Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who has long been one of Donald Trump’s most visible and vocal supporters, said Tuesday she still “loves” the president — even if he might not feel the same at the moment.
“I do love him,” Greene said during an appearance on ABC’s The View, when asked about reports of “tension” between her and Trump. “Well, that’s OK,” she added with a shrug. “Donald Trump, he usually yells at everybody, so we’re all used to it.”
Greene, who has referred to Trump as her “favorite president,” used her time on the show to reaffirm both her loyalty to the president and her independence from Republican Party leadership. “He’s the president of the United States,” she said, before pivoting to a broader critique of Washington. “Here’s something you all may not know about me: I think a lot of people on the left are learning that when I ran for Congress in 2020, I ran criticizing Republicans and Democrats equally, because I come from a working-class family.”
Representing a “rural, manufacturing district” in northwest Georgia, Greene said her constituents — “blue-collar workers and people who have been crushed by decades of failure in Washington, D.C.” — expect her to “point fingers at everyone” who contributes to that dysfunction.
Her willingness to call out Republican leadership has stirred controversy within her own party, especially as she has taken a harder line on spending, foreign aid, and border enforcement. But Greene insisted she hasn’t changed. “Everybody’s like, ‘Marjorie Taylor Greene has changed,’” she said to hosts Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Ana Navarro, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin. “And I’m like, oh no, nothing has changed about me. I am staying absolutely, 100 percent true to the people that voted for me, and true to my district.”
Greene also pushed back at critics who questioned her decision to appear on The View, a program often hostile to conservatives. She had previously called those critics “pathetic Republican men” and “mostly paid social media influencers.” Asked Tuesday to “name names,” she replied, “When I talk about weak Republican men, I’m pretty much talking oftentimes about the leadership in the House and the Senate.”
When Behar jokingly suggested she “become a Democrat,” Greene laughed. “No, I’m not a Democrat,” she said firmly. “I think both parties have failed.”
Despite the combative setup, Greene struck a tone of civility throughout the interview. “I think that all of us right here are doing a great job of exchanging our ideas and things that we believe in,” she said, to applause. “And we’re doing it in a very professional and kind way. I think we need more of that in America. I really do.”
She even encouraged Speaker Mike Johnson to appear on the show. “Absolutely, I think Mike Johnson should come on this show,” she said enthusiastically.
Reflecting on the discussion, Greene said she wanted to avoid hostility. “A lot of people wanted me to come on the show and say nasty things. They wanted all of us to fight,” she said. “I didn’t want to do that today, because I believe that people with powerful voices — like myself and like you, and especially women-to-women — we need to pave a new path in this country.”
“Our beautiful country, our red, white and blue flag is just being ripped to shreds,” Greene concluded. “And I think it takes women of maturity to sew it back together.”
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