What Marjorie Taylor Greene's rift with Republicans reveals about MAGA's future

In an article for The Guardianpublished Sunday, columnist Arwa Mahdawi highlighted a startling turn in the rhetoric of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a figure long known for far‑right conspiracy theories and divisive behavior.

Greene, according to Mahdawi, has begun to speak a modicum of sense, as she turns on her own party. This dramatic shift has seen Greene lambasting the direction of the Republican Party and accusing male colleagues of mistreating women.

Green recently spoke about how Elise Stefanik’s nomination for UN ambassador was sidelined in favor of a less-qualified man.

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“I don’t want to have anything to do with [the course that the Republican party is on],” Greene told the Daily Mail last week.

Mahdawi underscored further surprising stances Greene has taken: she’s become the first Republican lawmaker to call what’s occurring in Gaza a genocide, and she attacked Rep. Randy Fine’s (R-AZ) dismissive “starve away” social‑media post, calling it disgraceful coming from a Jewish congressman.

But Mahdawi warned that these remarks likely aren’t rooted in genuine empathy; Greene’s history of Christian nationalist rhetoric and Islamophobic or antisemitic conspiracy theories suggests her motivations may be more cynical.

"Let me be unequivocal about this: while she may occasionally be making more sense recently, Greene is no friend to the Palestinian cause specifically or progressive issues more generally," Mahdawi wrote.

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But she added: "Keep going, Marjorie! While I can’t stress enough that MTG is no ally, that doesn’t mean she’s not an accidental asset when it comes to destroying the Republican party. I’ve lost any hope that the Democrats, a party that largely consists of self-interested careerists who don’t believe in much other than their own advancement and are happy to help fund a genocide, will mount any sort of meaningful fight against the worst instincts of Trumpism. When Maga eventually collapses it will be from infighting, not Democratic opposition."