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• Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused Republicans of staging performative legislation to gaslight voters ahead of 2026 midterms
• Greene claimed GOP leaders privately acknowledged in January 2025 they had only six to nine months to accomplish anything serious before campaign mode took over
• The post marks the latest escalation from a former Trump ally who resigned from Congress after calling MAGA “all a lie”

WASHINGTON, DC (TDR) — Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted a sweeping indictment of both political parties on Wednesday morning, accusing Washington of entering a phase of purely performative governance designed to manipulate voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

The post, published on X under her account @FmrRepMTG, alleged that Republican leaders privately discussed in internal meetings in January 2025 that the party had only a six-to-nine-month window to accomplish anything substantive before courage faded and campaign posturing took over.

“Everything in Washington will be purely performative, for the remainder of the year, to gaslight you to vote in the midterms.” — Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Greene argued that the only meaningful legislative accomplishment was an extension of existing tax law with minor additions. She then listed what she described as a series of Republican failures: no accountability for COVID-era policies, no accountability for what she called four years of political lawfare, no accountability for 2020 election disputes and no accountability for the Epstein files.

From MAGA’s Biggest Defender To Its Sharpest Critic

The post represents the latest turn in one of the most dramatic political reversals in recent Republican history. Greene spent years as one of President Donald Trump‘s most vocal defenders in Congress. She championed his agenda, fought his political battles and built a national profile as a MAGA firebrand.

The relationship fractured in late 2025 over the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Greene supported the discharge petition to force full release of government files connected to the convicted sex trafficker. Trump, according to Greene, was furious.

“He was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the files.” — Marjorie Taylor Greene, on CBS’ 60 Minutes

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The split widened rapidly. Greene questioned Trump’s Middle East foreign policy, challenged the administration’s refusal to address healthcare costs and accused the president of serving wealthy donors rather than ordinary Americans. Trump responded by revoking his endorsement and calling her “Marjorie Traitor Greene” aboard Air Force One.

Greene announced her resignation from Congress in November 2025, effective January 5, 2026, saying she did not want her district to endure what she called a hurtful and hateful primary fight. In a February interview with The Hill, she went further, calling the MAGA movement she once championed “all a lie” and accusing Trump of spending his first year back in office focused on obliging wealthy supporters, big corporations and foreign wars.

The Iran Claim: What The Record Shows

Greene’s Wednesday post accused Trump of bringing the country to the verge of war with Iran despite campaigning as the “no more foreign wars” president.

The charge carries weight. The United States has deployed its largest military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq invasion, including two aircraft carrier strike groups — the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford — along with dozens of warships and hundreds of warplanes. Trump said on Feb. 20 he was considering limited military strikes against Iran and gave Tehran 10 to 15 days to make a deal on its nuclear program.

A third round of indirect U.S.-Iran talks is underway in Geneva, but senior military officials have cautioned that limited strikes could open the door to a wider confrontation. CNN reported the U.S. military is positioning forces capable of launching multiple waves of strikes into Iran, and CBS News reported Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with what aides describe as the limits of military leverage.

Trump has maintained that diplomacy remains his preference. During his State of the Union address this week, he stated he would never allow Iran to possess nuclear weapons, adding that all options remained on the table.

Greene’s Equal-Opportunity Attacks

Wednesday’s post did not spare Democrats. Greene accused the party of learning nothing from its 2024 defeat, making no serious changes to its policy platform and continuing to prioritize immigration and transgender issues while only recently discovering interest in the Epstein files.

She coined the phrase “Political Industrial Complex” to describe what she framed as a bipartisan system designed to keep Americans last.

The language echoes themes Greene has been developing since her resignation. Earlier this month, she accused MAGA influencers of mocking women who were trafficked and raped as teenagers, warning they looked like “cult fools” and would cost Republicans women voters in the midterms.

“Keep mocking those of us who take rape and pedophilia seriously and demand accountability for corruption.” — Marjorie Taylor Greene

That post triggered a public feud with conservative influencer Laura Loomer, who accused Greene of wanting the GOP to lose the midterms. Greene responded by mocking Loomer’s inability to secure White House press credentials and calling her the “self-appointed High Priestess of MAGA”.

Polling Suggests Greene Is Not Alone

Greene’s frustration may reflect broader voter sentiment. Recent surveys from YouGov and Morning Consult show Democrats leading Republicans among registered voters by three to six points heading into the midterms. An NBC News poll from December 2025 found that the proportion of self-identified Republicans who identify with MAGA dropped seven percentage points since April 2025.

The November 2025 off-year elections delivered significant Democratic victories in New York, New Jersey, Virginia and California. Greene responded at the time by listing groups she said Republicans had disenfranchised, including America First voters, the Make America Healthy Again movement and Americans struggling with the cost of living.

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon has also warned that Trump’s base is losing energy ahead of the midterms, though he has notably gone quiet on the Epstein files since his own name appeared throughout the released documents.

The Contradiction At The Center

What makes Greene’s transformation remarkable is the speed and completeness of the reversal. Two years ago, she defined herself as Trump’s fiercest congressional ally. Today she calls his movement a lie, accuses his administration of prioritizing wealthy donors over working Americans and warns that both parties are gaslighting voters into supporting a system she says serves no one.

Whether Greene’s evolution represents genuine political awakening or strategic repositioning for a future Georgia statewide run — she has publicly considered both gubernatorial and Senate bids — remains an open question. Republican senators have already expressed concern that her nomination could cost the party a winnable Senate race against incumbent Jon Ossoff.

When a politician who built her career on loyalty to one party’s leader becomes its most vocal critic while also attacking the opposition, does that signal an authentic break from partisanship — or just a new kind of performance?

Sources

This report was compiled using information from The Hill, CNN, Newsweek, NBC News, NPR, CNBC, CBS News, Al Jazeera, Fortune, Reality Tea, and The New Republic.

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