Instead of feeling embarrassed for getting into a public dispute with a reporter, Georgia Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene bragged Wednesday that she told a reporter from England in the U.K. to “go back to your country” after being asked a question comparing gun violence in the U.S. to the U.K.
On Twitter, Greene posted the clip in which a reporter confronted her regarding the increase in gun violence across the country. “We don’t have guns in the U.K., that is true, but we don’t have mass shootings either,” the reporter commented to Greene at a press conference. “Children aren’t scared to go to school.”
Instead of addressing, Greene the issue attacked the reporter. “You have mass stabbings, lady. You have all kinds of murder and you’ve got laws against that.”
To which the reporter replied: “Nothing like the same rates here.”
Of course, like other Republicans who act out instead of dealing with the facts, Greene resorted to dismissive and rude language.
“Well, you can go back to your country and worry about your no guns. We like ours here,” Greene said. But that’s not all—she then took to Twitter to boast about the fact that she told a reporter to go back to their country.
While some like Greene argue that the U.K. has a higher homicide rate, statistics say otherwise. Not only is the U.S. homicide rate four times higher than that of the U.K., but almost 80% of U.S. murders in 2020 involved a firearm, HuffPost reported. The U.S. infamously takes the lead in gun deaths when compared to any other developed nation due to its lack of strict gun control laws.
Despite a bipartisan gun bill clearing passage in the Senate Tuesday, Greene and many of her colleagues still insist gun control legislation is not needed. She even called out the names of Republican senators who voted to proceed with the bill, noting these are people “Republican voters do not support anymore.”
“We’ve gotta change our Republican Party,” she said.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Greene attacked officials of her own party who had agreed on gun reform legislation.
Hours after the news broke that 10 Senate Democrats and 10 Senate Republicans were able to agree on bipartisan legislation, Greene then took to Twitter to attack the lawmakers over their willingness to work with Democrats to pass legislation.
It’s no surprise that Greene is not only wrong about the homicide rates in the U.S. but also where Americans stand in supporting stricter gun laws. A recent poll by the Morning Consult/Politico found that a majority of Americans actually support better gun control policies.
According to the June 10 to 12 poll, 68% of U.S. voters support stricter gun control laws, higher than the previous record of 66%, which was set after the 2019 mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Researchers noted the increase in support for stricter gun control followed the May 14 shooting in Buffalo, New York, and May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.