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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Understanding Marjorie Taylor Greene's influence in a Republican-controlled House

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene will be a potent force in the Republican Controlled House. What will she do with her influence? Robert Draper and Tia Mitchell join Meghna Chakrabarti.

Transcript

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1:00.4

This is on point. I'm Megna Chacrabardi. Before she became Marjorie Taylor Green, Republican

1:06.4

Representative for Georgia's 14th District, the young Marjorie Taylor was like many other

1:12.4

teens in the 1990s. She had blonde bangs, the turtleneck sweaters. She was in the Spanish

1:18.5

club and managed this awkward team at South Force High School in coming Georgia about

1:23.3

an hour and a half north of Atlanta. She was not involved in student government. That's

1:28.7

according to reporting from Elena Platt-Colabro of the Atlantic. Cullabro had dozens of conversations

1:35.1

with Green's friends, classmates, teachers, members in the community, and she says Green

1:40.1

was well liked by her classmates. They describe her as nice to everyone, upbeat, and with

1:47.4

tons of confidence. But she didn't seem to make an impression on her teachers. They had no

1:53.2

recollection of her whatsoever. In fact, I can't tell you how many old faculty or staff

1:59.5

of her high school that I talked to, who said that the first time that her name kind of

2:05.8

took meaning for them was when she started getting in the news constantly. So I have a line

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