Responding to an expert’s statement that “about 3.2 million” American lives have been saved by vaccines against Covid, with “over 14 million lives” saved globally, the far-right Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene said: “I’m not a doctor, but I have a PhD in recognising bullshit when I hear it.”

On Capitol Hill on Thursday, Greene attended a hearing staged by the House oversight select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic.

The expert Greene responded to, Dr Peter Marks, the director of biologics evaluation and research at the Food and Drug Administration, also described how at the height of the pandemic in the US, “about 3,300 [people], about a World Trade Center disaster a day”, were dying of Covid-19, contributing to a death toll of more than 1.1m.

Marks later apologised to viewers, after Greene claimed children should not be given Covid vaccines.

Greene, from Georgia, is a former CrossFit gym owner, conspiracy theorist and controversialist who entered Congress in 2021 and has assumed an influential position in a House Republican caucus controlled by the far right.

  • gregorum
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    9 months ago

    She claims “bullshit” because she doesn’t believe 14 million is a real number. Or any number above 6,000, the age of our Lord’s holy, flat Earth, amen.

    (Lmao, /s obvs)

  • Flying Squid
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    “I’m not a doctor, but I have a PhD in recognising bullshit when I hear it.”

    I guarantee you that she thinks this makes her sound tough. And not extremely stupid.

    • @inclementimmigrant
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      169 months ago

      That’s because her Republican base tells her she sounded tough and very smart.

    • @hydrospanner
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      109 months ago

      Right?

      Like… Marge…please… we’re all just surprised you can spell PhD correctly.

      • Admiral Patrick
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        49 months ago

        We shouldn’t sink to her level.

        However, if someone were to press up and fart through her mail slot, I’d be okay with that.

        • @Dkarma
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          49 months ago

          We absolutely should.

          There nothing wrong with political eye for eye

          • @Jimmyeatsausage
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            59 months ago

            It’s right in that book they all love to quote so much… I think after the incest story, but before the part that says she has to leave the city during menstruation.

          • Flying Squid
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            19 months ago

            I think they’re suggesting political white eye for political brown eye.

        • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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          Last time someone took a submarine down there it was a television event

    • @Donjuanme
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      39 months ago

      Dunning-kruger effect of bullshit spotting??

  • @Bobmighty
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    309 months ago

    Stupid fucking hick says stupid hick shit.

  • @[email protected]
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    299 months ago

    Le sigh.

    Reliving the hits, now? Gonna go for getting more of your base killed by shilling medical conspiracy theories? Because COVID still kills people, especially the unvaccinated.

  • beaxingu
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    259 months ago

    Marjorie Taylor Greene is a walking joke. she gives hill billy’s a bad name.

    • @NateNate60
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      129 months ago

      Expert with years of experience and spent decades studying the subject vs second-dumbest woman in Congress

  • @[email protected]
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    259 months ago

    Experts: Using rigorous science and data gathering, we’ve come to the conclusion among us that the vaccine was effective in saving lives.

    MTG, a genius: Nuh-uh!

  • @marx2k
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    249 months ago

    Qanon Jewish space lasers has a great radar for bullshit. Totally.

  • @Sludgehammer
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    199 months ago

    Somebody should attack her for doubting the vaccine Trump developed took credit for.

  • @Beryl
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    199 months ago

    Noted epidemiologist Marjorie Taylor Green

  • @Passerby6497
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    189 months ago

    Why do we care about Nazi Barbie’s uneducated opinion on anything? Quit giving the idiot headlines and eventually she’ll go away like the idiot who could see Russia from her snl sketch.

  • @Yokozuna
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    159 months ago

    “He’s Dr. Tran, and He’s got a PhD in KICKING-YOUR-ASS”

  • CarniMoss
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    149 months ago

    I hate my state for allowing this foul thing to be anywhere near power

    • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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      39 months ago

      You know I just realized I’ve never had Georgia BBQ so I figured I’d ask, it’s good, right? Y’all have at least contributed some deliciousness to the world and that make y’all OK.

      • CarniMoss
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        29 months ago

        True. Just be sure to try the Hispanic food here too. Nothing slaps like tostones with mac n cheese, barbeque chicken, and a tall glass of sweet tea. 🤤

  • @[email protected]
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    129 months ago

    Well, I do at least believe she has a PHD in bullshit. She spews so much every single day, that she must truly be a professional in the field.

    • Flying Squid
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      59 months ago

      That’s why her degree is in recognizing bullshit. All she had to do was take a photo of herself and present it as her thesis.

    • @Agrivar
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      but, if she had a PhD in Bullshit then she would be a doctor!