Marjorie Taylor Greene leads GOP revolt against "pro-pedophile" Republicans voting for Judge Jackson
SalonRep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., triggered an online calamity on Monday after three Republican senators signaled support to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court, calling all three Republicans "pro-pedophile." RELATED: Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation hearings into a QAnon circus On Monday, Greene's tweet drew a maelstrom of criticism from her detractors, many of whom pointed out that Georgia Republican herself is a close friend and ally of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who remains stepped in a federal investigation of child sex trafficking allegations. "Romney wants a pedophile apologist in the supreme court, your kids fighting WW3 & masks on our faces," echoed Joe Kent, a Republican congressional candidate for Washington. RELATED: Why Republican cries about Robert Bork still ring hollow Meanwhile, Mollie Hemingway, Editor-in-Chief of right-wing news site The Federalist, added to the chorus by way of intimation, claiming that "the only new info since voted against a few months ago was increased awareness of her' 'soft-on-pedos' approach, which makes this new Romney position super interesting."