By <a class="c-link lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover lrv-u-text-decoration-underline:hover" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/author/peter-wade/" > Peter Wade</a> <br> <span class="lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-012">The MAGA speakers</span> who preceded <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/donald-trump/" id="auto-tag_donald-trump" data-tag="donald-trump" >Donald Trump</a> at his Las Vegas rally evoked <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/tim-dunn-texas-oil-billionaire-trump-donor-1235033143/" >religious</a> language to describe their leader. Rep. <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/marjorie-taylor-greene/" id="auto-tag_marjorie-taylor-greene" data-tag="marjorie-taylor-greene" >Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> compared Trump to Jesus, saying that the messiah was also “a convicted felon.”<br> “The Democrats and the fake news media want to constantly talk about ‘President Trump is a convicted felon,'” the congresswoman told the crowd. “Well, you want to know something? The man that I worship is also a convicted felon. And he was murdered on a Roman cross.”<br>Greene: The Democrats and the fake news media want to talk about ‘Trump is a convicted felon.’ You want to know something? The man that I worship is also a convicted felon. And he was murdered on a Roman cross <a href="https://t.co/R4a4JQKvvc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/R4a4JQKvvc</a><br> This isn’t Greene’s first time saying Trump is just like Jesus. On the day of Trump’s New York arrest in April of last year, <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1643270948714426370?s=20" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Greene told Right Side Broadcasting Network</a>, “Trump is joining some of the most incredible people in history being arrested today. Nelson Mandela was arrested, served time in prison. Jesus — Jesus was arrested and murdered by the Roman government.”<br> She continued, “There have been many people throughout history that have been arrested and persecuted by radical, corrupt governments, and it’s beginning today in New York City. I just can’t believe it’s happening, but I’ll always support him. He’s done nothing wrong.” <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1"> <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300"> <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;" class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text" data-priority="10" > <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0" class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad=""> <script type="application/javascript">
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