MTG Goes in Search of the Real MAGA

""I'm not going to stand there and keep talking the talking points when my own adult children can hardly afford health insurance premiums," stated MTG while wearing a big, bright USA-flag sweater during a Tuesday appearance on Real America's Voice. "I don't see why the government needs to be shut down. If Republicans learned to govern, they can open up the government and we can get back to work for the American people.""

"Greene's comments are just one of a recent string of critical statements regarding AIPAC, Jeffrey Epstein, and health-insurance premiums that have exposed a major, widening rift in Trump's so-called populist political movement. As House Speaker Mike Johnson claims it is Democrats who refuse to reopen the government, Greene has used the shutdown as an opportunity to highlight the failure of Republicans to seek consensus and lead the way forward on a host of issues plaguing the American public."

Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized Republican leadership for the government shutdown, arguing that Republicans should govern and reopen the government so legislators can work for the American people. She highlighted personal frustration that her adult children struggle to afford health insurance premiums. Greene blamed House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Leader John Thune rather than President Trump for failing to resolve the shutdown. She has issued critical comments about AIPAC, Jeffrey Epstein, and Republican failures, presenting a broader rift within Trump's populist movement. Greene questioned delays around the release of Epstein files and condemned the refusal to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

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