Why can't she just go away?

Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest California tweet has all sorts of problems

Eric Ting

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is no stranger to tweeting inflammatory things about California, and her latest attempt to skewer the state is full of both factual and logical errors.

Trying to make a point about a national baby formula shortage, as well as high-profile California shoplifting incidents, Greene tweeted a picture of a can of baby formula with a security sensor taped on it. 

"If this was California you could steal baby formula up to $900 worth with no consequences, but in Georgia where we respect law and order, there are now security censors [sic] on the very few cans of baby formula that can be found." she wrote.

Greene is attempting to take a swipe at California's Proposition 47, which set the threshold for felony theft at $950 (not $900). Thefts under $950 in California can still be prosecuted as misdemeanors.

Regardless of whether you believe California's Prop. 47 is good or bad policy, it's indisputable that Greene's tweet has a glaring omission: Georgia actually has an even higher felony theft threshold than California. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, Georgia lawmakers increased their state's felony theft threshold from $500 to $1,500 in 2012. It's among the highest thresholds in the country, and if one believes California's threshold is too high, they are logically committed to believing Georgia's is too high as well.

If one wanted to even further engage with the logic of Greene's tweet, the fact that a store felt the need to place security sensors on cans of baby formula suggests that at least some Georgia residents do not, in fact, "respect law and order." If law and order were widely respected in Georgia, that would theoretically defeat the need for anti-shoplifting measures. 

Making fun of California's myriad problems should be a relatively easy task, but it's apparently still difficult for some.