of thier backdoor deals.
Well right now it’s news because… Well, her opinions are reasonable and sometimes even well thought out which, you know, for MTG is news worthy next her usual mode is “Karen on crack cocaine spouting conspiracy theories”
Hi, foreigner here, can any Americans explain why the f MTG’s opinions seem to get a disproportionate amount of coverage even when they’re fairly bland ones like this? As far as I can tell she’s not a member of the cabinet or in any kind of leadership role within the party, or have I missed something?
Is it really just as simple as the press loves to give disproportionate airtime and column inches to far-right demagogues, even when it’s the Guardian?
Bingo.
Now you basically understand how we got here.
Yeah I suspected it might be the case, I was just hoping I was wrong.
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She has a record of making statements that bear a profound stupidity that attracts attention. She is the originator of the “jewish space laser” meme. She is also on a weird redemption arc (it wont work) but she seems to be more reasonable and is acting more professionally since Trump took office.
TRUMP HAS BEEN ignoring her since he got elected, she probably expected a cabinet seat, more publicity,etc. Shes on a vendetta right now, and the gop really have pushed her out of thier backdoor deals.
Just because she’s a provocateur and gets a lot of attention because of it. It’s also breaking ranks so it will get press anyway.
She’s famous for being dumb and extreme, and she was an early Trump diehard. That’s pretty much it.
Well right now it’s news because… Well, her opinions are reasonable and sometimes even well thought out which, you know, for MTG is news worthy next her usual mode is “Karen on crack cocaine spouting conspiracy theories”