Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Tucker Carlson and ditches Republican party: ‘We’re done with America Last’

Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Tucker Carlson and ditches Republican party: ‘We’re done with America Last’ The former Trump supporters have split from the party over accusations the president has not stuck to key campaign promises - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Former Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene has joined Tucker Carlson in ditching the Republican party after their high profile splits with the president. Carlson told listeners of the Can’t Be Censored podcast he would not support the GOP any more in a recent episode, accusing the party of engaging in “treasonous” behavior. Greene has now followed suit, posting to X: “There is [sic.] A LOT of us that are absolutely fed up and will not support a party that betrays its voters and country…we are DONE with the America LAST Republican Party.” The pair have both been critical of Trump’s war on Iran, accusing the White House of putting Israel’s foreign policy above its campaign promise to put America first. Carlson said he believes the unpopularity of the war with American voters should be a wake up call for the GOP, that the administration’s aggressive foreign policy is alienating loyal supporters like himself. A new poll from CBS found that 69 percent of Americans say the cost of the war has overshadowed the point of the conflict, with more than half believing the the conflict has caused more problems than it has solved. “President Trump campaigned proudly on his promise to deny the Iranian regime the ability to develop a nuclear weapon, which is what this noble operation accomplishes,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a previous statement to The Independent. “The President does not make these incredibly important national security decisions based on fluid opinion polls or podcast hosts, but on the best interest of the American people.” Both Greene and Carlson said they would not be voting Democrat, despite splitting with the Republicans. Greene announced she would leave her congressional seat in Georgia last November, after a public falling out with the president over his handling of the Epstein files. Trump chose to run another candidate in the primary for her district, so she resigned before hosting a challenge. In an interview earlier this month she claimed that Trump officials “don’t deserve the American people’s trust” over the Epstein case and should be considered “traitors.” “What is remarkable to me is that this administration, people that we voted for demanding transparency, the man that campaigned all over the country claiming that he would be the one to drain the swamp, is the very man that fought to keep the Epstein files from being released,” she told CNN’s The Source “And then he, in turn, called me the traitor because I fought to release the Epstein files.” President Trump has taken to calling his once staunch ally “whacky” as well as a “Marjorie Traitor Greene” after their public split. Join our commenting forum Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Comments [Image text:] THE TUCK CARLS SHOW