Marjorie Taylor Greene plans another rifle giveaway to protest hypothetical Harris gun ban
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a rightwing Republican representative, has promised “another gun giveaway soon” as she attacked Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and her hypothetical gun policies and the administration’s Afghanistan pullout.
Greene made the announcement on the anniversary of the chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan. The firebrand shared an old video from her first gun giveaway on social media, showing her holding a .50-caliber rifle that she claims Democrats would ban “if they keep the House.”
“Throwback to three years ago where Kamala Harris proudly claimed she was the ‘last person in the room’ when they oversaw the disastrous pullout of Afghanistan,” Greene wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “I’ll be doing another gun giveaway soon. And it’ll be one she will want banned should she get elected!”
The Biden administration carried out the Trump administration plan negotiated with the Taliban in 2020. However, the hurried pullout in August 2021 allowed the Taliban to seize control of the country and left 13 American soldiers dead in an attack.
A special investigator found in 2022 that decisions made during both the Trump and Biden administrations were behind the Taliban takeover and the rapid defeat of the Afghan military, WSBTV noted. The pullout has become a rallying cry for Republicans to show foreign policy failures by Democrats.
Greene’s newest video also shows the Georgia represenative shooting a vehicle with “socialism” on it until it blow ups.
“I’m going to blow away the Democrat socialist agenda,” the congresswoman added.
She subsequently shared a website allowing people to register for the giveaway “before Joe Biden bans it.”
President Joe Biden ended his campaign for reelection and endorsed Harris