Marjorie Taylor Greene reveals why her big political gamble will pay off after stunningly defying Trump on Gaza
By Jon Michael Raasch
Daily Mail
Jul 30, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene
has not been afraid to speak her mind to her millions of followers
online, even if it means going against Republican leadership.
These
days, she frequently airs her populist opinions and conservative hot
takes online and, like Trump, takes the feedback it generates into
consideration.
Her posts can, at times, cut against what others in the GOP are saying.
MTG has also been known for going after
lawmakers on her side of the aisle. But in doing so she's carved out a
unique position as a top female voice in the party.
'When
people, innocent people, are systematically being killed for who they
are, is that not the definition of genocide?' Greene told the Daily Mail
of the Israel-Gaza war.
'I don't know why I'm the only Republican saying it.'
Greene
caught headlines this week for being the first Republican lawmaker to
liken the conflict to a genocide. The term carries heavy diplomatic
implications.
President Trump and
Speaker Mike Johnson have shied away from using the language to describe
the war. They also have close ties to the Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
Georgia
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a mother of three, is the first
conservative lawmaker to consider the Israel's actions in Gaza a
'genocide.' She spoke to the Daily Mail at length about how her
colleagues in the GOP are
Palestinians,
including children, who are struggling to access food due to Israel's
blockade and ongoing attacks on the Gaza Strip, wait in line to receive
hot meals distributed by the charity organization in Gaza City, Gaza on
July 30, 2025
After
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was no hunger
crisis in Gaza Trump told reporters that 'those children look very
hungry'
'There's nothing you can say other than
it's terrible,' the president continued. 'When you see the kids. And
those are kids - whether they talk [about] starvation or not - those are
kids that are starving. They are starving.'
Greene
criticized her Jewish colleague Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., for posting a
trite message to Hamas urging them to release the hostages, adding
'until then, starve away.'
'I can only
imagine how Florida’s 6th district feels now that their Representative,
that they were told to vote for, openly calls for starving innocent
people and children,' the Georgian hit back.
Greene is also ramping up her political operation as the race for South Carolina governor gets into stride.
Although she's not aiming for governor or for a Senate spot, for now, her millions of devoted followers may still prove handy.
The
MAGA firebrand and Trump ally still thinks she'd win her state with or
without the president's - or the Republican establishment's - blessing.
Which points to why she's been so brazen in recent comments critical of Trump.
'One day, I might just run without the
blessing from the good ‘ole boys club or the out of state consulting
leaches or even without the blessing of my favorite President,' the
51-year-old wrote on X. 'One day, I might just run purely out of the
blessing of the wonderful people of Georgia, my family and friends, but
it won’t be in 2026.'
She added that
she has a 'different perspective of the entire 2026 campaign cycle ahead
and the fragile state of Republican control in Georgia.'
Greene,
a congresswoman first elected in 2021 to her northwest Georgia
district, boasts a combined 7.4 million followers across her Instagram and X accounts.
She
has frequently used that following to sounds concern to what she calls
'the base,' what can be considered the core MAGA voters.
In
May, she sounded alarm about 'the base' not supporting U.S. military
action with Iran. She warned that neocons were convincing Trump to get
involved abroad and she pleaded for the president not to get involved in
the Middle East.
The strange X post raised some eyebrows at the time, but after the U.S. bombed Iran in June that warning now rings prescient.
The
Republican similarly stood against Trump's domestic policy agenda, the
'Big, Beautiful Bill' for AI policies it contained, loudly decrying the
challenges they pose online.
After
raising concerns about the AI provision online, a group of legislators
drafted a new rule to change the rule, and Greene's outcry ultimately
resulted in the law being changed.
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