Marjorie Taylor Greene Keeps Breaking With Her Party. What's Going On?

"Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is on quite a tear. Over the past month, she's been publicly trashing her colleagues over the Jeffrey Epstein files, health care costs, regulations for artificial intelligence, and funding for Israel. This week Greene took things up a notch during an interview with the Washington Post, where she criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson's government shutdown strategy, accused him of treating Republican House members who are women unfairly, and argued "a lot of the men here in the House are weak.""

"All this conflict with other members of her own party is a new twist for the conservative firebrand, who has generally kept busy pushing outlandish conspiracy theories and racist ideology. Now, Greene is coming out swinging against her party's policy platform and internal culture, while still not outright breaking with the MAGA movement and President Donald Trump. Even the president has noticed Greene is acting differently lately;"

"Just last week Greene published a lengthy social media post declaring that she was " absolutely disgusted " over the fact that tax credits for health insurance premiums would be expiring at the end of the year, since Republicans did not include an extension in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law over the summer (the one that, you know, Greene also voted for). Greene made sure to caveat her post by adding "NO FUNDING FOR ILLEGALS AND ANY BENEFITS FOR THEM.""

Marjorie Taylor Greene has escalated public attacks on her Republican colleagues, criticizing actions related to the Jeffrey Epstein files, health care costs, AI regulations, and Israel funding. She criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson's government shutdown strategy, accused him of unfair treatment of Republican women, and said many House men are weak. This confrontational stance differs from her prior focus on conspiracy theories and racist rhetoric, showing intra-party policy and cultural challenges while she remains aligned with MAGA and President Trump. Trump has noticed the change and has reportedly called to ask why Greene is acting differently. Greene also expressed outrage that health insurance premium tax credits will expire, despite having voted for the bill that omitted the extension, and insisted on excluding funding or benefits for undocumented immigrants.

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