I'm starting today with something that is the perfect nexus of ignorance and nationalism,
I think is the way I would put it, the unhinged nationalism, in fact, of some of the new Trumpy
and members of Congress really knows no bounds. And it even now is being applied to American
territories whose residents are citizens of the United States. And I'm talking about none other
than radical, outrageous, disgusting, depraved and delusional. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green,
of course, of Jewish space laser fame, she said at a side panel, a sort of breakout session at CPAC
a couple of weeks ago, that American taxpayer money shouldn't go to foreign countries like
wait for it, Guam. Now, Guam is, of course, an American territory. The people of Guam are
American citizens. The reason it took us a couple of weeks to hear about this, even though CPAC was
a couple of weeks ago, is that it was at one of these breakout sessions. So what we watched on TV
from CPAC, that wasn't all. They also had breakout sessions with smaller groups where a lot of the
things I said were even nuttier and even more ignorant, if you can imagine that it was filmed.
Here is Marjorie Taylor Green saying no more money for foreign countries like
Guam, where everybody's an American citizen. And I wanted to take my regular person, normal,
everyday American values, which is we love our country. We believe our hard earned tax dollars
should just go for America, not for what China, Russia, the middle class. If we want to put money
into schools, if we want to build a border wall, we want it right here at home, no more money
for foreign countries like Guam. This reminded me, of course,
and I think it reminded many, many others of the whole Puerto Ricans should go back to
their country. Puerto Ricans, of course, are American. There is no country to go back to.
It's part of the United States. And on a serious note, this really does reinforce the importance of
normalizing the status of places like Puerto Rico and Guam and others. Green, as an elected official
should know what is part of the United States and what is not. But this is also another reminder, as
if we needed one, that the way we deal with Puerto Rico and Guam and others like American Samoa,
it really makes no sense. In many ways. We do treat them as if they are foreign countries.
There are different statuses for different territories. People born on American Samoa,
for example, are U.S. nationals, but they're not U.S. citizens. People from Puerto Rico and Guam
are U.S. citizens at birth. It's a mess and it needs to be fixed. But what foreign country does
she think Guam is anyway? Now, Marjorie Taylor Green is a moron. Yes, she has no business being
in the House of Representatives. And this proves that there needs to be serious consideration given
to the status of overseas territories. She's in Congress. She should know, without a doubt.
But the truth is, if you ask your average person in the street, is Guam its own country or a U.S.
territory, many people would have no idea. This isn't completely unique to the United States. I
think if you go to the UK and you ask people about some of the more obscure British territories,
I think many people in the UK also wouldn't know. But the issue is people in government should know.
And these territories, as far as the U.S. is concerned, do not have adequate representation
in their own government. So it's particularly it's a it's a vicious cycle when they don't
have adequate representation. And then our elected officials sometimes don't even know that they are
lacking the representation because they don't even know that it's part of the United States
unless it's convenient for some other reason. Like, for example,
when Republicans want to talk about how bad a job a Democratic president is doing on controlling
North Korea, they will say North Korea could hit U.S. territories with missiles like Guam, then
it's convenient. Then all of a sudden they figure out Guam is a U.S. territory. There are many
Americans who don't realize Puerto Rico's part of the US. Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens. There are
some Americans who think New Mexico is part of Mexico rather than a US state. There's plenty of
ignorance to go around, but Marjorie Taylor Green is an elected official and it's very politically
relevant. So just another confirmation that she has no business, no business whatsoever serving
in government. And hopefully she will either not run for reelection in 2022 or be voted out in a
bloodbath election. Let's hope for the latter. I think it would be more more entertaining.