Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) warned that President Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP could also be loosening, and likewise predicted Republicans could possibly be headed for a dismal consequence within the 2026 midterm elections.
“I think the dam is breaking,” Greene mentioned in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that aired Tuesday on “The Source.”
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Greene, who has lately drawn Trump’s ire after breaking with him on a number of points, pointed to indicators of rising Republican resistance. She cited the 13 GOP lawmakers who voted to overturn Trump’s govt order permitting the firing of federal employees, in addition to Indiana Republicans who opposed a redistricting plan backed by Trump.
“That’s a sign where you’re seeing Republicans are entering the campaign phase for 2026,” Greene mentioned. “Which is a large signal that lame-duck season has begun and that Republicans will go in, all in for themselves, in order to save their own reelections.”
Collins asked Greene: “You think the dam is breaking in terms of the president’s iron grip of support when it comes to your party?”
“Absolutely,” Greene replied. “Those 13 Republicans that voted to take down his executive order last week, literally that same evening, put on their tuxedos and their evening ball gowns and went to the White House Christmas party. That’s pretty bold.”
Greene predicted critical bother for Republicans within the subsequent election cycle.
“I think the midterms are going to be very hard for Republicans,” she mentioned. “I’m one of the people that’s willing to admit the truth and say I don’t see Republicans winning the midterms right now.”
She additionally forecast that extra House and Senate Republicans will quickly cut up with Trump, and pushed again on his claims that issues over affordability are exaggerated.
“Affordability is a crisis,” Greene mentioned, who urged extra empathy from the president.
Greene, herself no stranger to inflammatory remarks, additionally condemned Trump’s feedback following the killings of actor-director Rob Reiner and his spouse, Michele, after Trump dismissed Reiner as “deranged” for beforehand criticizing him.
“I thought that statement was absolutely completely below the office of the president of the United States,” Greene mentioned. “Classless, and it was just wrong.”
She additionally disregarded hypothesis that Trump, earlier than their cut up on points, might need attended her wedding ceremony to Real America’s Voice host Brian Glenn, to whom she introduced her engagement this weekend.
“Not necessarily,” Greene mentioned. “Brian and I aren’t like that. We’ll probably do something a little smaller.”
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