WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene showed a softer side Tuesday as she broke repeatedly with President Trump and the GOP during an interview on “The View” — calling for “women of maturity” to unite in a surprisingly warm appearance.
“I’m sitting here just stumped, you know, because you are a very different person than I thought,” raved co-host Sunny Hostin, who typically attacks Republican officials. “You’ve gone so right, it’s like you’re on the left now.”
Greene, a firebrand Georgia Republican once considered a possible 2024 Trump running mate, rolled out her charm offensive while distinguishing herself from the president on an array of domestic and foreign policies.
The populist conservative, calling herself “unapologetically America first,” trashed Trump’s endorsement of ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race — saying she backs Republican Curtis Sliwa, despite his slim chances against socialist Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
“I wouldn’t vote for Andrew Cuomo. All these women came out with accusations against him, which I found pretty disgusting, and then the COVID lockdowns and all the people’s parents and grandparents who died in nursing homes,” she said.
She called for the release of files from the investigation of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — a priority of congressional Democrats opposed by Trump, who has called interest in the case a “witch hunt.”
“It seems like very rich and powerful men are being protected,” she charged. “And I will sign anybody’s resolution, and I’ll get on board with anyone’s wish to release those files, because this is about women, especially when they were teenagers, were victims of rape and sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein, and according to the victims another, there’s a list of men that they haven’t released yet.”
Greene also distinguished herself from her party’s chief executive on his stalwart support of Israel and his ongoing military campaign to bomb alleged drug-smuggling boats off the coast of South America, though she praised his actions to halt the US-Mexico migrant crisis.
“I don’t believe in regime change. I don’t believe that we should be engaging in war, period. I’m totally against wars,” she said of the Venezuela-focused campaign.
When asked about controversy over neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes appearing on Tucker Carlson’s program, she said, “I’m not antisemitic, but I am critical of the Israeli government.”
She additionally called for an extension of Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies set to expire Dec. 31 — the primary goal of Senate Democrats, who triggered a government shutdown Oct. 1 to create leverage for an extension. Trump has not clearly stated his view on the matter.
“I’m going to pick on Republicans. Republicans never fixed it. And then the ACA tax credits were passed in 2021 and there was a sunset date of the end of this year. And Republicans never made a plan for that,” she said.
“I yelled at [Republican House Speaker] Mike Johnson last week on our GOP conference call,” she added.
“By the way, I’m missing the call today. It’s going on right now, and I hope that Mike Johnson is finally giving a single health care policy, because the country deserves it, and it shouldn’t be a secret.”
Known for verbal attacks on lefty Democratic congresswomen, including Reps. Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jasmine Crockett, Greene acknowledged on Tuesday that the audience expected her to fight. But Greene received applause and the interview didn’t once devolve into a shouting match, as she called for women to unite.
“Women to women, we need to pave a new path,” Greene told the hosts. “This country, our beautiful country, our red, white and blue flag, is just being ripped to shreds, and I think it takes women of maturity to sew it back together.”
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