Taylor Greene Hearing Long on Theatrics, Short on Answers (1)

April 22, 2022, 8:03 PM UTCUpdated: April 22, 2022, 9:39 PM UTC

More than three hours into a hearing into whether Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) supported an insurrection, an attorney representing Georgia voters seeking to block her from reelection played a scene from “Independence Day,” the 25-year-old movie about aliens attacking Washington.

Attorney Andrew Celli said he wanted to show that Greene stole her call for supporters to “not go quietly into the night,” from the actor playing the president in the movie. The actor was rallying fighter pilots against the aliens, Celli said, one of several references he made to the United States’ violent fight for independence from Great Britain ...

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