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Marjorie Taylor Greene putting blame' on GOP congressional leaders for shutdown
Greene has continued to be a thorn in the side of Republican leadership in recent weeks, splitting from Trump and the GOP on a string of high-profile topics.

Faith Wardwell

10/09/2025, 12:08pm ET

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is continuing to buck GOP congressional leadership, placing blame on top Republicans Thursday morning for failing to pull the government from its ongoing shutdown.

"I'm not putting the blame on the president," Greene (R-Ga.) said in an interview on CNN's "The Situation Room." "I'm actually putting the blame on the speaker and Leader [John] Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening."

Greene has continued to be a thorn in the side of Republican leadership in recent weeks, splitting from President Donald Trump and the GOP on a string of major topics " calling the war in Gaza a "genocide," campaigning for the release of files related to the Jeffrey Epstein case and pushing for an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies.

"We control the House, we control the Senate, we have the White House," she said Thursday. "I've been vocal saying you can use the nuclear option in the Senate. This doesn't have to be a shutdown. But what we have to do is we have to work for the American people, and our country is so divided right now."

Speaker Mike Johnson recently brushed off Greene's health care push, telling reporters that "Congresswoman Greene does not serve on the committees of jurisdiction to deal with those specialized issues, and she's probably not read that in on some of that."

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