Marjorie Taylor Greene roasted for ‘gazpacho police’ remark

Social media erupted in soup jokes on Wednesday after Rep. Marjorie Taylor GreeneMarjorie Taylor GreeneGOP efforts to downplay danger of Capitol riot increase The Memo: What now for anti-Trump Republicans? Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s meeting with Trump ‘soon’ in Florida MORE (R-Ga.) accused House Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiMarjorie Taylor Greene roasted for ‘gazpacho police’ remark On The Money — Lawmakers closer to government funding deal RNC chair: ‘Disagreement in our party is welcome’ but GOP lawmakers on Jan. 6 panel ‘step too far’ MORE (D-Calif.) of having “gazpacho police” spy on lawmakers and their staffs. 

The remark was an apparent reference to the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, but the far-right rep instead named the chilled vegetable soup popular in Spain and Portugal.

During an interview on One America News Network, Greene said Pelosi was using U.S. Capitol Police officers as “pawns” and sending them into lawmakers’ offices to “investigate.”

“Not only do we have the D.C. jail, which is the D.C. gulag, but now we have Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police spying on members of Congress,” she said.  

The internet quickly jumped on the congresswoman’s bungled metaphor. 

“First, Nazi comparisons are unbecoming of a Congresswoman,” tweeted Holly McCormack, a Democrat who is running against Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District. “Second, I am not surprised Marge does not know the difference between gazpacho and Gestapo.”

“Overheard: Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps talking about Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Gazpacho’ and now I want the recipe,” tweeted George Takei, who plays Sulu in the “Star Trek” franchise.

George ConwayGeorge ConwayMarjorie Taylor Greene roasted for ‘gazpacho police’ remark Trump says he wanted Pence to overturn election, eyes effort to reform law Kellyanne Conway memoir set for May release MORE, the conservative lawyer and columnist, quickly changed his Twitter profile name to “Oficial de Policía de Gazpacho Conway.”

And progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-CortezAlexandria Ocasio-CortezMarjorie Taylor Greene roasted for ‘gazpacho police’ remark Schumer faces brewing war and progressives ramp up primary threats The Hill’s 12:30 Report: DC reacts to new football team name MORE (N.Y.) tweeted that Greene “clearly banned all books from her house years ago” in reference to the ongoing conservative push to ban from schools books deemed sexually explicit or racially charged.

Greene appeared to address the controversy on Wednesday night when she tweeted, “No soup for those who illegally spy on Members of Congress, but they will be thrown in the goulash.”

Wednesday’s “gazpacho” blunder wasn’t Greene’s first attempt to compare Democrats and their policies to Nazis. 

In July, she compared a push by President BidenJoe BidenBillie Eilish meets with Biden at the White House Marjorie Taylor Greene roasted for ‘gazpacho police’ remark Biden talks energy and security with Saudi King Salman MORE to ensure as many Americans are vaccinated against the coronavirus as possible to the people who helped Adolf Hitler rise to power in Nazi Germany.

And in May, she compared House Democrats’ mask requirements in the Capitol to Jews being forced to wear gold stars during the Holocaust.