Marjorie Taylor Greene's "COVID Protection" Workout Gives People The Creeps

Marjorie Taylor Greene has had a rather eventful time since being elected to congress in the 2020 Election, with her past support of QAnon conspiracy theories efforts to overturn the election of Joe Biden and numerous violent statements getting her barred from any committee roles in congress. That's but a sliver of the controversies she's been at the center of in her political tenure, but yesterday she drew social media's attention for another reason: her bizarre pullup form.

Greene, a noted opponent to all COVID-19-related safety protocols, posted her "COVID-19 protection" workout to Twitter yesterday, showing her doing a few reps with weights and then a very, shall we say, "floppy" pull-ups.

This is my Covid protection 💪#MakeAmericaHealthyAgain

It’s time to #FireFauci pic.twitter.com/IgWlTJyBYQ

— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) April 1, 2021

First of all, it's important to note that working out in itself is not a way to protect oneself from contracting COVID-19, according to the CDC, but that wasn't what caused her tweet to rack up a 43,000 reply to 4,200 retweet ratio. Rather, people could not stop mocking her swinging pull-ups.

this is what happens to your body when you're on an animorphs cover halfway to becoming a salmon https://t.co/yNWQrIVLSQ

— ⛧ worm (presented in 4:3) ⛧ (@worm_child) April 1, 2021

covid absolutely sucks but I imagine it’s worse after you’ve thrown your back out and dislocated both shoulders https://t.co/yLK4QOX3du

— sarah schauer 🦂 (@sarahschauer) April 1, 2021

LMFAOOOOO I LITERALLY LOST IT WHEN SHE STARTED DOING THE WORM VERTICALLY https://t.co/uNELQRsesI

— Sophie Ross (@SophRossss) April 1, 2021

Greene did not invent her unique pull-up form. The pull-ups, called "Butterfly Pull-ups" or "Kipping Pull-ups," are part of the Crossfit training regimen, and have been the target of mockery among bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts well before Greene introduced her take on it to the world. For their part, Crossfit wants nothing to do with Greene.

CrossFit comes out against the Republican congresswoman from Georgia: "CrossFit supports respectful fact-based political dialogue to address our common challenges, and we strongly oppose the loathsome and dangerous lies attributed to Ms. Greene."https://t.co/Qu3WhG0moS

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 2, 2021