MTG Fires Back at Reporter Over ‘Absurd’ January 6 Obsession [WATCH]

The political and media focus on the events of January 6th continues, despite its diminishing relevance among the American public.

This issue took center stage recently during a heated exchange between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and a reporter, highlighting the stark divide between the concerns of Washington insiders and everyday Americans.

The confrontation occurred as Greene addressed questions about pardons for January 6th participants, many of whom have faced legal challenges.

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President Donald Trump’s pardons of these individuals remain a focal point for media scrutiny, yet Greene argued the issue has little resonance with most Americans.

During the exchange, the reporter questioned Greene about whether she planned to give Capitol tours to those pardoned for their involvement in the January 6th events.

Greene pushed back, criticizing the media’s persistent focus on the topic.

“Is this all you really talk about is the J6ers that got pardoned?” Greene responded. “Okay, are you going to talk about the Biden family that got pardoned? No?” She added, “What about the rapers and killers and murderers that Joe Biden pardoned? There are tons of them. Is that a focus at all?”

The exchange escalated as Greene called out the perceived imbalance in media coverage, contrasting the attention given to January 6th with other pressing issues.

“This insane place up here and all of y’alls obsessions with January 6th is absurd,” Greene said.

“Everybody outside of here is sick and tired of it.”

Greene’s remarks highlighted a growing frustration among many Americans over what they see as a media narrative detached from real-world concerns.

With rising costs of living, economic uncertainty, and issues like border security, Greene argued that Americans have moved on from January 6th and are prioritizing more immediate challenges.

The reporter, however, pressed further, citing Greene’s outspoken support for pardoned January 6th participants.

Greene doubled down, asserting that these individuals had been unfairly treated by the legal system.

“They’re pardoned, and thank God,” she said.

“I hope they go live their lives and can reassemble something back together because they have suffered enough.”

Greene also criticized the media’s lack of focus on other forms of political violence, including incidents involving Antifa and Black Lives Matter protests.

“Go do a story of all the Antifa and BLM people that never served time. Over 95 percent of them,” Greene said.

“Think about that and go do a story on these cities that BLM burned to the ground and they never built back.”

When the reporter pointed out that Speaker Kevin McCarthy had created a select committee to investigate January 6th, Greene dismissed the relevance of the reporter’s question.

“The problem is you people never gave me a fair shot to begin with, and you had all these assumptions, and all these headlines and all these lies,” Greene said.

“People care about the border, the economy, energy. They’re sick and tired of the foreign wars. They hate the media right now. They do, I’m serious.”

After 4 yrs, I’m fed up with Washington DC press.

Your assumptions are ignorant and you are absolutely disconnected and clueless about what is important in life and to Americans.

You have destroyed your credibility.

With social media like X, you can’t lie about me anymore. pic.twitter.com/mC1RXDfBcl

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) January 23, 2025

Greene’s frustration reflects broader public sentiment toward the legacy media.

Polls show declining trust in mainstream news outlets, with many Americans viewing them as more interested in political activism than objective reporting.

For many, the continued focus on January 6th represents a detachment from the issues that impact their daily lives, such as inflation, energy costs, and national security.

The confrontation between Greene and the reporter underscores the widening gap between the concerns of political elites and those of average Americans.

As Greene put it, “This country has real problems to work through,” and for many, the media’s fixation on January 6th is not one of them.

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