THE INDEPENDENT – Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has a fresh bone to pick with Donald Trump after bucking him on the release of the Epstein files and fellow Republicans on the government shutdown — this time slamming the administration’s execution of ICE raids, the policy central to the president’s MAGA campaign.
During an appearance on comedian Tim Dillon’s podcast, “The Tim Dillon Show,” Greene was unapologetic in critiquing Trump’s ICE raids — some of which notably left “nearly naked” children zip-tied and separated from their parents earlier this month in Chicago.
The 51-year-old Georgia congresswoman said that while she supports having a secure border and strong immigration laws, there “needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them.”
Specifically, Greene noted that much of the American labor force relies on immigrants, many of whom did not enter the country legally.
“As a conservative, and as a business owner in the construction industry, and as a realist, I can say, we have to do something about labor,” Greene told Dillon.
“And it needs to be a smarter plan than just rounding up every single person and deporting them just like that,” she continued. “I’m going to get pushback for that, but I’m just living in reality from here on out. If anyone’s mad at me for saying the truth, then I’m sorry.”
Greene, one of Trump’s most loyal allies, has recently taken strong public stances against her own party on a variety of issues, including the government shutdown, the release of documents related to the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the war in Gaza and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace …
