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2022-10-20 Home Front: Politix

MTG's tribute to Confederate soldiers hilariously backfires

[Yahoo] Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene posted an image of herself intended to defend monuments to the Confederacy, but the lawmaker inadvertantly highlighted a monument paying tribute to the Union, The Daily Beastreported.

The Republican firebrand posted an image of herself at the the Wilder Monument in Chickamuaga, Georgia on Truth Social, former president Donald Trump’s media platform he created after Twitter banned him.

“Tonight, I stopped at the Wilder Monument in Chickamuaga, GA, which honors the soldiers of the Wilder Brigade,” she said. “I will always defend our nation’s history!”

But the Wilder Brigade fought for the Union. Colonel John T Wilder and led a brigade with wild horses from the Tennessee countryside and turned his brigade into an armed infantry with the seven-shot Spencer repeating rifle, according to Iron Brigadier.

On 18 September 1863, the brigade saved the Union Army when it helped stave off the Confederate army at Alexander’s Bridge, according to the Indiana government’s website. Two days later, the Lightning Brigade, as it was known, repelled the charges of the Confederate Army’s divison and counter-attacked the South.

There are a number of articles in this vein from various sources, mocking the honourable Congresswoman for her earnest ignorance. But one is reminded of a similar gotcha attempt when Sarah Palin was running as John McCain’s vice president, when it turned out she was actually correct, having a considerably deeper knowledge of Revolutionary history than her critics.

Posted by Penguin of the Desert 2022-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11168 views ] Top

#1 Interesting. Are we to believe that Union commemorations will not be removed once Confederate one’s are finished. The goal is dissolution of American identity. Not venerate the North. The culture is being dissolved.

Posted by Jefe101 2022-10-20 02:15|| 2022-10-20 02:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Where is her statement she is honoring a monument to the Confederacy? Did the writer at Yahoo make that part up?

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-10-20 06:53|| 2022-10-20 06:53|| Front Page Top

#3 #1 Old news - they started that last year with tearing down stautes of Lincoln... even the Founders were not safe. But yes, the dissolution of the culture is the goal - and they've very nearly succeeded. We have 2 years to reverse course.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-10-20 09:02|| 2022-10-20 09:02|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the writer just believed she was stupid and racist. There is nothing here to suggest she got the wrong statue and she should force them to make a correction.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-10-20 09:29|| 2022-10-20 09:29|| Front Page Top

#5 They have toppled statues of abolishonists.
They will topple any statue.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-10-20 09:29|| 2022-10-20 09:29|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 - they learned from the Taliban and ISIS how to erase history by destroying ancient relics

Posted by Warthog 2022-10-20 09:36|| 2022-10-20 09:36|| Front Page Top

#7 "Erase Idolatry!"
Wait...wasn't somebody else already doing that?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 10:11|| 2022-10-20 10:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Ah, the Yahoo writer just assigning beliefs.

"Yahoo typer makes an internet search, discovers Union Forces spent time in the Confederate States, had mentionable moments."

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-20 10:27|| 2022-10-20 10:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Box of doughnuts says the Yahoo Typer put down 7-shot rifle, and visioned seven barrels, thought "That would take a long time to reload!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-10-20 10:29|| 2022-10-20 10:29|| Front Page Top

#10

Posted by Skidmark 2022-10-20 11:31|| 2022-10-20 11:31|| Front Page Top

#11 It’s Yahoo. What do you expect?

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2022-10-20 12:04|| 2022-10-20 12:04|| Front Page Top

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