Written by Nick Carraway.

Majorie Taylor Greene said something puzzling in her defense before the Republican caucus. This is the one where half of the caucus decided to give her a standing ovation in spite of the fact that she never really apologized for the statements made. At least not directly.

She of course admitted that she believed 9/11 actually happened. That’s awfully nice of her. Of course, I wasn’t there, so I didn’t hear every word, but I have yet to hear anything directly addressed death threats on Nancy Pelosi or the myriad of kooky theories she has been broadcasting. What she did say was that “she was allowed to believe those things.”

I’m a reasonably well educated guy and I’ve spent the better part of a day trying to figure exactly what she is trying to say there. Who exactly was supposed to prevent her from believing anything? Whose responsibility was it if it wasn’t her own? As is usual these days, I was hit with an answer when I was perusing my own social media and ran into conservative friends and their posts.

The pattern is inescapable. Someone shares a tweet, Instargram post, or meme written by someone else that they agree with. Everything is fine until you call them on the offensiveness of the post they shared. How could they possibly think such a thing? Except they claim they don’t. They were just sharing what someone else had produced.

I could produce a number of examples, but I think you all have seen enough examples for yourselves. I can only assume that MTG has somehow convinced herself that she hasn’t really said anything outrageous. She’s just shared what others have been saying. It’s the ex-president’s “people are saying” gamut.. Well, who’s saying? Why are you sharing it if you don’t agree with it? Thankfully, at least MTG was left out in the wilderness in terms of committees, but we know we haven’t heard the last from her. Then again, maybe we have. Maybe we will just continue to hear her voice quoting others that she may or may not choose to agree with.”

Nick.