Marjorie Taylor Greene Finds Herself Increasingly Isolated

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Marjorie Taylor Greene has launched another attack on her fellow Republicans as she finds herself increasingly isolated from the GOP on Capitol Hill.

Posting on X, formerly Twitter, Green blasted the supposedly opposing views of Republicans in office with that of the regular American voter.

She wrote: “Republicans across America are sick and tired of Republicans in Congress who never hold this administration accountable for destroying our borders and putting Americans in danger. I don’t go to D.C. to be friends with the spineless Republicans who never fight for our values.”

Her comments are the latest in an ongoing spat between Greene and other red members of Congress, which is hardly helping heal the rift caused by the 3-week House speakership quagmire from which the party is still recovering.

She parted with the Freedom Caucus at the end of Kevin McCarthy’s short-lived tenure as House speaker, and earlier this year was embroiled in a row with fellow far-right congresswoman Lauren Boebert.

Greene has recently come under fire from other Republicans and GOP activists who find themselves on the same side of the political coin, with Florida Rep. Byron Donalds criticizing her for publicly airing controversial views.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on October 25, 2023, in Washington D.C. The Georgia representative is becoming increasingly isolated from her fellow Republicans.
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“Is she concerned about that? I don’t think so,” he wrote. “The airing of grievances by Twitter, or by X, is just not productive. When you do it through social media, it just doesn’t work.”

This weekend, Greene has found herself the subject of an attack by right-wing activist and self-described journalist ally Laura Loomer, who branded her a liar when the representative posted about her record in Congress, saying Greene’s “star is falling. People are finally realizing what a conwoman she is. And I am so here for it.”

Earlier this month, Greene was engaged in another row with Texas Rep. Chip Roy. The dispute within the party revolves around Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat whom Greene sought to censure for her involvement in a Capitol protest supporting a Gaza ceasefire last month.

Greene labeled the peaceful demonstration as an “insurrection” both at the time and in her proposed censure. Surprisingly, 23 Republicans, alongside Democrats, voted to table the resolution. Unhappy with the outcome, Greene took to X to slam her “feckless” colleagues who did not back the resolution.

In response, Roy criticized the resolution itself as feckless. He pointed out that it was “deeply flawed” and contained legally and factually unverified claims, including the assertion of leading an “insurrection.” Greene attacked Roy for voting to remove her from the Freedom Caucus and called Tlaib a “terrorist”.

Roy reportedly responded with: “Tell her to go chase so-called Jewish space lasers if she wants to spend time on that sort of thing.” This remark referred to her previous statement where she expressed a belief that wildfires in California were intentionally started by a laser shot from a satellite owned by the Rothschild family, an antisemitic conspiracy theory trope.

In response, Greene posted: “Oh shut up Colonel Sanders, you’re not even from Texas, more like the DMV.”