Why the GOP should confront Rep. Greene’s calls 'for breaking up our country': analyst

US Representative Marjorie Greene Taylor (R-GA) has pitched the idea of a "national divorce" between red and blue states as a solution to policy disagreements between Republicans and Democrats — regarding issues ranging from the border crisis to COVID vaccinations.

The Georgia lawmaker has also been one of the most vocal GOP leaders calling for the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — despite "no current evidence that he is corrupt."

In February 2023, she made her proposition clear, tweeting, "We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting woke culture issues shoved down our throats to the Democrat’s traitorous America Last policies, we are done."

In a Monday, January 29 op-ed, MSNBC political contributor Steve Benen calls on Republicans to examine the party's support of Greene — who's a member of the House Homeland Security Committee — and answer the question of whether or not it backs her repeated calls for "the dissolution of the United States."

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The Rachel Maddow Show producer raises a few questions — "not rhetorical" — such as, "How comfortable are GOP leaders with one of their prominent members calling for the breaking up of our country? What are they prepared to do about it? Can Americans feel confident in the work of the House Homeland Security Committee knowing that Greene is on it — and she no longer wants to live in the same country as millions of Americans?"

Benen writes, "Basic American patriotism generally prevents elected officials from endorsing the dissolution of the United States, but we’ve reached the point in our collective history at which members of Congress can publish such messages — which would’ve sparked a genuine scandal up until fairly recently — and much of the political world shrugs, seeing it as somehow routine."

He adds that although Greene's "extremism has become predictable," Republicans' "responses to her radical vision are still relevant."

Therefore, Benen emphasizes, "House Speaker Mike Johnson and his team should let the public know whether they’re comfortable with such a dynamic — and what they’re prepared to do in response if they’re not comfortable with such a dynamic."

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