Now Why the Hell Is MTG Suddenly Making Sense??
The Georgia Congresswoman has taken multiple correct positions on Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, and Obamacare and we are thus shaken.
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Something has not been sitting right with my spirit of late. Recently, the farthest of far-right members of Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), has been saying things that are….correct? This is a woman who, in 2021, likened mask mandates to the Holocaust, was kicked out of the ultra MAGA Freedom Caucus in 2023 for being too mean to other members, and has spread an antisemitic conspiracy theory about laser beams starting wildfires, which got paraphrased as “Jewish space lasers.”
But in the last six months, Greene has taken multiple positions that are morally right. Here’s an NBC News summary:
She was critical of the Trump administration’s strikes on Iran, referred to the situation in Gaza as a “genocide,” signed her name to an effort to force a House vote to require the Justice Department to release its files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and, most recently, sided with Democrats in calling for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies amid the government shutdown fight.
On that last issue, she wrote on Twitter Monday that, while she does not support Obamacare as a concept, she knows it’s bad news if Congress doesn’t extend the enhanced tax credits that help lower- and middle-income people pay their monthly insurance bill. “I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district,” she said. “No I’m not towing the party line on this, or playing loyalty games. I’m a Republican and won’t vote for illegals to have any tax payer funded healthcare or benefits. I’m AMERICA ONLY!!!” (Whether to renew the credits is a key issue in the government shutdown.)
Use of “illegals” aside, what the fuck is going on here? Rumors flew earlier this year that she might run for Senate against Democrat Jon Ossoff, but she has since said that she’s not vying for that office, or for that of governor. So she seems to not be pivoting to a statewide electorate.
Greene is reportedly disappointed that Donald Trump didn’t tap her for a role in his Trump administration after she openly expressed interest in becoming Homeland Security secretary—a role that went to former South Dakota Gov. and ICE Barbie Kristi Noem. NBC reports that Trump himself is flummoxed: “In recent months, he called at least two senior Republicans to ask, ‘What’s going on with Marjorie?’ according to two GOP sources with direct knowledge of the conversations.”
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