The New York Sun reports that former aides and allies of President Donald Trump are welcoming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to their growing fold of political figures whose careers have ended after crossing Trump.
“As I like to say … welcome to the under the bus club,” said Trump’s one-time lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen in a CNN interview shortly after the Greene announced she will step down from Congress in January. “She is joining a very large group of people, myself as the charter membership director, welcome to the club.”
The Sun reports other members of that club include former lawmaker Liz Cheney, who lost a primary in her home state of Wyoming after voting to impeach Trump, and Vice President Pence, who lost Trump’s support after certifying the result of the 2020 election.
Other prominent Republicans remarking on Greene’s decision include Meghan McCain, who became an outspoken Trump critic after the president disparaged the military service of her father, late Arizona senator John McCain.
“I knew she was going to be the next cohost of The View!” McCain posted on X, referring to the ABC talk show frequently criticized by conservatives for its perceived liberal bias. The Sun noted that Greene did in fact make a recent appearance on the show.
Greene joins at least 10 Republican legislators who have broken with Trump and either retired or resigned since Trump entered office.
Trump wasted little time reacting to Greene’s retirement, saying “I think it’s great news for the country. It’s great.”
In her resignation announcement, Greene declared she was done working in a legislative branch that has been “sidelined” by the president, whom she no longer wishes to fight.
“I’ve always represented the common American man and woman as a member of the House of Representatives which is why I’ve always been despised in Washington DC and never fit in,”. Greene said on X. “… I have fought harder than almost any other elected Republican to elect Donald Trump and Republicans to power, traveling the country for years, spending millions of my own money, missing precious time with my family that I can never get back, and showing up in places like outside the New York Courthouse in Collect Pond Park against a raging leftist mob as Trump faced Democrat lawfare.”
Greene added that her constituents are struggling, contrary to Trump’s claims that the economy is doing great.
When Greene resigns in January, the math in the House of Representatives could tighten, reports the Sun, especially after voters in Tennessee’s seventh congressional district vote for a new representative in December. Democrats have high hopes that they can win that race, bringing their House minority up to 214 members.
Read the New York Sun article at this link.