Marjorie Taylor Greene told Sunny Hostin what everyone has been waiting to hear about the government shudown. This week, The View sat down with the lawmaker to discuss the role of healthcare in the current government shutdown.
At the time of writing, this gridlock has paused SNAP benefits for millions and now threatens to derail crucial air travel ahead of that industry’s busiest period of the year. During her appearance on The View, Taylor Greene told the hosts that she thought the GOP was stalling because they don’t have an actual plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. That would mean all this grandstanding was there to delay other controversies and pass tax cuts for supporters of the party’s agenda.
“I yelled at Mike Johnson last week in our GOP conference call. By the way, I’m missing that call today,” Greene said. “I hope he finally gives us a single healthcare policy… I shouldn’t have to go into a skiff to find the Republican healthcare plan.”
When pressed on that by Sunny Hostin, The View member asked MTG about the idea that there is no GOP healthcare plan. But, Taylor-Greene actually agreed with the assessment. She said, “You know what, that I believe is the truth. And I think that’s a failure.” It’s hard to argue with any of that frank conversation. This whole situation is sad because many United States residents would like a resolution that doesn’t simultaneously lock their communities out of healthcare.
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t think the GOP has a plan
The volatile House member has been on a media blitzkrieg lately as she calls out her own party’s members for their roles in the shutdown. On Twitter, Taylor Greene made it perfectly clear where she stands as this standoff enters another week. While the control of the government working rests entirely with the GOP at this point, she tries to lay out a case where Democrats could help. It’s important to note the partisan goals listed in the current set of demands. With those attached, the Dems have zero incentive to sign on for an extension of the legislature. After all, the GOP has done this thing so many times during negotiations over the past decade.
She argued, “If Republican Senators wanted to pass the CR and reopen the government they could, by using the nuclear option to override the 60 vote rule and pass the CR with a simple majority vote. We have 53 R Senators.”
In other posts on the platform, Taylor Greene would argue even more plainly. “As a member of the House, I voted YES to fund the government at the end of September, it’s now up to the Senate. I have not and will not take a paycheck during the government shutdown,” she clarified. “Again as I’ve been saying from the beginning, the political drama and government shutdown can easily and quickly be resolved by both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate.”
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