During an appearance on the War Room podcast hosted by former Trump administration chief strategist Steve Bannon, Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene came up with a nickname for the Republican Party that had social media users thinking of the classic mob film The Godfather.
Bannon himself wasn't too impressed when Greene referred to the various GOP factions discussing strategy for when Republicans regain control of the House of Representatives in January as "the five families."
You can hear what Greene said in the video below.
\u201cMarjorie Taylor Greene said Republican House factions are holding weekly meetings in Kevin McCarthy\u2019s office, calling themselves, \u201cthe five families.\u201d\u201d— PatriotTakes \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@PatriotTakes \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1670971415
Referring to these strategy meetings, Greene said:
"We've been doing, and it's really interesting, people are arguing, people are clashing, people are starting to agree, and there's a meeting that's happening every week. We meet in [House Minority Leader] Kevin McCarthy's office and it's called the five families."
“The five families ― you know the reference ― the five families are parts of our conference, all the different parts."
“We are coming together and having discussions on how we are going to govern in the majority and it's literally my favorite meeting of the week.”
A less than enthused Bannon suggested "the five families" wasn't the best nickname after a short break:
“I hope that those meetings turn out better than the five families meetings in The Godfather."
"They went to war."
Many were similarly unimpressed and mocked Greene's strange mafia fantasy.
They noted that the "five families" Greene referred to were actually taken out—so was The Godfather really the best reference to make here?
\u201cWeird Mafia allusion, this.\u201d— Dan Kaszeta \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9 (@Dan Kaszeta \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9) 1671119384
\u201cHas she ever even seen The Godfather? All the heads of 'the five families' get taken out simultaneously.\u201d— Yedolf (@Yedolf) 1671118175
\u201cSometimes they just give up pretending they are not a crime syndicate.\u201d— Mark McEntire is in the Peripheral (@Mark McEntire is in the Peripheral) 1671028405
\u201cTalk like a mob, act like a mob, think like a mob...\n\nSorry, she is a MOB! \n\nMobs have no place in our government, period.\u201d— PlowOn (@PlowOn) 1671032741
\u201cThat bodes well\u2026\u201d— Matt Krotzer, the Letterer Supreme \ud83d\udc00 (@Matt Krotzer, the Letterer Supreme \ud83d\udc00) 1671035856
\u201cAre there any sane Republicans??\u201d— Debbie Faits (@Debbie Faits) 1671042257
\u201c"The Five Families" is really not the metaphor you're looking for.\u201d— Gregg Nunziata (@Gregg Nunziata) 1671059085
\u201cWhy is this person still a part of our government leadership ?\u201d— Tony L. (@Tony L.) 1671107588
\u201c\u201cFive Families\u201d? I guess this idiot has never seen The Godfather. The \u201cFive Families\u201d don\u2019t fair to well in the end. I\u2019m guessing she\u2019s \u201cFredo\u201d?\u201d— Cliff W (@Cliff W) 1671113409
Although Greene did not provided further details about the "five families," or which House Republicans were members of the various factions, it's safe to say that many, like her, support efforts to undermine the government.
Greene is still facing harsh criticism for claiming she and Bannon "would've won" the insurrection if they had planned it.
Greene denied she was involved in plotting the riot at the United States Capitol, which took place after a mob of Trump's supporters attacked the nation's seat of government on the false premise the 2020 general election had been stolen.
But she did say if she planned it, the insurrectionists "would've been armed," a statement that prompted many to accuse her of gunning for more violence during an attack that left at least five people dead and resulted in over 100 injuries to law enforcement as well as millions of dollars in damages.
