Marjorie Taylor Greene Pushes Back Against
Criticism From AIPAC
Aug. 8,
2025, 1:32 p.m. ETAug. 8, 2025
Robert
Jimison
Representative
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, is pushing back against
criticism from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee over her
characterization last week of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a “genocide.”
The
group, the largest and most well-funded pro-Israel organization in the United
States, on Thursday called Ms. Greene’s position “a betrayal of American
values” and said her posture was more in line with her ideological opposites.
“You
expect anti-Israel smears from Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar,” the group said in
a fund-raising email to supporters, referring to the Muslim American Democratic
lawmakers from Michigan and Minnesota.
“But now,
Marjorie Taylor Greene has joined their ranks — spouting the same vile rhetoric
and voting against the U.S.-Israel alliance.”
Hours
later, Ms. Greene defended herself on social media, suggesting that AIPAC was
displeased with her assertions because they conflicted with the interests of
the organization.
“The
truth is AIPAC doesn’t like it because I UNAPOLOGETICALLY REPRESENT AMERICA!”
she said. Ms. Greene added, “AIPAC needs to register as a foreign lobbyist by
U.S. law because they are representing the secular government of nuclear armed
Israel 100%!!!”
And on
Friday, she wished a “good morning to everyone who is fed up with AIPAC.”
Ms.
Greene’s comments last week broke sharply from the prevailing sentiment among
Republicans in Congress, who have made unqualified support of Israel the
fulcrum of their foreign policy approach.
The clash
between AIPAC and fund-raising groups aligned with Ms. Greene, which have
donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Republican campaign arm,
represents a rupture that could threaten the fragile G.O.P. coalition in
Washington. The party’s narrow House majority is particularly vulnerable.
But Ms.
Greene, who frequently denounces lawmakers’ allegiances to well-funded special
interest groups as part of the “swamp” she came to disrupt in 2021, seems
unbothered by the prospect of aligning herself against a group that has backed
many of her colleagues. AIPAC, for its part, also donates large sums to
Democrats.
For Ms.
Greene, the issue is straightforward: She has insisted that AIPAC is
interfering with a mandate from the MAGA base of voters to address the concerns
of her Republican base. In her response to the group on Thursday, she also
criticized a recent AIPAC-funded trip for lawmakers to Israel for drawing
members away from their district during the August recess, also referred to as
a “district work period.”
She wrote
on social media, “While Congress is out on recess and supposed to be working in
our districts, they just took a bunch of members of Congress to Israel to make
sure they don’t step out of line.”
Ms.
Greene’s condemnation of Washington norms is part of her broader effort to
claim the role as the avatar for “America First” politics on Capitol Hill.
To her,
sending money to Israel, Ukraine or any other foreign country is incompatible
with her understanding of President Trump’s campaign promise to prioritize the
needs of American voters above all other issues. Ms. Greene has said that the
United States should solve its own domestic issues before taking a leading role
in foreign conflicts.
“I’m
fighting for my children’s generation and for AMERICA ONLY!!!!” she said.
“Bring. It. On.”
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