Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) doesn’t appear to know much about history, as she’s being called out for a recent post.
The controversial representative meant to post on X, formerly Twitter, July 5 a patriotic blurb about the ages of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, per the HuffPost.
But what seemed innocuous on the surface opened Greene to get schooled in basic history.
“The average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 was 44 years old, but more than a dozen were 35 or younger,” she wrote.
She listed eight names and their ages:
The only problem was six of the eight listed were wrong, as a community note pointed out: “James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, Aaron Burr, Paul Revere, and George Washington were not signers of the Declaration of Independence.”
Other X users took it from there.
“How did you forget Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bunyan, and Ronald Reagan?” Rep. Jack Kimble (R-Calif.) wrote.
An account called Three Year Letterman added Ben Franklin into the mix.
“Thank you for this, Senator. And the final signature was applied by Ben Franklin, who was president at the time,” the post read. “Patriotic facts.”
James Fox pointed out a failure in the education system.
“Marge continues to show us how much we need the Department of Education,” he wrote.
Another X user wrote, “I’m going to steal the Declaration of Independence just so I can personally show you who signed it.”
Another took Greene to task by writing, “You got a majority of names wrong. How are you in congress!!??? We need a civics test to run for government.”
Michael Isenberg simply wrote, “Only 2 of those people signed the Declaration of Independence.”
“You slept during your middle school history class, didn’t you?” CheryleRPh2 said.
