Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked over ‘incompetent woman’ post: ‘Check the mirror’

Marjorie Taylor Greene has been ridiculed for branding Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle an “incompetent woman” with swathes of social media users urging the congresswoman to “check the mirror”.

The Georgia representative was one of 15 lawmakers – 12 Republicans and three Democrats – who called on Cheatle to stand down or be dismissed over the agency’s response to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

On Tuesday, just one day after she was blasted by lawmakers in a fiery hearing before the House Oversight Committee, Cheatle resigned from her post.

“As your director, I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in the letter to staff. “In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that, I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director.”

During Monday’s bipartisan grilling, the agency’s director failed to answer basic questions about the attempted assassination of Trump at a Pennsylvania rally on July 13, as she admitted it was the “most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades”. Trump sustained a bullet wound to the ear while one man in the crowd was shot dead by 20-year-old Thomas Crooks.

Afterwards, Taylor Greene joined the chorus of congressional furor on social media as she shared her disdain about Cheatle initially refusing to stand down.

“I’ve never seen a more incompetent woman in my life,” the Georgia lawmaker wrote, before accusing the Secret Service boss of a cover up and suggesting she may be “complicit” in Trump’s shooting.

Instead of simply agreeing with the 50-year-old Republican, social media users were quick to point out the perceived hypocrisy with her statement.

“MTG needs to look in the mirror,” one X user quipped.

“Look into a