How Marjorie Taylor Greene's Antics Resurrected an Adage From the Tea Party Days
It’s nothing new. After all, this is America; one can and often does change one's opinions on political matters. So, it happens. Mitt Romney has changed. Mike Pence has changed. Marjorie Taylor Greene has changed. Liz Cheney has changed. Some of it is due to genuine political differences. Others moved away from the MAGA movement out of differing interests due to their affiliation with the political class, the gripes from the old guard, and or the dying gasps of what was left of the neoconservative grip on the Republican Party. At the height of the Tea Party wave, Matt Kibbe, former CEO of FreedomWorks, had the perfect line for the struggles ahead. This line rings true for the recent slew of Republicans who have become troublesome in the second Trump presidency.
It's nothing new, not even revolutionary. But it’s one of those trite sayings that remain eternal: sometimes you need to defeat the Republicans before you can beat the Democrats. We’ve seen that with Greene’s departure from Congress, MAGA, and the snuggling up with lefty groups, like Code Pink, as she tries to rehabilitate her image. Even going on The View and apologizing for her zingers against top Democrats, like........





















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