Republicans lament MTG’s push away from the party and backing Democrats
Republicans are lamenting Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent departure from her own party, claiming her positions are more similar to those of former Democratic President Joe Biden than those of GOP President Donald Trump.
In recent months, the Georgia Republican has broken away from his party on several key issues, including the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, the war in Gaza and health subsidies, which became the centerpiece of the government shutdown.
Greene insisted. Top He said it was “ridiculous” to suggest that his attitudes isolated him from the rest of his party. “I am 100 percent the same person today as I was when I ran for Congress,” he said.
Georgia hot brand articles of impeachment have been submitted repeatedly He opposed Biden and called Trump his “favorite president.” But some Republicans argue that his recent positions show he is now more aligned with Biden than Trump.
“Whether it’s Gaza, whether it’s Epstein, whether it’s now [Affordable Care Act] credit was 180 degrees opposite of Trump,” one House Republican said. “He was actually more Biden than Trump.”
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene recently broke with her own party on several key issues, prompting GOP colleagues to accuse her of being “more Biden than Trump” (Getty Images)
In July, Greene called Israel’s war in Gaza a “genocide,” infuriating some GOP colleagues. He was one of four House Republicans who signed onto a deal. eviction petition to force the release of documents related to convicted pedophile Epstein. He also criticized the administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
Recently, Greene angered her GOP counterparts for joining Democrats’ calls to extend expiring health tax credits.
Speaking in favor of extending tax credits earlier this month, Greene suggested members of Congress put politics aside and consider the impact it would have on Americans: “Let’s take off our Democratic jerseys, let’s take off our Republican jerseys and do something responsible to the American people,” Greene said. CNN.
House Speaker Mike Johnson ignored Greene’s outspoken support for subsidies.
“Congresswoman Greene does not serve on the judiciary committees that deal with these specialized issues, and on some issues she probably has not read this,” he said at a news conference last week.
Greene emphasized Top: “My title is not cheerleader for Republicans in Congress. I’m not talking about the President. I’m talking about Republicans in Congress. It’s Republicans in Congress who need to come up with a plan to fix health insurance.”
His recent departure from the party appears to have caught Trump’s attention, sources say NBC News The president reached out to at least two Republicans to wonder: “What’s going on with Marjorie?” He told the press that he was not the president’s “blind slave.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries shows a tweet from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at a news conference as both parties argue over health benefits during the government shutdown (Getty Images)
Still, the Georgia Congressman underlined that he is a Trump supporter, noting that he voted in favor of the “One Big Good Bill” and continuing resolutions.
“I don’t talk about my relationship with my mother and how many times I talk to her, and I don’t talk about how many times I talk to my kids and what day I talk to them,” he said. Top. “I don’t need to explain that. You don’t hear me running up and saying, ‘I talked to the President today.'”
Although he has provoked the ire of his GOP colleagues, some Democrats and Trump’s critics have praised his recent stances.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries showcased Greene’s tweet defending health subsidies at a press conference earlier this month. Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock said of his health care stance: Independent last week: “You will hear words I never thought I would say: Marjorie Taylor Greene is right.”
Last month, California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, a leading proponent of releasing the Epstein files, New York Times “He is willing to work in areas where common ground can be found despite strong differences.”
Jimmy Kimmel, show suspended Last month he touched on recent rifts with his party over his comments on the Charlie Kirk assassination: “You know things are broken in Washington when Marjorie Taylor Greene is the lone voice of reason on the Republican side.”
