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Opinion: Can Marjorie Taylor Greene read?

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in early 2024, listens as House Republicans attempt to impeach former President Joe Biden's Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration's immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in early 2024, listens as House Republicans attempt to impeach former President Joe Biden's Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration's immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in early 2024, listens as House Republicans attempt to impeach former President Joe Biden's Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration's immigration policy at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Short answer: no.

Long answer: Perhaps debatable, but in light of recent events, there isn’t strong evidence to indicate otherwise. As a social media post from her on Tuesday shows, if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can read, she’s not too keen on participating in the practice, especially when it comes to federal legislation.

“Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years,” Greene said on X in reference to President Donald Trump’s 1,038-page One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the U.S. House passed by one vote, including a yes from Greene.

“I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there,” the representative continued. “This needs to be stripped out in the Senate. When the OBBB comes back to the House for approval after Senate changes, I will not vote for it with this in it.”

Now, for everyone who thinks that members of Congress should read bills before they vote on them, let’s try and give Greene the benefit of the doubt here. Maybe, just maybe, Marjorie can’t read. Her history in Congress certainly wouldn’t lead one to believe the representative is literate.