Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tried to confront Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) outside the House chamber Wednesday, at first trying—but failing—to catch her attention by yelling: “Hey, Alexandria!,” the Washington Post reports.
When she was ignored, Greene reportedly pursued AOC and started screaming about Black Lives Matter: “You don’t care about the American people. Why do you support terrorists and antifa?”
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Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.