Marjorie Taylor Greene talks about her recent break with the Republican Party:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) addressed her dispute with the GOP on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on Friday, maintaining throughout that she remains loyal to President Donald Trump but is frustrated with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
Greene has publicly criticized her party’s handling of the current government shutdown, as health insurance premiums for the Affordable Care Act will soon double. He also criticized Johnson on social media for not suggesting a single policy to mitigate the impact.
“A lot of the things I say go against my own party, but they are primarily my frustrations in Congress,” Greene told Maher. “I think Congress should solve a lot of these problems. But Congress isn’t solving them.”
“You know, if you look at Obamacare, it was passed in 2010, it went into effect in 2014, and premiums have skyrocketed since then,” he continued. “It was good for some who couldn’t afford health insurance or get health insurance.”
Greene then said the Affordable Care Act has “crushed” the middle class. When asked to clarify, Greene shared an anecdotal example about her family’s $800 monthly health insurance policy that increased to more than $2,400 per month.
“And that’s what a lot of people have experienced all these years, but here’s the big problem,” he said. “Here’s why I’m angry: Democrats passed Obamacare, but Republicans have never done anything to fix the problems with it.
“And I blame my own party, that’s absolutely wrong,” Greene continued. “And I don’t think it’s an easy thing to fix, but it’s something we should have a plan for. And Mike Johnson, for a month now, hasn’t been able to give me a single policy idea, and that makes me angry.”
However, Greene has broken with her party on numerous issues before, including US aid to Israel amid war crimes allegations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Trump administration’s lack of transparency regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Trump has well documented links with the late sex offender, who died behind bars while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019. His administration initially promised to reveal his rumored clientele, only for Trump to turn around and call the case a “hoax.”
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Greene has maintained her loyalty to the president, writing on social media last week that she “fully” trusts and supports Trump’s “expertise” in building a $300 million White House ballroom. He also praised Trump for pardoning former Rep. George Santos (R.N.Y.).
Santos pleaded guilty in 2024 to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges, admitting that he deceived donors and stole the identities of 11 people. He was sentenced in April to seven years in federal prison, a sentence that Trump commuted last month.
Greene on Friday also reiterated her support for Senate Republicans using the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown by overturning the filibuster rule and passing a funding bill. Trump urged them to do so on Thursday, calling it the “TRUMP CARD” on social media.
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“I have a great relationship with the president,” Greene told Maher on Friday. “I have always supported him and gave him my support for free.”