Crockett on Greene’s resignation: ‘You’ve got to be kidding me’
By: Max Rego (The Hill)
What's the point of sticking around? Trump is clearly abandoning MAGA. Congress is a corrupt institution owned by the elites. The courts have been corrupted by elites packing and stacking politicians acting as judges.
When it's time to walk away, don't look back.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Sunday she was surprised by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announcing her resignation over the weekend.
“Honestly, I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me,’” Crockett told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “You’re on the other side of the president for one week, and you can’t take the heat.”
Greene said Friday she will leave Congress in January, citing her falling-out with President Trump. Earlier this month, the president withdrew his endorsement of Greene amid a fissure over the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The Georgia Republican also criticized Trump for authorizing strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June, broke with GOP lawmakers in calling Israel’s actions in Gaza a “genocide” in July and slammed her party’s approach during the 43-day government shutdown.
“I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms,” Greene said in a lengthy statement .
Greene and Crockett have clashed in the past . During a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in May 2024, the conservative firebrand said Crockett’s “fake eyelashes are messing up what you’re reading.”
Crockett, without mentioning Greene directly, responded by referencing “somebody’s bleach blonde, bad-built, butch body.”
On Sunday, the Texas Democrat accused Greene of being an “instigator” of hateful rhetoric during her time in Congress.
“It’s just interesting that I don’t know if she really fully understood how bad she was making it for other people,” Crockett added.
Last Sunday, Greene acknowledged that she has taken part in the “toxic politics” that have “plagued” the country.
“I am committed, I’ve been working on this a lot lately, to put down the knives in politics. I really just want to see people be kind to one another,” she told host Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation will have more impact than an entire chamber of people like Jasmine Crockett living in the swamp and feeding at the public trough.
I disagree with that. Congress is entirely too self-serving so I don't think it will have that large of an impact other than to reduce the majority count.
MTG has shown the grassroots MAGA base how easy it is to walk away from a corrupt system. Support for Trump is not set in stone. And loyalty to a corrupt system or corrupt political party does not serve the interests of ordinary Americans.
The only lesson Jasmine Crockett provides is that we should fight for the right to feed at the public trough.
I don't know that she's provided her real reasoning as to why she's walking away. There's always the unsaid parts of decision making by anybody in Washington. But she's leaving on her 5 year anniversary which means she does get her Congressional pension starting at age 62 so it's not as if she's walking away from everything. She's only 51 so she could get other work, pay into Social Security and be a double-dipper at 62. Or go on the speaking tour. Somehow I doubt if she will want for money.
It's an old "joke" but still true, a politician's first loyalty is to their party. More so these days because if you don't follow the party line you can be sure the party will primary someone else against your next election. The system has been corrupt for a long time, there's too much money and power in politics. And as the sitting president is considered the leader of their respective party, it does put Trump's 'feelings' against her. I don't know how the problem can be fixed, we need term limits but Congress will not vote for that themselves. And TBH with the divide in this country, even if a Constitutional Convention could be called I have fears over what else would be submitted and voted on.
As for Crockett, it just proves that we don't elect the best and brightest to Congress. But the public trough is a great place to become a multi-millionaire.
My take is that MTG has been up-front about her reasons for resigning. Obviously Greene has a lot of support in her district and could likely survive an attempt by Trump to primary her. But what would Greene be fighting for? What's the point of seeking reelection?
Democrats will very, very likely flip the House next year. Not because Democrats have earned it. The midterms will be a referendum on Trump. Now that Trump has abandoned MAGA to turn TEA Party his support will fade pretty quickly.
No it won’t. Nobody ever impacted anything by quitting.