Marjorie Taylor Greene Accidentally Turns 'Indictable' Into Dirty Word
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) became the subject of social media snark after a video of her mispronouncing the word “indictable” went viral Thursday.
Greene’s gaffe actually occurred Tuesday during a meeting by the House Homeland Security Committee that was debating whether or not Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkasshould be impeached for his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border crisis.
But one mispronunciation turned her statement into a hilarious mess.
“This historical evidence is overwhelming that the Founding Fathers intended impeachment to be used to deal with the commission of ‘in-dick-table’ crimes and the abuse of power,” she said.
Not surprisingly, many users on X, formerly Twitter, were greatly amused at Greene’s unintentional double entendre ― with some of them making a callback to last summer when she displayed what looked like naked pictures of Hunter Biden during a meeting by the House Oversight Committee.
She can’t get Hunter off her mind https://t.co/STWAjDKbRK
— George Conway (@gtconway3 on threads.net) (@gtconway3d) February 1, 2024
Visions of Hunter’s junk intrude on every waking minute of her day. https://t.co/Bf9D7SiP1H
— Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) (@ColMoeDavis) February 1, 2024
Guess what is constantly on her single-lane mind? https://t.co/9Z3TGi80XO
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) February 1, 2024
Some wondered the exact meaning of “in-dick-ta-ble.”
Isn’t an in-dick-ta-ble crime what Lauren Boebert does in theaters? https://t.co/HMpnYhT4zH
— Four Seasons Total Landscaping (@TotalSeasons) February 1, 2024
Others subtly suggested the Georgia congresswoman might not be an intellectual giant.
Now that I think about it, I’ve never seen Marge and a box of rocks together in the same room….. https://t.co/IcD4qvSwNbpic.twitter.com/8kf4CtK1Sv
— Smatthew (@savebabybuster) February 1, 2024
When the Scholastic Book Fair never came to your school. 😢 https://t.co/ljCzR2ysTa
— Dave Abbitt (@thedaveabbitt) February 1, 2024
How does she not drown when she looks up in a rainstorm?
The mob is Brawndo. https://t.co/Ne9OiNII0A— Denver Riggleman (@RepRiggleman) February 1, 2024
Attention world: Marge Greene is an example of our lowest common denominator. She does not represent the best, the brightest, or even the median-IQ American. https://t.co/qkRespv22u
— 🇺🇸🅸🅽🅳🆈 🆁🅴🅵🆄🅶🅴🅴🇺🇸 (@mk_indy) February 1, 2024
One person suggested that maybe politicians should learn the proper way to pronounce legal terms before they can use them as political weapons.
Maybe a person who can’t even read/pronounce indictable shouldn’t be allowed to use it as a political weapon? https://t.co/TEJG2YA3SN
— Jerri Jamz (@JerriJamz) February 1, 2024
Greene’s blunder over the proper way to say “indictable” isn’t her first verbal flub.
Back in February 2022, she famously accused then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of using the “Gazpacho Police.”