- At the CPAC in February, Marjorie Taylor Greene falsely suggested that Guam is a foreign country.
- Since then, the US Congressional delegate has offered Greene cookies.
- The governor’s office in Guam also provided educational resources for Greene on the island.
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Republican MP Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia received cookies and a geography lesson from leaders in Guam after she falsely suggested that US territory is a foreign country that does not deserve help.
In comments at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida in late February, which emerged on Tuesday, Greene said: “I am a normal person. And I wanted to take my everyday, normal and normal American values, that is, we love our country. We believe that our hard-earned tax dollars should go only to America, not what for? China, Russia, the Middle East, Guam, whatever. “
Michael San Nicolas, Guam’s deputy in the House, told The Guam Daily Post: “Congresswoman Greene is a new member, and we will pay a visit to her and deliver delicious Chamorro cookies as part of our ongoing contact with new members to present them to our wonderful island of Guam. “
The office of the governor of Guam, Lourdes Aflague Leon Guerrero, provided educational resources for Greene.
“We would be more than happy to send Congressman Greene a copy of ‘Landing Destiny: A History of Guam,'” Krystal Paco-San Agustin, the governor’s director of communications, told the Post.
Greene’s office did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
Guam, an island in the western Pacific Ocean, has been the territory of the United States since 1898, after the Spanish-American War. Its residents are US citizens who pay federal taxes, but not the federal income tax. Many people in Guam serve in the US armed forces and this is considered to be of vital strategic importance.
North Korea threatened the territory in 2017, and the top U.S. commander in the Indo-Pacific earlier this week called for an update of defensive capabilities in Guam, citing threats from China.
Guam residents are not allowed to vote for president and are not entitled to vote in Congress. Like other US territories, Guam sends a non-voting delegate to Congress. There are about 6,200 American soldiers on duty in Guam, which is home to about 170,000 people.