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Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Refer to Guam as a Foreign Country?

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13 March 2021

Did Marjorie Taylor Greene Refer to Guam as a Foreign Country?

In March 2021, social media posts and news articles claimed that controversial first-term Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia appeared to show a gap in her knowledge of U.S. geography by referring to Guam, a U.S. territory, as a foreign country.

Snopes reporter Dan MacGuill has the scoop.

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