Marjorie Taylor Greene has been acting out of character for a few months now. Though it seems like she has suddenly grown some brain cells, people are confused about what MTG really wants. Her latest bout of clarity? Calling out her own party’s failure on health care.
On Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher, MTG again did something most people never expected her to do. She made a coherent point, despite also claiming that she “loved” Trump. When Maher pressed her about what Republicans actually want to do with healthcare, Greene shrugged and said, “Me too. I’m waiting for the plan.” And for a moment there, people couldn’t recognize her.
Greene sat there not yelling about Jewish space lasers or getting a “national divorce.” Instead, she was complaining about her own Republican colleagues. “Congress should be solving these problems,” she said. Adding that Speaker Mike Johnson “cannot give me a single policy idea.” Even Bill Maher seemed surprised to find himself nodding as MTG blasted her own party for having only “concept of plans.”
To be fair, she wasn’t wrong. Republicans have spent a decade promising to repeal and replace Obamacare. Yet, they haven’t produced anything resembling a replacement. MTG admitted the stupidity on Republicans’ part, too. “The Democrats passed Obamacare, but the Republicans have never done anything to correct the problems that exist with it. And I blame my own party,” she said.
But that’s what makes this latest version of MTG so confusing. For most of her career, she’s been the mascot of senselessness in her party. From attacking Dr. Fauci, calling Democrats “pedophiles,” and claiming 9/11 was an inside job, she has rarely made sense. Until a few months ago, when she suddenly had a change of brain and began speaking reasonably.
Now, MTG is on national television criticizing the GOP’s lack of policy depth, like she has suddenly discovered governance. Previously, she has criticized her party’s shutdown tactics, complained about the healthcare plans, spoken boldly on the Epstein Files, and even admitted Democrats might occasionally be right. So, people can’t help but ask, “What’s going on with her?”
The social media reactions captured the confusion perfectly: “I just don’t understand the flip-flopping,” one shared. “What’s her plan?” another asked, while one wrote “We’re in trouble when she starts making sense.” But the only answer to her political evolution might be her desperation to get reelected. Despite making all the right points, MTG’s sudden reasonableness feels less like enlightenment and more like a strategy to most. But it’s probably working right for her.
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