Marjorie Taylor Greene—Republican Representative from Georgia and staunch QAnon conspiracy believer—randomly declared herself the winner of a recent debate against her Democratic opponent Marcus Flowers in Georgia.
The debate in question—part of the Atlanta Press Club’s 2022 Loudermilk-Young Debate series—definitely didn't seem to have gone as well for Greene as she seems to think.
At least not to many outside observers.
During the debate she supposedly won, Greene responded to Flowers citing her involvement in the January 6 attack on the Capitol and calling her an "insurrectionist" by insisting she was "a victim of the January 6 riot as much as any other member of Congress."
She went on to accuse Flowers of defamation while wagging a finger at him:
“You cannot accuse me of insurrection. I was a victim of the January 6 riots as any other member of Congress."
“That was the third day I had on the job, I had nothing to do with what happened there that day, and I will not have you accuse me of that."
"That is wrong of you to do, you are lying about me and you will not defame my character in that manner.”
He responded, returning the gesture:
"Absolutely. But you pushed a big lie that said he did not win the election. And you drove those people over the Capitol on January 6 with your lie.”
Greene went on to parrot Trump's frequent claim there was widespread election fraud in 2020, and insisted her husband—who filed for divorce last month—had proof.
The moderator, local news anchor and investigative journalist Karyn Greer, then stepped in and got the debate back on track.
After the debate, Greene took to Instagram to post this:
However there was a problem with Greene's Insta post.
Reality begged to differ.
\u201cTonight at our debate, Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed she was a victim of January 6.\n\nShe\u2019s wrong. The brave law enforcement officers were the real victims.\u201d— Marcus Flowers (@Marcus Flowers) 1665961987
\u201cIf you're going to lie in a major public debate, you should know folks will have receipts.\n\nMarjorie Taylor Greene said she was a J6 victim.\nThat was a big lie, of course.\n\nAnd @janamorsecode had the receipts.\nhttps://t.co/r42La6ZtIj\u201d— BrooklynDad_Defiant!\u262e\ufe0f (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!\u262e\ufe0f) 1666002600
\u201c\u201cIf you truly believe that, I\u2019m praying for you.\u201d Marjorie Taylor Greene goes on wild rant at debate about the Democratic Party being the party of \u201cchild abuse\u201d. Her opponent, Marcus Flowers, lets her have it.\u201d— Mike Sington (@Mike Sington) 1665997394
\u201cWay to go, Marjorie Taylor Greene\n\nI think you almost made the debate moderator cry\ud83e\udd23\nhttps://t.co/Ped3C49HKb\u201d— lauras4Trump (@lauras4Trump) 1666022947
People let Greene know their thoughts on her debate performance on Instagram...
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...and Twitter.
\u201c@RonFilipkowski\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1665962702
\u201c@RonFilipkowski Really Marjorie, \nyou think you won?\n\n\ud83e\udd14 I don't see how that's possible when you didn't say "Let's go Brandon" once\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1665962702
\u201c@RonFilipkowski\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1665962702
\u201c@_The_Phantom_1_ @RonFilipkowski And keep on asking until she wins.\n\n100 bucks she will not accept defeat\u201d— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1665962702
— Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ron Filipkowski \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1665962702
\u201c@jennobenno @MKalam67 @Marcus4Georgia I applaud him for keeping his composure \ud83d\udc99\nI loved how he turned away from her, smiled & raised his eyebrows while directly looking into the camera\u2026.the best WTF moment \ud83e\udd29\u201d— Jennifer Bennon (@Jennifer Bennon) 1665957845
\u201cJust listened to Marcus Flowers and MTG debate . For Gods sake what planet does she live on to claim victory. Marcus remained calm, dignified and on point as opposed to MTG who sounded like howling banshees.\u201d— Diboba (@Diboba) 1665983099
Greene may truly believe she won the debate but, from the number of calls on social media for voters to choose Flowers, it would seem a lot of voters disagree.