U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) came under fire from a Democratic congressman accusing her of spreading “conspiracy theories and wild accusations” about the COVID-19 vaccine after she told an expert witness testifying in committee, “I’m not a doctor but I have a PhD in recognizing bullshit when I hear it.”
Rather than use her time to ask questions of the expert witness, Greene delivered a five-minute anti-vax speech that included several falsehoods during Thursday’a hearing.
“I do need to apologize to the 1000 or so parents of children who are under four years of age who have died of COVID 19 who were unvaccinated because there were deaths and are continuing to be deaths in children and that is the reason why they need to get vaccinated,” said Dr. Peter Marks, a hematologist oncologist who is the FDA’s director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
“That is the level of insanity and attacks that we’re having here as we actually debate the lives saved around vaccinations,” Garcia added. “Now, this same member has also held shadow public hearings, promoting ideas that COVID is a bioweapon to target people with specific races and the vaccines, and I quote, cause turbo cancers.”
with MTG looking on, Rep. Garcia displays one of her vaccine misinformation tweets and has an expert witness debunk it. The witness apologizes on MTG's behalf to the parents of children who had died from covid, and says that's why getting vaccinated is so important. pic.twitter.com/rP3fvg2OHq
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 15, 2024