MicroWaveFeb 2

MAGA ‘was all a lie’: Marjorie Taylor Greene torches Trump in scathing new interview

https://lemmy.world/post/42556722

MAGA ‘was all a lie’: Marjorie Taylor Greene torches Trump in scathing new interview - Lemmy.World

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) called out one-time ally Donald Trump for abandoning the core promises behind his “Make America Great Again” movement. “MAGA is, I think people are realizing, it was all a lie,” she told YouTube host Kim Iversen. “It was a big lie for the people.” The Trump administration, she said, is all about serving “big, big donors,” including foreign countries and large corporations, with many funneling cash to Trump’s PACs and pet projects such as his White House ballroom to win favor.

Show threadhumanamericanFeb 2
Better late than never, I guess? I’m sure this pivot is at least partially self-serving, but we need all the allies we can get against Dickless Jackass Trump.
Show threadsylver_dragonFeb 2
Yup, I’d never consider Greene an ally. But, the enemy of my enemy is a useful tool against my enemy. The more conservative voices calling out Trump’s corruption and self-serving, the better. The MAGA base is never going to listen to anyone who is politically to the left of Atilla the Hun, but someone like Greene may be able to peel a few of them off into the “disaffected, non-voters” camp.
Show threadU7826391786239Feb 2
the people who need to internalize what she’s saying… they don’t listen to women
Show threaddhorkFeb 2

Give Marjorie credit for at least figuring it out. Although a very tiny, tiny proportion of MAGAts ever seen consequences, women seem to be overrepresented:

  • Marjorie’s experience recently getting shut out of running for Senate or Governor by the MAGA establishment is at the top of her mind, of course.

  • Elsie Stefanik drew the short stick too, she was nominated to be UN Ambassador, and a bunch of other Republicans in the House were also nominated for positions in the administration. All those other men got their promotions, but when it was time to affirm Elsie’s they told her the House majority was now too thin. Then she launched her own campaign for NY governor, only to find that once a male Republican announced his campaign, all her support evaporated.

  • And with all the problems recently with ICE, from Trump to Stephen Miller and all down the chain, AI bet Kristi Noem will be the first to face any consequences. She might be offered up as a sacrifice to keep the rest of it going.

Show threadBob Robertson IX

Give Marjorie credit for at least figuring it out

Don’t think she didn’t know it was a grift the entire time. She got in, got hers and is now getting out so she can do the whole ‘news consultant’ gig. The only thing I’ll give her credit for is that she might just open a couple of eyes… but I don’t think she’s doing that out of a sense of service to her country, but instead it is just part of her personal rebranding.

Feb 2 at 2:54pmWeb
Show threaddhorkFeb 2
They all know it’s a grift. She wanted the grift. What she figured out is that she will never really be part of the boys’ club.
Show threadHairyOldCootFeb 2

MTG is smart*, amoral, and self interested. Of course she’d be one of the first rats off the ship.

  • To quote Bob “Act like a dumb shit, and they’ll treat you as an equal.”