American Evolution 2024

Born in the USA: The ‘stolen election’ and other wild lies roiling American politics

From conservative cores to cosmopolitan corridors, hollowed-out heartland to cloud economies, follow US Bureau Chief Bhagyashree Garekar on a journey across the United States ahead of its presidential election in November.

US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene with Donald Trump at a campaign event in Rome, Georgia, on March 9. Known by her initials MTG, she is a Trump loyalist who believes the 2020 election was “stolen” from him. PHOTO: AFP
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ROME (Georgia) – Just as the United States House of Representatives was voting on a funding Bill to avert a government shutdown at midnight on March 22, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.

She said she was upset about more money being allocated for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Bill, without providing for more stringent border security measures, among other things. 

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