Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, broke with GOP leaders in Congress on their approach to the shutdown on Thursday, warning of the possible impact for her party in the midterm elections.
Greene has claimed the president isn’t always getting the best advice. And the GOP firebrand said on CNN that “I don’t think it’s good advice that a government shutdown is going to help Republicans in the midterms.”
“I also don’t think it’s good advice that Republicans ignoring the health insurance crisis is going to be good for midterms. I actually think that will be very bad for midterms,” she said.
Greene said the health care issue is “very personal” to her. She said her constituents, friends and even her own children “are finding health insurance to be extremely unaffordable, and something that they are having to go without.”
“I think this is an incredibly important issue, I think it is a crisis. I don’t think it’s something to wear political party team jerseys on,” Greene said. “I think it’s something that we have to address and fix.”
Greene said “I’m one of those that gets real tired of political drama when it’s not actually solving a problem, and this is such a crisis, that I’m willing to say, ‘OK, everyone, we have to do something about this.'”
The Georgia Republican reiterated that she supports the president. But she said she sees the shutdown “completely different” from party leadership, pointing specifically to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
“This should not be happening,” she said.