Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First Republican Lawmaker to Call Gaza Crisis a 'Genocide'

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-gaza-genocide.html

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First Republican Lawmaker to Call Gaza Crisis a ‘Genocide’
Ms. Greene is the first Republican in Congress to use the term to describe the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, two years after she led the push to censure a Democrat for speaking out against conditions there.
By Robert Jimison
July 29, 2025, 10:14 a.m. ET

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who often casts herself as the standard-bearer of MAGA politics on Capitol Hill, said a “genocide” is underway in Gaza, becoming the first member of her party in Congress to use the term as she condemned the humanitarian disaster unfolding there.

“It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct. 7 in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza,” Ms. Greene said in a social media post on Monday evening.

It was the strongest in a series of escalating statements she has made in recent weeks criticizing Israel’s conduct of the war and calling for action to end the suffering in Gaza. The stance is a clear break with the vast majority of Republicans in Congress, who have made unconditional support for Israel a hallmark of their foreign policy approach.

Ms. Greene’s comments were a direct rebuke of one Republican colleague in particular, Representative Randy Fine of Florida, who has drawn intense criticism for comments he made on social media last week calling the images of starving children in Gaza a campaign of “Muslim terror propaganda.”

“Release the hostages,” Mr. Fine wrote, adding, “until then, starve away.”

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[hlthe2b]

1. Either someone activated a chip long dormant in her brain to at least register some vestigial empathy or...

She's desperate to avoid being thrown out of office so showing a minimal level of sanity?

[haele]

2. Did she hit her head on her pull-up bar or something?

Or did she go in for an upgrade and her technic...er, handler decided to try something new out on her?

[Diamond_Dog]

3. The case of a blind squirrel finding a nut.

[democratsruletheday]

5. meh, she'll be back to being a horrible excuse for a human being

in no time flat. Water always finds it's level.

[RT Atlanta]

6. thank you

I logged in to make the same post Diamond Dog! That person is a chaos agent whose role is to sow seeds of discord. Maybe her role included planting bombs too?

[Diamond_Dog]

10. Great minds, RT Atlanta!

[vanessa_ca]

4. It's very depressing to watch our representatives get outflanked by MTG.

She's probably just reading the room and considering that much of MAGA is not supportive of Israel's actions. I hope more of our reps start reading the room before it's too late.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Gee. Columbia U had to pay $220 mill for saying a lot less.

Harvard’s looking at $500 million payoff, for essentially no longer guaranteeing free speech on campus.

As the traitor has said, “That’s anti-Yo, Semite!”

[Ping Tung]

8. I'd believe she was actually concerned about the victims but I think her motives are questionable.

Like, trying to cuddle up to the fascist in the who said "..it looks like starvation to me..".

[Deep State Witch]

9. I Agree With Her

Ugh, I need to take a shower.

[Initech]

11. I agree with her.

But as long as she keeps voting for Trump and his disgusting policies, she's actively supporting Netanyahu and fascism around the globe. So actions speak louder than words.