Marjorie Taylor Greene said she hasn't changed, despite recent breaks from the GOP
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has been making life uncomfortable for some members of her own party in Congress.
Greene, a conservative firebrand who has been a staunch supporter of President Trump, has been critical of how Republicans have dealt with several key issues in recent weeks and months.
In an article published Tuesday in The Washington Post, she described many of her Republican male colleagues in the House as “weak.”
“There’s a lot of weak Republican men (in the House) and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women. So they always try to marginalize the strong Republican women that actually want to do something and actually want to achieve,” Greene said in the Post interview.
The Post noted that only one Republican woman chairs a House committee, down from three in the last session, while five women are the top Democrats on their respective committees.
U.S. Rep. Lisa C. McClain of Michigan, the Republican conference chair, described the claim that House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t promote women to high-profile posts in the House as “ridiculous,” the Post reported.
Despite the breaks from her party on certain issues, Greene said she hasn’t changed since taking office in 2021.
“I am 100% the same person today as I was when I ran for Congress,” Greene said in an interview with The Hill.
In Tuesday’s Post article, Greene added, “My district knows I ran for Congress trashing Republicans. They voted for me because they agreed with that. My district’s not surprised.”
Among issues where Greene has recently broken from the GOP, she placed blame on Johnson and Senate Leader John Thune, both Republicans, for the ongoing government shutdown. She expressed support for extending Affordable Care Act subsidies beyond the end of the year, siding with Democrats who argue that failing to do so will cause insurance premiums to skyrocket — Johnson told Fox News that he has invited Greene to sit in on committee meetings addressing the issue. Greene also has questioned whether immigration enforcement is going too far, described the crisis in Gaza as a “genocide” and pushed for the full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Tom Fontaine is director of politics and editorial standards at TribLive. He can be reached at tfontaine@triblive.com.
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