Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene fired back at Mayor Adams’ Monday admonition for her and others planning to protest Donald Trump’s pending indictment to “be on your best behavior.”
“Delusional @NYCMayor is trying to intimidate, threaten, and stop me from using my 1st amendment rights to peacefully protest the Democrat’s unconstitutional weaponization of our justice system against our top Republican Presidential candidate, President Trump,” the Republican firebrand wrote on Twitter.
“Mayor Adams should be more concerned about NY citizens and taxpayers being murdered, raped, robbed, and carjacked than an elected Member of Congress coming to town,” she added, repeating a popular right-wing talking point.
“Or should I be the one concerned that the mayor of NYC will weaponize his government or maybe his thugs like DA Alvin Bragg against me?” Greene concluded.
I’m here in NY to protest with my voice against the weaponization of the justice system on innocent President Trump, but the counter protestors are coming to commit assault that can cause audible damage to everyone’s ears including NYPD.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 4, 2023
But Mayor Adams warns me by name!
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Her social media outburst came after Adams, a Democrat, warned “rabble rousers” planning to protest Trump’s expected arraignment outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday.
“While there may be some rabble rousers thinking about coming to our city tomorrow, our message is clear and simple: Control yourselves,” the mayor said at a City Hall press conference. “New York City’s our home — not a playground for your misplaced anger.
“Although we have no specific threats, people like Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is known to spread misinformation and hate speech, she stated she’s coming to town. While you’re in town, be on your best behavior,” he added.
Adams said he wasn’t worried about public safety ahead of Tuesday.
“I really have a lack of concern,” he said. “We are prepared.’’
"People stir stuff up all the time,” Hizzoner added.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) warned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to "be on your best behavior" after the Republican firebrand said she will travel to the city to protest former President Donald Trump's indictment.
In response, Greene accused Adams of “threatening” her, and claimed a “delusional” Adams was “trying to intimidate, threaten, and stop me from using my 1st amendment rights to peacefully protest the Democrat’s unconstitutional weaponization of our justice system against our top Republican Presidential candidate, President Trump
Delusional @NYCMayor is trying to intimidate, threaten, and stop me from using my 1st amendment rights to peacefully protest the Democrat’s unconstitutional weaponization of our justice system against our top Republican Presidential candidate, President Trump.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 3, 2023
Mayor Adams should…
“Should I be the one concerned that the mayor of NYC will weaponize his government or maybe his thugs like DA Alvin Bragg against me?” Greene added
In the aftermath of Trump’s indictment, Greene has publicly called for protests on his behalf, and will be leading her own protest near the New York City courthouse on Tuesday afternoon. Adams’ fear that protests may turn violent is not unfounded. Prominent Republican pundits have characterized the charges against Trump as a ploy to goad his supporters into recreating Jan. 6. As previously reported by Rolling Stone, law enforcement agencies have seen an uptick in threats of violence in the weeks leading up to the indictment.
On the day of the indictment, Greene accused Democrats of targeting Trump in order to engineer civil war. “They want to push us into reacting so they can use their weaponized government to lock us all up,” she railed on Twitter. “Democrats want civil war.”
“As emotions run high and we see a politicization of the legal process by the Manhattan DA’s office, Rep. William’s believes his time, energy, and focus is best suited on serving the needs of Central New York and the Mohawk Valley and will be spending the day in-district with his constituents,” said Taylor Weyeneth, a spokesperson for Williams, in an email to Gothamist.
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