(The Hill) — She’s a strong supporter of President Trump, but Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) says she’s accepted that he might not love her back, given her recent criticism of the Republican Party.
“I do love him,” Greene said of Trump during a Tuesday appearance on “The View.”
Asked by co-host Joy Behar to respond to reports of “tension” between her and the president, and that Trump might not “love” her back right now, Greene replied, “Well, that’s OK.”
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“Donald Trump, he usually yells at everybody, so we’re all used to it,” Greene said.
“But he’s the president of the United States,” the conservative firebrand continued.
“And here’s something you all may not know about me: I think a lot of people on the left are learning that when I ran for Congress in 2020, I ran criticizing Republicans and Democrats equally, because I come from a working-class family,” she told “The View” hosts.
“And I represent a district that is a rural, manufacturing district — blue-collar workers and people have been crushed by decades of failure in Washington, D.C. — and so I have no problem pointing fingers at everyone,” Greene said.
Greene, who’s frequently referred to Trump as her “favorite president,” has drawn both criticism and praise for breaking with the Republican Party on several key issues in recent weeks.
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She had previously defended her decision to go on the ABC daytime talk show — whose co-hosts are frequent critics of Trump — calling some of her detractors “pathetic Republican men” and “mostly paid social media influencers.”
She elaborated when asked to “name names” on Tuesday, saying, “When I talk about weak Republican men, I’m pretty much talking oftentimes about the leadership in the House and the Senate.”
“Everybody’s like, ‘Marjorie Taylor Green has changed,'” Green exclaimed to Behar and other hosts, Whoopi Goldberg, Ana Navarro, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
“And I’m like, oh no, nothing has changed about me,” the 51-year-old House member said.
“I am staying absolutely, 100 percent true to the people that voted for me, and true to my district,” she said.
“Maybe you should become a Democrat, Marjorie,” Behar quipped to Greene at one point during the interview.
“No, I’m not a Democrat,” Greene said with a laugh as she shook her head.
“I think both parties have failed,” she said.
Greene also reflected on her “View” sit-down, saying to applause, “I think that all of us right here are doing a great job of exchanging our ideas and things that we believe in. And we’re doing it in a very professional and kind way.”
“I think we need more of that in America. I really do,” Greene said, agreeing when asked by Hostin if Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should also appear on “The View.”
“Absolutely I think Mike Johnson should come on this show,” Greene exclaimed.
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“A lot of people wanted me to come on the show and say nasty things,” she said. “They wanted all of us to fight,” she said.
“I didn’t want to do that today, because I believe that people with powerful voices — like myself and like you, and especially women to women — we need to pave a new path in this country,” Greene said.
“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.”
