MTG's Sudden Reversal and the Ramifications

Never in a million years did I expect Trump to throw Marjorie Taylor Greene under the bus. When I heard he was having meetings with the Republicans who had signed on their support to release the Epstein files, I wasn’t surprised in the least. I was surprised that they decided to go against him and stick to their morals and commitment to the victims—I honestly didn’t see that coming. I assumed they would capitulate as they have in the past whenever Trump has demanded support from his MAGA base. The venom with which he has attacked Greene, however, has been especially vicious.

Greene has made herself known as a Trump loyalist from day one. If you were to tell me one of the MAGAs would defect, she wouldn’t even be on my list of guesses. From everything I’ve read, she simply asked him to stick to his campaign promise to release the files—and his incredibly aggressive response was to discredit and demonize her to his party. She has been open about the threats she has been receiving, and has every reason to be genuinely concerned. But I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that her sudden reversal on Trump, solely due to her finally drawing his ire, is slightly grating.

Yes, I am happy she has seen the light and has chosen her constituents over Trump. That’s all I’ve ever wanted from MAGA, and I will welcome any defectors with open arms. But one thing I would say to Greene, over all else is, please, for the love of all that is holy, do not stop standing up to this man. He will try and get you to capitulate through honey or hellfire, whichever he thinks will work best in the moment. He chooses to rule through fear, not respect, and you have now learned what it feels like to be on the other side of that damnation.

That being said, Greene has since come out stating that she realizes she participated in that sort of hateful rhetoric in the past, and she has no intention of ever continuing the behavior. I applaud her for this. She is openly taking responsibility for her actions instead of deflecting, and it takes character to do that, especially in this circumstance. Does it suck that Trump had to turn on her directly for her to see the error of her ways? Of course it does, for her more than anyone. But as I like to tell my 13-year-old (and sometimes even my husband) sometimes you have to learn the hard way. But those lessons are the ones that tend to stick around the longest, so let us hope Greene is serious when she says she is changing her ways. I will be rooting for her.