Greene gives lengthy interview with New York Times days before stepping down as congresswoman for Georgia

Marjorie Taylor Greene, now just days away from stepping down as a congresswoman for Georgia, has said in her latest mea culpa interview that she “was just so naive” for believing that Donald Trump was a man of the people.

In a lengthy interview with the New York Times that examines her break with the president after years of devotion, Greene explained that a series of minor ruptures with the president culminated in a total breach after conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was killed in September.

The third-term Georgia congresswoman said she was watching Kirk’s memorial service on TV when his widow Erika said she forgave her husband’s killer. But then Trump took the stage to say that unlike Kirk – “a missionary with a noble spirit” who did not “hate” his opponents, Trump said he disagreed.

“I hate my opponent, and I don’t want the best for them,” Trump said.

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[–] 131 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Naive my ass. She knew exactly who he was the whole time. It was just her turn to get vilified and boohoo, how could he do this TO ME?!?! Leopards, yada yada

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I could give her the benefit of the doubt, she seems extremely stupid. Doesn't excuse anything she's done or said though

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago

    I don't think she's as stupid as people make her out to be.

    She's shown herself to be relatively adept at playing her political hand, doing things that will play well to her constituency while making money on insider trading. She timed her resignation to make sure she still draws a Congressional pension.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You're doing that thing where you think everyone is the same as you. And you saw it coming.

    Some people saw it earlier, some saw it later, some still havent seen it.

    But empathy isn't a weakness it's a strength. So please stop acting like a Republican and understand our opponents even if the only reason is it helps us win.

    What you're doing now hurts our chances of winning, even though that's probably not your intent you're helping trump.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    Username checks out.

    While I agree with the broad strokes of what you're saying about empathy, it's important to remember that people like this (or if we're being generous, the people she was like until just now) see empathy from their adversaries as a weakness to be exploited.

    One can be empathetic without being a naive chump. When anyone has caused the amount of harm MTG has, forgiveness comes only after they have atoned. If she puts half as much money and effort into repairing the damage she's done as she put into causing the damage in the first place, then and only then can we talk about letting bygones be bygones.

    If that atonement never materializes (and call me a cynic but I doubt it will) then this is just the same old conservative playbook of "now that I've stomped all over other people to get what I want, it's time for togetherness".

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  • [–] 82 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I wanna make this abundantly clear:

    MTG was fully aware of and supportive of every single fucking thing Trump has done, promised to do, and will do.

    This is all a facade and she is only undertaking it because she is part of the population of GOP politicians that is no longer confident Trump can steal the 2026 and 2028 elections.

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago

    Not just that, but because she lost her standing within Trump's circle. She's being pushed out hence why she's suddenly acting like this. She'll still support Republican policy that is rooted in racism, misogyny, and bigotry as long as she has more power than she previously had.

    She's still a Nazi.

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  • [–] 79 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    After meeting with victims, she claimed, Trump called her and yelled “my friends will get hurt” if the files were released.

    His friends and him.

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  • [–] 53 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Green said that her turn away from unrepentant Maga acolyte came in that moment and she abandoned her training “to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong”.

    I'm sorry, are we all just glossing over the casual mention that there's MAGA training to never apologize or admit you're wrong? I assumed this was their unofficial playbook, but this is the first I've ever heard of an actual training being mentioned.

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  • [–] 35 points 7 months ago

    She has stated repeatedly that her political opponents are evil devil worshippers who should be executed. Nothing she says should ever be taken as legitimate or true.

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  • [–] 33 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The giveaways to billionaires were pretty subtle if you have oatmeal for brains.

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago

    NYT giving this cunt a platform. Fuck right on off.

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago

    Try "willfully ignorant" or " maliciously stupid".

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago*

    She went from a net worth of about 300k to over 20 million in 5 years. Totally normal on a public servant salary.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago

    How much is NYT being paid to rehabilitate her image?

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    Was she naive about Jewish space lasers, controlling the weather or the parkland shootings too?

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    "naive" isn't the same as "willfully-ignorant".

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago*

    You're not naive, you're an evil, ignorant, opportunistic waste of skin & oxygen that knew she could get rich riding on Trump's populist coattails & is now jumping ship like the other rats since he's shown his true face & 1/2 of his moronic base finally figured out that they are in fact the baddies.

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  • [–] 13 points 7 months ago*

    Strange way to spell “opportunistic sleaze”…

    Despite her protestations, when you realize that this is what she really means, you will also realize that she has not changed at all.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Meet the 2028 presidential candidate lol

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Between her and JD Couch Fucker, they've got a HOT bench /s

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Don't worry. The Democrats will come up with a totally useless ticket that will make them seem viable. My money is on Cuomo/Sinema or something equally atrocious.

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    Thanks for sharing! The NYT article takes it easy on MTG, but I'm hoping it might resonate with one or two family members that can't get enough OAN.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, the NYT article is extensively written but essentially a puff piece, IMO. Its author got a bit schooled in the comments; almost all the top ones are about what was omitted (like her net worth before and after) as opposed to what was written. But everyone who's been paying attention already knows all that, so if mainstream media finally helps someone come over from the dark side even in spite of themselves, that's probably a win at this point. Good luck with your folks.

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  • [–] 11 points 7 months ago

    LOL, the idea that any Republican is going to be a man of the people is just hilarious.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    She's trying a bill gates, An arc from an evil psychopath to a reborn philanthropist where gullible people will defend her image.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Trump called her and yelled “my friends will get hurt” if the files were released.

    Trump admits his friends are pedophiles and/or sex traffickers.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    No, no, stop it. She was horrible before this turnaround, horrible before she was in Congress, and horrible before Trump. No rehabilitation for somebody so clearly malicious without some serious and real work - not just vague and obvious words. Actions. Hard work and effort. She is not reformed. She's grifting. Stop.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Eat a bag of dicks. Everyone knew what kind of piece of shit Trump is after his first term.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    You don't say.

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