Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) found a baffling way to describe one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters Wednesday.

During an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Cruz attempted to dismiss Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as “very liberal,” telling viewers they shouldn’t “spend a lot of time worrying about” what she’s saying.

“What I’ve found is that every time an elected official decides they’re going to turn against Israel and hate Israel, you’re going to quickly see all the other policies that come out of their mouth become very, very liberal,” Cruz said. “And then suddenly Marjorie is for massive government spending and taxes, open borders and amnesty.”

Cruz appeared to be referring to Greene’s staunch criticism of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and how, in July, she became the first Republican in Congress to call the crisis in Gaza “genocide.”

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, here on September 15, was called
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, here Sept. 15, was called “very liberal” by her Republican colleague, Sen. Ted Cruz, on Wednesday.

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Interestingly, Greene has also found common ground with Democrats trying to factor in a looming rise in Americans’ health insurance costs.

Congressional Democrats are holding off on voting on the federal budget until their Republican counterparts negotiate a possible extension of Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies that are currently set to expire at the end of this year.

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Taking a swipe at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a Tuesday post on X, Greene demanded that Republicans share their own plan to make health insurance “affordable for Americans.”

The Georgia congresswoman, who regularly invokes anti-Semitic rhetoric and rose to prominence as an advocate of the QAnon conspiracy theory, also recently complained about being a victim of misogyny within the Republican Party.

In a Washington Post interview published earlier this month, she told the paper: “There are a lot of weak Republican men, and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women. That’s why they always try to marginalize strong Republican women who really want to do something and really want to achieve it.”