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marjorie taylor greenThe far-right congresswoman who has been repeatedly criticized by her hosts Scene Because of his conspiracy-mongering and inflammatory rhetoric over the years, he essentially received a hero’s welcome during his appearance on the ABC talk show Tuesday morning.
With MAGA Firebrand Republicans are increasingly breaking ties with the leadership. Women in Congress on their stance on the ongoing government shutdown Scene It took a lot of time to convince Green Railing against his GOP colleaguesAt one point, liberal co-host Joy Behar even asked if she would join the Democratic Party.
Even when it seemed Greene and the left-wing panelists around the table were on the verge of clashing, such as when Behar and Sunny Hostin pressed her on her past belief QAnon conspiracy theoriesThe Georgia lawmaker ignored it and continued to find common ground with a show that has become anathema on the right.
Finally, the women of Green and Scene They engaged in a mutual love-fest for half an hour, while pro-Trump congressmen soaked up the enthusiasm of the liberal New York studio audience by bashing House Speaker Mike Johnson and “weak and pathetic” MAGA influencers.
Green’s presence continues SceneIt was a day when many important elections were taking place across the country, before which the hosts cheered them on. “The astonishing voice of reason” Within the Republican Party.
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“It feels like she’s the only person answering to her voters, because her constituents are saying, ‘Sorry, we’re being affected by what’s happening here,'” host Whoopi Goldberg said last month about Greene’s call to extend Obama subsidies amid the shutdown.
GOP Congresswoman too Sat down for a highly civil interview on CNN a few weeks ago, leaving the friendly circle of MAGA outlets like One America News and Newsmax for a network the president frequently criticizes as “fake news.” The appearance ended with anchor Wolf Blitzer describing Greene, who once warned of wildfires being set off by “Jewish space lasers”, as a “courageous politician” for pushing her party on the shutdown.
Coming out to a standing ovation on Tuesday, Green continued to win over both the hosts and the crowd Populist rhetoric that gave priority to conflicts Working class over party loyalty. Although she repeatedly reiterated that she still “loves” Donald Trump, a recent surprise “What’s up with Marjorie?” He made it clear that he is angry with the GOP leadership amid the shutdown.
She declared, “I can’t say that we’re not working right now. And I put that criticism squarely on the Speaker of the House, and we must be on the job.” “All the people sitting in this audience – they go to work every day. The people at home watching this show – they go to work every day. Ladies, you go to work every day [as do] People on your set, and it’s an embarrassment to me that we’re not in session.”
After the hosts praised her for saying she was not accepting a paycheck while the shutdown continued, she placed much of the blame for the impasse on her male colleagues in Congress — which received a round of applause from the studio audience.
“Look, I’m with women, so I feel very comfortable saying, I’m really tired of this p*ssing competition between men in Washington, D.C. I’m really tired,” she said to cheers.
However, just moments later, the loudest applause was yet to come when the congresswoman revealed that she had torn out the speaker during a recent call and that she was actually going to miss another GOP conference call to do the show.
“And I hope Mike Johnson is finally delivering the same health care policy because the country deserves it, and it shouldn’t be a secret. And I don’t have to go to SCIF to find our Republican health insurance plan,” Greene declared.
Hostin responded, “Probably no plan.”
“You want to know something? I believe it’s true,” Green admitted.
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Even when Behar suggested Greene should leave the parties and join the Democrats, when the congresswoman said she is “unabashedly America first” and would “do anything to push hard to save this country,” the lawmaker made sure to keep the focus on the GOP.
“I’m not a Democrat,” she said, adding, “You want to know something. Let me say this, I think both parties have failed. Both parties have failed.”
Before going into the first of three commercial breaks in the interview, Hostin confronted Greene about Greene’s past support for QAnon, suggesting that the interview could be controversial.
Instead, Greene disarmed the hosts by claiming that they were all “victims” of “media lies and things they read on social media”, and now that they were talking face-to-face, they could approach each other in a civil manner.
“You all have attacked me so many times on this show,” she said, prompting Hostin to respond “We have” amid laughter at the table.
The rest of the interview, which also included questions from Sara Haines and resident conservative host Alyssa Farrah Griffin, continued on the same path. This includes Greene getting more applause from the audience for saying that the October 7 Hamas attack was “terrible”, but she “could equally say that starving children in Gaza and killing innocent people and children is also terrible.”
After that moment she lashed out at the show’s hosts and suggested that any hard feelings from the past were water under the bridge.
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“I want to say that I think we’re all doing a great job here of exchanging our ideas and the things we believe in, and we’re doing it in a very professional and compassionate way,” she said more enthusiastically. “In my opinion, I think we need it more in America. I really need it, and a lot of people wanted me to come on this show and say nasty things and, you know, let’s all fight. They wanted us all to fight.”
Although the lengthy conversation remained cordial throughout, the interview ended with Green laughing when Behar revealed that she had exploded “Pathetic Republican guy” to criticize his decision to come Scene In first place.
“There are a lot of paid social media influencers, and I found it interesting that they had MAGA accounts but they were all paid and when I announced I was coming to join you ladies they attacked me SceneAnd I think that’s very weak and pathetic,” Green said.
For good measure, Green made sure to get one last shot at Johnson before they finished.
“But when I talk about vulnerable Republican men, I’m often talking about leadership in the House and Senate,” she said.