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Greene Sparks GOP Tensions, Backs Trump Amid Shutdown

10/9/2025

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has distanced herself from the Republican Party and from Donald Trump, and Greene says Trump is her "favorite president."
She blames the party for the government shutdown, saying they are the reason it happened.
She declined Trump's Rose Garden Club invitation due to illness and advocates releasing Epstein files, intensifying party tensions.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has distanced herself from the Republican Party and from Donald Trump, and Greene says Trump is her "favorite president."
She blames the party for the government shutdown, saying they are the reason it happened.
She declined Trump's Rose Garden Club invitation due to illness and advocates releasing Epstein files, intensifying party tensions.