As Trump was arraigned, a strange thing seemed to happen to Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene has gone from construction company owner to Crossfit competitor and Crossfit gym owner, to member of the US House of Representatives. Photo by House Creative Services. Public Domain

Here’s an odd thing about “ arraignment eve “, to use Semafor’s term for the run-up to events surrounding Donald Trump on April 4. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mr Trump’s most fervent (and whackiest) supporter in Congress, started to sound like a strangely good news story.

Don’t get your hopes up, it was just a teensy weensy bit. Ms Greene sounded slightly more rational, but only every now and then.

Might the part-time gym coach and owner who shot to political prominence by promoting racist conspiracy theories and QAnon-crazed ideas be trying to pivot? Not to becoming less whacky, just more accessible to mainstream media?

If so, why? Why is Ms Greene enjoying a love-in with mainstream media? Is it a sign of something deeper and uglier in American politics? That political extremism is becoming…