After feud with Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene declares she is finished with the GOP

US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a news conference where she introduced a resolution to investigate funding for Ukraine, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, November 17, 2022. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMANDA ANDRADE-RHOADES)

By ASHER SMITH

JUNE 23, 2026 16:56

Former US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene joined far-right political commentator Tucker Carlson in severing ties and criticizing the Republican Party in an X/Twitter post on Monday.

Tucker is not the only one who is done supporting the Republican Party. There is A LOT of us that are absolutely fed up and will not support a party that betrays its voters and country, Greene announced.

That does not mean we are turning into Democrats either. But we are DONE with the America LAST Republican Party.

Greene made her remarks after Tucker Carlson declared in a podcast that there is no chance I would support the Republican Party in reference to the upcoming midterm elections in November.

Both emphasized that parting ways with the GOP did not imply backing the Democratic Party.

Since the US entered war with Iran, a segment of the GOP has grown critical of Trump

Both Greene and Carlson have been outspoken critics of the Trump administration handling of the economy, the so-called Epstein Library, and the Iran War during his second term.

After the US-Israeli strikes on Iran at the end of February, Carlson issued a public apology to his nearly 18 million followers on X for urging them to vote for Trump in the 2024 Presidential elections. With that, he rejected the candidate and party he had backed for over a decade.

In the same podcast episode of Can't Be Censored, Carlson explained why he would not endorse the GOP.

How could I or any American voter support a political party that is not loyal to the United States. That puts the interests of a foreign country above those of its own citizens.

Carlson has described Trump 2024 presidential campaign as funded largely by people loyal to Israel and that the pro-Israel lobby is compelling him to follow policies that harm the US and its citizens.

What we know for certain is that the United States went to war with Iran, a war we are losing, that we have effectively lost already, because of pressure from the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Carlson asserted.

Trump has repeatedly rejected any claims that he has been influenced by Prime Minister Netanyahu or any other foreign actors.

I call the shots. I call all the shots. Netanyahu does not call the shots, Trump said in a March interview with the Financial Times.

Like Carlson, Greene is a former Trump supporter who served as representative for Georgia 14th district. She resigned from office after splitting with Trump over his handling of Jeffrey Epstein case. Since leaving office, she has been vocal in her criticism of Trump and his allies.

Her announcement to leave the Republican Party comes as the latest fracture in a formerly solidly pro-Trump part of the GOP.