'The dam is breaking': MTG says Trump's 'iron grip' on the GOP is weakening

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) says “the dam is breaking” on President Donald Trump’s popularity and many Republican Party members are now in survival mode with their constituents over the unpopular president.

“Thirteen Republicans voted with Democrats to overturn one of President Trump's executive orders, which enabled him to fire federal workers,” Greene told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins. “We also saw Indiana Republicans vote against redistricting ... But I would like to say that that is a sign where you're seeing Republicans entering the campaign phase for 2026, which is a large signal that lame duck season has begun and that Republicans will go in all in for themselves in order to save their own reelection.”

Greene generated a huge MAGA following in the run-up to the 2020 electionfor divisive rhetoric, political stunts and enthusiastic support of Trump. But after growing disagreements with Trump during his second term, Greene announced she will leave Congress in January before her term is up.

In her CNN interview, Greene continued to criticize Trump and Republican leadership in the House for failing to come up with a plan to cover millions of Americans who are about to see their health insurance costs skyrocket with the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, adding that “I have 75,000 [constituents] that are on ACA tax credits,” and a “large portion of those 75,000 people are Republican voters.”

When Collins asked if the dam was breaking in terms of the president's “iron grip” on the party Greene pointed out that “those 13 Republicans that voted to take down [Trump’s] executive order last week, “literally that same evening, put on their tuxedos and their evening ball gowns and went to the White House Christmas party.”

“That's pretty bold,” she explained.

“Do you think that message is being received at the White House?” Collins asked.

“I'm sure it's being received. And there's a lot of pushback happening. You're seeing it all within the conference.”

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