
"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.""
"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.)"
Marjorie Taylor Greene has a documented history of extreme rhetoric, including likening mask mandates to the Holocaust and promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories. In the past six months she has taken several stances that depart from hardline partisan positions. She criticized Trump administration strikes on Iran, labeled the situation in Gaza a "genocide," joined efforts to force release of Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein, and supported extending Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits. She opposes Obamacare conceptually but warned that letting the credits lapse would sharply raise premiums for many, and said she would cross party lines on that issue.
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