Matt Gaetz tells MAGA fans ‘to use the Second Amendment’ against Silicon Valley for ‘cancelling’ conservatives while Marjorie Taylor Greene impersonates a CARTEL MEMBER as the embattled Republicans’ America First tour reaches Georgia
- Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene on Thursday continued their tour
- They were in Dalton, Georgia – her constituency – for the America First rally
- Greene amused her constituents with an impression of a Mexican in a cartel
- She was unrepentant about her comments comparing masks to the Holocaust
- Greene insisted she would not wear a face mask in Congress, despite the rules
- Gaetz spoke at length about the Second Amendment, to cheers from the crowd
- He said they had an ‘obligation’ to use it on Big Tech that censor conservatives
- Gaetz also told the crowd the Second Amendment was meant for insurrection
- Republican Adam Kinzinger was among those condemning Gaetz’s remarks
Matt Gaetz has told his supporters that they have an ‘obligation’ to use their Second Amendment rights against Silicon Valley firms, in retaliation for their blocking of conservatives like Donald Trump.
Greene entertained her constituents in Dalton, 100 miles north of Atlanta, with her impressions of Mexican cartel members, who she said were delighted by the surge in migrant arrivals under President Joe Biden.
‘The cartels love the Democrats,’ said Greene.
‘Yeah, they’re down there like this: ‘We’re makin’ a lotta money off of Biden. Joe Biden!’
‘That’s my really bad Mexican accent.’
It was Gaetz, however, who provoked the most anger with his calls for an armed assault on tech firms.
He accused them of silencing conservatives like Trump, who has been banned since the beginning of this year for inciting the January 6 riot.
‘The internet’s hall monitors out in Silicon Valley, they think they can suppress us, discourage us.
‘Maybe if you are just a little less patriotic. Maybe if you just conform to their way of thinking a little more, you’ll be allowed to participate in the digital world.
‘But you know what, Silicon Valley can’t cancel this movement, or this rally, or this congressman.
‘We have a Second Amendment in this country, and I think we have an obligation to use it.’
Gaetz’s comments were immediately condemned by his fellow Republican representative, Adam Kinzinger, for Illinois.
Kinzinger, who is vocal in his condemnation of the pro-Trump wing of the party, tweeting in response to the clip: ‘This is not speech protected by the first amendment. This is beyond yelling fire in a theater.’
Gaetz, 39, also issued a thinly-veiled threat about overthrowing the government.
‘The Second Amendment – this is a little history lesson for all the fake news media,’ he said.
‘The Second Amendment is not about, it’s not about hunting, it’s not about recreation, it’s not about sports.
‘The Second Amendment is about maintaining, within the citizenry, the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government if that becomes necessary.
‘I hope it never does, but it sure is important to recognize the founding principles of this nation, and to make sure that they are fully understood.