No One Wants to Read Marjorie Taylor-Greene’s Memoir
These days, celebrities, politicians, and those who love to pretend they’re somewhere in between, are coming up with memoirs like their Instagram feed posts. It wasn’t surprising that Marjorie Taylor-Greene, the Georgia Republican known for spreading conspiracy theorists and sowing intraparty discord on the House floor, felt like it was time for hers to come out. Regardless if she’d actually only been a lawmaker for three years.
The memoir promised her take on the January 6 insurrection, featuring “inside stories about the Swamp you won’t hear anywhere else,” and a part about “Jewish Space Lasers,” or the conspiracy theory she’s been trying to spread about the Rothschild banking family.
Perhaps to her surprise though, the book, called MTG — her initials, to the uninitiated, is shaping up to be a total flop. Or so it says on Amazon, in case she comes up with a new conspiracy to explain the numbers. As of Tuesday afternoon, it’s at the 6,000th spot (up from almost the 9,000th spot on Monday) on Amazon’s bestseller list, and is #16 in Political Commentary & Opinion.
While it may slightly be picking up, for comparison, the audiobook of Ted Cruz’s memoir, Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America, which was released on November 7, is ranked 5th in Political Commentary & Opinion, while the book is 456th overall.
Rubbing salt in the wound, MTG has only gotten 1.8 out of 5 stars from eight readers on Amazon. None of these reviews, so far, and at least from a typical person’s perspective, have been flattering.
“I was a huge supporter of MTG and voted for her 2 times. But this book is garbage,” one reviewer wrote after giving the memoir 1 out of 5 stars.
Another accused it of being full of lies, saying “The only thing in this book that is truthful is her name. Was going to buy it for family for Christmas but glad I read it first.”
The funniest review? “America First? Printed in Canada. Filled with lies,” said a reviewer who also gave 1 out of 5 stars. Another dismissed it as a “boring mistake,” adding “This book is far from any reality and full of imaginations. Don’t waste your time.”
But she appears to be unbothered, so far. A review from The Guardian says the memoir “reads like an audition for the No. 2 slot on the 2024 Republican presidential ticket.” Vanity Fair also ponders if it was indeed written for a very specific audience, e.g. Donald Trump.
And it could very well be. It was published by Trump’s publishing company, and also begins with the former president calling Greene “one of the most fierce warriors in Congress for America First and all it stands for.”
The memoir has also nudged Greene back into the QAnon fold. The progressive media watchdog Media Matters reported that Greene appeared on a QAnon-linked TV show on November 22 to promote her book. Just two years ago after she was elected, she attempted to disavow the debunked conspiracy theory and distance herself from it.
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