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5:20Now PlayingMarjorie Taylor Greene attempts to prove she isn't racist with incredibly racist argument that completely backfires in her face with instant internet uproar. John Iadarola and Francesca Fiorentini break it down on The Damage Report.
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Video of Marjorie Taylor Greene attempting to prove she's not racist backfires disastrously
"WASHINGTON, D.C.: Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Representative from Georgia's 14th District, came under massive Internet scrutiny after her remarks on racism caused an unintended effect.
Greene, the author of the book 'MTG', while trying to deliver a racially neutral comment, made a stance that indirectly linked Black people with laziness.
What did Marjorie Taylor Greene say?
Greene, while citing a 2017 opinion piece by American jurist Ekow N. Yankah published in The New York Times, talked about racism.
The 49-year-old Congresswoman read out the sentence "Likewise, despite centuries of exclusion and robust evidence of continuing racism, minority underemployment is often couched in the language of bad choices and personal responsibility" from the opinion piece titled, "Can My Children Be Friends With White People?""
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