MTG’s Divine Comedy: When Hate Dons a Halo

 MTG’s Divine Comedy: When Hate Dons a Halo

J.Michael Pontious M.D.

April 21, 2025

In a world where being subtle is seen as weakness, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has once again weaponized her comments, offering the planet a masterclass in how to mourn like a hyena with a megaphone. The Vatican’s announcement of Pope Francis’ passing—a man who actually read the “love thy neighbor” memo—was met with global grief. 

But for Greene, it was a cue to fire off a tweet so venomous it could boil holy water.  

“Today there were major shifts in global leaderships. Evil is being defeated by the hand of God,” she screeched on X…(a platform that increasingly resembles a digital asylum for the morally unwell).  Her screeching focused on Pope Francis as he had committed the gravest sin in the MAGA playbook: he cared about migrants and the planet.  

Greene has long accused the Catholic Church of being “controlled by Satan.” This, from a woman who worships a man with more alleged sins than a Sunday sermon. The irony is thicker than communion wine. Trump, who’d likely trade a Bible for a bond deal, is her messiah; Pope Francis, who washed the feet of refugees, is her devil. 

Theology, it seems, is flexible when hate is your liturgy.  

The Republican Party, now a haven for performative malice, has turned smearing saints into sport. Pope Francis dared to name their fascism-lite policies “cruel and evil”—a truth that stung like holy water on a demon. So they demonized him. How dare he preach compassion in a world they’re busy arsonizing?  

History, that unblinking judge, will etch Pope Francis’ legacy in gold: a champion of the marginalized, a thorn to the powerful. Greene? She’ll be a footnote, a cautionary tale of what happens when spite masquerades as faith. 

Her tweet, a monument to her moral vacancy, will age like milk left to curdle in the sun.  

As the world mourns a pope who lived Christ’s teachings, Greene’s glee reveals her creed: a gospel of grievance, where love is weakness and cruelty is sacrament. But take heart—after all, even the devil can quote Scripture. And Greene? She’s writing her own version, one tweet at a time.  

Rest in peace, Pope Francis. 

As for MTG… I am pretty sure the world’s already had enough of her curdled screeching.