The US government shutdown extended into its 20th day on Monday with no resolution in sight, as a prominent Republican lawmaker publicly broke ranks with party leadership over the decision of Mike Johnson, the House speaker, to keep Congress shuttered for weeks.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a representative of Georgia, on Monday morning criticized Johnson’s strategy, calling on the House to return to session immediately.

“The House should be in session working,” Greene wrote on X. “We should be finishing appropriations. Our committees should be working. We should be passing bills that make President Trump’s executive orders permanent. I have no respect for the decision to refuse to work.”

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    15 hours ago

    Did she suddenly discover she has a gay cousin or something?

    Wtf is with this turn-around?

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      Honestly, it’s very possible that someone close to her told her that trump actually sucks.

      If someone whose opinion she valued explained why trump was awful, without pivoting to supporting the lesser-evil democrats, she’s compelled to listen to reason to avoid becoming the politician that these people hate.

      This might come as a shock to you all, but a lot of conservatives are conservative because they recognize the Party of Clintons does not have their interests at hand. Democrats would have better results in elections if they ran more candidates like Bernie Sanders, but they don’t want to pay more in taxes so we end up with the Clintons and a culture war.

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      I fully expect a useful idiot to reply saying “conservatives don’t represent them either,” and that’s true. Neither party represents the working class. However, since our rulers get richer by dividing us with a culture war, that’s what each party encourages.

      Until we can stop succumbing to their two-pronged strategy, we shouldn’t expect the political climate to improve. I won’t hold my breath.

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      She’s a true believer, and doesn’t understand why all the grifters aren’t marching onward with the crusade. She probably legitimately believes the Epstein files exonerate Trump.

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        I have a graduate degree in psychology, and I still don’t fucking get what motivates this type of person…

        Like, I get it, but she is a fucking special case. A very special case.

        What the hell is going on here?

        I’m afraid that even trying to figure out may, in fact, drive me insane.

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      She wants the Epstein files released so she can ride the negative sentiment to a position more prominent in party leadership.

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        She wants the Epstein files released because she thinks the secret codes to the Jewish space lasers are in there somewhere. I also think antisemitism explains her willingness to call out Israel for genocide (which, like, to be clear, shouldn’t be an antisemitic stance at all, but MGT is a dumb hateful bitch who thinks every single Jewish person is in on some massive conspiracy to rule the whole world so of course she stupidly folds the real crimes of Israel and Epstein into that bullshit).

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          What a time to be alive. When you can be born with room temperature IQ and convince the masses you’re the person who will represent them.

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        No doubt, but how that motivation has separated from the unquestionable support of Trump is what is the most worthy hair. She is certainly the only one so truly and faithfully to stick to her alleged motives of Epstein transparency, and she has certainly the only one currently who has stuck to that, despite how it may be betray Trump’s current agenda.

        And that’s why we’re having this conversation. Welcome to now.

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          You asked what the turnaround was and I told you. Welcome yourself to now. I’m fucking sick of this place.

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            Yeah, and my previous comment did nothing but 100% agree with what you said before but also to further support your agenda. So perhaps you could explain it to me, but I’m not entirely certain why you’re getting so snappy with me right now because I am definitely on your side.

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              Read your first comment back to yourself and imagine it’s someone else talking to you. Your last two sentences of your first reply make you sound very snarky.

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                Pretty ridiculous to tell me that you know what I’m saying better than I do

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                  I never said anything like that, so please save the gaslighting for someone else. I said your comments come across as snarky. This is my last reply.

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      Yeah, this is weird. Her being one of the most “reasonable” republican even more concerning to me. I know they a screwed up, but when they go so far that she isn’t willing to go…