The surprise resignation of Marjorie Taylor Greene reverberated through Saturday, as figures from across the political spectrum gave responses ranging from criticism to acclaim, including Donald Trump, who hinted at a future political career for her.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic congresswoman and Greene’s frequent sparring partner, criticized her voting record on healthcare and claimed “She’s carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in”, adding: “… her actions have not backed up the rhetoric. For all her talk, she’s still voting with them to gut healthcare … ”
Greene voted in the summer for cuts to Medicaid and the reduction of enhanced tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, but then in October criticized the ACA cuts as premiums soared.
Kentucky Republican congressman Thomas Massie, who has also taken public stands against Trump including over the Epstein files release, said on X that he was “very sad for our country but so happy for my friend Marjorie. I’ll miss her tremendously.”
Greene said in her resignation video that she refused to be a “battered wife” after her public fallout with Donald Trump, but the president suggested to NBC News that he would like to see Greene resume her political career.
“It’s not going to be easy for her” to revive her career in politics, he said, adding: “I’d love to see that.” In the meantime, “she’s got to take a little rest”.
Greene could have led the anti-Trump resistance but the mob boss got his way
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump acolyte turned nemesis who bested him over the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, has stunned the political establishment again. In what should have been her hour of triumph, the Maga star abruptly announced that she was quitting the House of Representatives.
In one timeline, she could have used the Epstein win as the foundation of an anti-Trump resistance in the Republican ranks. The party has spent the past decade demonstrating that cowardice is contagious. Instead Greene follows the likes of fellow dissenters Liz Cheney, Bob Corker, Jeff Flake and Adam Kinzinger in heading for the exit. Trump has presided over the homogenisation of the Republican party: you are loyal to him or you are out.
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From staunch Trump ally to ‘traitor’: Greene’s career highlights
The dramatic announcement of her resignation was a typical act: out of the blue, full of punchy language and rage and – mostly – unexpected by people on both sides of the political aisle.
Here, we take you through the career highlights of the Maga star, beginning with a writing career for a conspiracy-laden website, followed by a run for Congress, calls for the death penalty against political opponents and a spectacular breakdown with the leader she was most loyal to, Trump himself.
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Grassroots campaign aims to repeal Missouri Republicans’ gerrymandering
At the request of Donald Trump, Republicans called a special legislative session and carved out the Kansas City congressional district of longtime Democratic representative Emanuel Cleaver, and replaced it with a Republican one.
However, thanks to a provision added to the Missouri constitution in 1908, voters there have a chance to rebuke politicians and stop it from going into effect.
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Court rules Trump cannot expand fast-track deportation process
A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to clear the way for Donald Trump’s administration to expand a fast-track deportation process to allow for the expedited removal of immigrants who are living far away from the border.
The US court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit declined to put on hold the central part of a ruling by a lower-court judge who had found that the administration’s policies violated the due process rights of immigrants who could be apprehended anywhere in the US.
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US veterans condemn Trump’s politicization of military
Veterans have condemned the politicization of the military after Donald Trump accused Democratic lawmakers of “sedition, punishable by death” after a small group urged US soldiers not to follow any “unlawful” orders.
“He uses sedition and treason very broadly and inappropriately,” said David Frakt, a retired air force officer and attorney in the judge advocate general (JAG) corps, the military justice branch. “The irony is that if anyone committed sedition or treason, it was the people that he urged to overthrow the government on January 6 [2021] – and you know, he pardoned all of those people and calls them patriots and martyrs and all the rest.”
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Trump to end temporary protected status for Somali immigrants in Minnesota
Donald Trump said late on Friday night that he’s “immediately” terminating temporary legal protections for Somali migrants living in Minnesota, further targeting a program seeking to limit deportations that his administration has already repeatedly sought to weaken.
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What else happened today:
Tatiana Schlossberg, a journalist and the granddaughter of John F Kennedy, disclosed on Saturday that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Less than a year after the Palisades fire destroyed nearly 7,000 structures in Los Angeles, the first completed rebuilt home is being celebrated in Pacific Palisades.
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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com
