Publicity stunts are to be expected to some extent. The problem with what MTG said wasn't the bit about the Spanish soup though. What MTG did was lie to America

Publicity stunts are to be expected to some extent. The problem with what MTG said wasn't the bit about the Spanish soup though. What MTG did was lie to Americans (and especially republicans) about Nancy Pelosi employing a secret police force to spy on congress, staff, and the American people. I suspect MTG knows full well that what came out of her mouth was a lie, and I suspect that you're right and she intentionally used the "gazpacho police" phrasing to amplify the lie and further its spread, but that doesn't make what she did acceptable for a member of congress in a functioning democracy. Lying to the American people about serious abuses of power is exactly the kind of thing that should end a person's political career. Instead, republicans appear to be rewarding that behavior and I believe this is extremely dangerous.