"The third-term Georgia congresswoman said she was watching Kirk's memorial service on TV when his widow Erika said she forgave her husband's killer. But then Trump took the stage to say that unlike Kirk a missionary with a noble spirit who did not hate his opponents, Trump said he disagreed. I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them, Trump said. Greenesaid: That was absolutely the worst statement."
"As a Christian, I don't believe in doing that, she said. I agree with Erika Kirk, who did the hardest thing possible and said it out loud. Greene said she later told a friend that after Kirk died, I realized that I'm part of this toxic culture. I really started looking at my faith. I wanted to be more like Christ."
Marjorie Taylor Greene will step down as a congresswoman for Georgia. She described herself as naive for believing Donald Trump was a man of the people. A series of minor ruptures with Trump culminated in a total breach after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk's death and memorial. Watching Kirk's widow forgive her husband's killer contrasted with Trump declaring, 'I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them,' which Greene viewed as evidence of a lack of faith. Greene abandoned the MAGA rule against apologies, reevaluated her faith, labeled the Gaza war a genocide, and challenged Republican policy priorities for working-class Americans.
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