Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) didn’t hold back this week, claiming that Congress is dominated by “weak” Republican men who are intimidated by “strong” women like herself.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Greene opened up about her growing rift with fellow Republicans, touching on issues like the ongoing government shutdown and her push to declassify more files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Greene said she’s been pushing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to scrap the 60-vote filibuster rule as a way to end the current shutdown but admitted her efforts have gone nowhere.
“My district knows I ran for Congress trashing Republicans,” she said. “They voted for me because they agreed with that. My district’s not surprised.”
She went on to argue that assertive women in the GOP are often marginalized, despite the fact that Donald Trump’s administration, she claimed, showcased many women in leadership positions.
“Whereas President Trump has a very strong, dominant style — he’s not weak at all — a lot of the men here in the House are weak,” Greene said. “There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women. So they always try to marginalize the strong Republican women that actually want to do something and actually want to achieve.”
Greene also accused party leadership of sidelining prominent Republican women under Johnson’s speakership. She pointed to Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), saying she was given “some honorary bullsh*t role” after losing her bid to become ambassador to the United Nations earlier this year. Stefanik now serves as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference.
“She’s a woman so it was okay to do that to her somehow,” Greene added.
The Georgia firebrand has been increasingly vocal about her frustrations with GOP leadership, especially regarding transparency on the Epstein files. She’s one of the few Republicans backing a bill from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) calling for the full release of those documents. Greene has also criticized colleagues for failing to support the legislation, insisting she remains loyal to her MAGA base.
During an appearance on Tim Dillon’s podcast, Greene expressed her exasperation with Washington’s priorities.
“I was thinking about it this morning, I was like, you know, I’ve been in Washington all week, I’ve been at my office, and I’ve been at the Capitol, and there’s two things I couldn’t find this week,” she said. “I couldn’t find anywhere the Epstein Files, and I also couldn’t find the Republican plan to fix the absolutely destroyed health insurance industry that got wiped out in 2015 with Obamacare. Those are the two things I can’t find!”
