Well, that escalated quickly … in a less than favorable manner.
Especially as two different MAGA camps appear to be going in two different directions.
Indeed, the current conflict raging in the Middle East has brought internal divisions within the Republican party to the forefront … divisions that the Democrats will undoubtedly take advantage of, should they continue to fester.
One thing is for certain: Some MAGA is all in on American involvement in the Middle East, whereas others are hardly in favor.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is most definitely not in favor, as evidenced by recent social media activity.
Following President Donald Trump’s recent, rather surprising criticism of Tucker Carlson – another antiwar advocate – in which he labeled the newscaster as “kooky,” Greene was sure to rush to Carlson’s defense in a posting on X.
“Tucker Carlson is one of my favorite people. He fiercely loves his wife, children, and our country. Since being fired by the neocon network Fox News, he has more popularity and viewers than ever before,” Greene proclaimed.
Fair point. And one not to be sneezed at, considering that Fox News has become steadily more popular than CNN, MSNBC, and other highly liberal outlets as of late.
Greene also stressed the clear intersections between her beliefs and Carlson’s beliefs, further underscoring her willingness to stand against Trump when administrative actions impact her personal beliefs.
In particular beliefs shared not only by Carlson, but also many Americans.
“He unapologetically believes the same things I do. That if we don’t fight for our own country and our own people then we will no longer have a country for our children and our grandchildren,” Greene asserted.
Another fair point. Though limiting hostile regimes’ ability to have nuclear weapons is arguably one clear way of fighting for the United States.
Especially regimes that have a tendency to have mobs chanting “Death to America!”
“And foreign wars/intervention/regime change put America last, kill innocent people, are making us broke, and will ultimately lead to our destruction. That’s not kooky. That’s what millions of Americans voted for. It’s what we believe is America First,” Greene continued.
Greene does make an even sounder point about fiscal waste, although perhaps her focus should be the most intensive in this regard … given that some wars are, rather unfortunately, inevitable.
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham certainly seems to think so anyway, as evidenced by his startlingly harsh rebuke of Greene.
In a public forum, no less.
According to a report from The Hill, Graham was less than impressed by her commentary.
In fact, Graham went as far as to claim that Greene effectively didn’t know what she’s talking about.
“I like Marjorie, but to be honest with you, she doesn’t understand the threat, in my view … If you don’t understand that Iran, a religious theocracy, religious Nazis would use a nuclear weapon to kill all the Jews, you don’t listen to what they say … They’re a threat to us. They’re a threat to the State of Israel,” Graham declared.
When put in those terms … Graham has a definite point.
Though it would be nice to see more definitive evidence of Iran’s nuclear progress.
After all, so-called “weapons of mass destruction” notoriously did not exist in Iraq, yet an entire War on Terror was constructed based upon such assumptions, at least in part.
However, Iran has arguably demonstrated much greater interest in developing nuclear weapons as well, an ambition that should not be taken lightly.
“It is not in the world’s interest to give this religious fanatic a nuclear weapon,” Graham ominously intoned.
No, it most definitely is not.
However, it is also not in Americans’ interests for such splits to be emerging within the Republican party either …
Otherwise, the party may well descend into the same “infighting” that is currently strangling the Democrats, which even major media outlets have admitted.
Therefore, now, more than ever, is the time for conservative unity.
Author: Jane Jones
