Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts 'National Divorce' Over Vaccine Schedule

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, predicted Thursday that a "national divorce" is coming after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted to add the COVID-19 shot to its recommended vaccine schedules for children and adults.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously approved the addition. ACIP member Dr. Nirav Shah said the decision Thursday does not mean the shots will be mandated for children, Reuters reported. "The decision around school entrance for vaccines rests where it did before, which is with the state level, the county level and at the municipal level," Shah said.

Responding to the news on Thursday, Greene said she is "adamantly opposed to the Covid-19 vaccine being added to children's vaccine schedule," adding that thousands "of covid vaccine injuries & deaths on [the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System] have never been investigated."

"God gives the responsibility to parents to care and make decisions about what is best for their children. Not the government. Democrats want the government to replace parents. No way. I will protect parent's rights for their children's care, education, & vaccines choices," Greene wrote.

"The @CDCgov and blue states together will be responsible for forcing a vaccine on children that is statistically not needed and NOT WANTED. Red states MUST protect parents and kids from this insanity. Parents will be fleeing blue states or home schooling. National divorce.." she added in another tweet.

Greene's comments come after the CDC corrected similarly false statements made by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson regarding the vaccine schedule. During his Tucker Carlson Tonight show on Tuesday, the host said the CDC committee was "expected to add the COVID-19 vax to the list of required childhood vaccines."

"If this happens, your children will not be able to attend school without taking the COVID shot," Carlson said.

Responding to a clip of the segment on Wednesday, the CDC tweeted: "Thursday, CDC's independent advisory committee (ACIP) will vote on an updated childhood immunization schedule. States establish vaccine requirements for school children, not ACIP or CDC."

Greene has previously floated the possibility of a "national divorce" and in October 2021, she tweeted a poll asking if the U.S. should be split among red and blue states, sparking backlash.

"There are no red or blue states just United States. And it seems like you are suggesting states should secede from the Union. What is your problem?" tweeted then-Democratic California congressional candidate Eric Garcia.

Newsweek has reached out to Greene and the CDC for comment.