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  • 2022-06-10 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Say Jan. 6 Defendants Had Rights 'Fragrantly Violated?' (en)
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  • In June 2022, as a U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee held public hearings on its investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, some right-wing observers railed against what they perceived as the committee's biases and pre-judgments. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for example, sought to highlight what she presented as the plight of individuals accused of various crimes in relation to the Jan. 6 attack. However, according to a viral video that surfaced on June 9, the freshman representative — who has advanced various conspiracy theories and made numerous inflammatory remarks, especially about Democratic opponents — tripped over her own words in making her point. A video clip posted by Aaron Rupar and boosted by Green's political adversary U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., contained the caption, hate it when my rights are fragrantly [sic] violated, and appeared to show Greene at one point during a speech on the House floor say, And why their due process rights are being so fragrantly and horrifically violated? The clip was viewed nearly 5 million times in one day. That footage was authentic and not the result of digital manipulation. As a result, we are issuing a rating of Correct Attribution. During a House speech on June 9, Greene did indeed incorrectly use the word fragrantly to describe what she presented as violations of the rights of Jan. 6 defendants. A transcript of the relevant section of her remarks is below: Fragrant is an adjective that means sweet-smelling and derives from the Latin verb fragrare — to emit a strong and pleasant odor. Presumably, Greene instead intended to use the word flagrantly, the adverbial form of flagrant — an adjective that means obvious, emphatic, or blatant and typically describes an offense or wrong. For example, U.S. President Joe Biden on June 9 described the attack on the Capitol as a clear, flagrant violation of the Constitution. Flagrant is derived from the Latin verb flagrare — to burn or glow. Greene did not correct her mistake during the remainder of her remarks, but it's clear that she simply misspoke, rather than geniunely intending to use the wrong word. This is underlined by the fact that the Congressional Record transcript of her remarks replaced the word fragrantly with flagrantly. (en)
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