In June, Politico uncovered hours of videos in which Greene expressed racist, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic views, including one video in which she said that Muslims do not belong in government (Tlaib and Omar are both Muslim.) Trump has embraced the Georgia congressional candidate: he congratulated her on her primary win last month, and invited her to be a guest at the GOP convention. Chief criticGreene's campaign, when asked if the image was threatening violence, called the question “paranoid and ridiculous” in a statement to Forbes. TangentGreene is one of 15 candidates verified on Twitter who has promoted QAnon with few restrictions, Forbes reported. In a statement to Forbes last month, Twitter said it is “evaluating the expansion of this policy to include candidates and elected officials.”

Source: Forbes September 03, 2020 20:03 UTC