"Marjorie Taylor Greene, the firebrand Georgia Republican, has been breaking ranks with President Donald Trump and the GOP leadership in Congress on an increasingly long list of issues. She wants Congress to end the government shutdown by agreeing to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. She has demanded the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, called for a pathway to citizenship for immigrants, blasted the White House's funding of wars in Ukraine and Israel and, most recently, torched the administration's economic bailout of Argentina."
"State Representative Kasey Carpenter, a Republican restaurant owner from Dalton whose solidly red northwest Georgia district includes part of Greene's, has a name for what she's doing: decoupling. Greene is separating herself from the president's actions, but only on carefully-chosen issues that she believes have betrayed the MAGA agenda and are popular in her district. There are a lot of people who are not happy about her decoupling, but unless something crazy happens, she's going to be re-elected, Carpenter told me."
Marjorie Taylor Greene has broken with President Donald Trump and GOP congressional leaders on multiple issues, including extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to end a government shutdown, releasing Jeffrey Epstein files, creating a pathway to citizenship, opposing U.S. funding for wars in Ukraine and Israel, and opposing an Argentina bailout. She brands herself as MAGA and 100% America First while avoiding direct criticism of Trump. She blames Republican leaders for failing to fulfill promises on cost of living, health-care premiums and ending forever wars. State Representative Kasey Carpenter calls her tactic 'decoupling' to win reelection in a purple district.
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