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(00:00):
Joining me now is a woman whomade her name as being someone who is
unafraid to say exactly what she thinksto whoever she is speaking to. Marjorie
Taylor Green, the congresswoman from Georgia. Welcome to the show. First of
all, thank you for having me. So. You know, you have
a reputation of being bombastic, ofsaying what exactly what's on your mind.
You spoke on the first night ofthe convention, and I said to my
(00:22):
audience the next day, I said, she was reserved. I don't want
to say reserved, but it didyou get a message from the campaign and
say, look, this is whatwe're talking about. Because there's been such
a unifying theme this week. Ithink my message was very reflective of exactly
how most Americans feel, especially Republicanvoters the base at large. I don't
(00:46):
know what perhaps was bombastic about that. Oh there was something about masking in
your speech the other night. Okay, no, not at all. That
was my point. Oh no,that was my point. I think the
whole convention has been very unifying,don't you think. I think I think
the convention has been right. Theenergy level is incredible. My message was
on point with all the issues I'mconstantly talking about. I think the media
(01:07):
frames me, the Democrats frame meand take clips of what I say and
create it to be more of acharacter that's not me. The person you
saw me on the stage the othernight is exactly who I am, and
that was the message I wanted togive. Does it give you pause knowing
that whatever you do is going tobe put under a microscope and therefore do
(01:30):
you ever think to yourself, Oh, this is not going to come out
right, or they're going to takethis and do so. Does it ever
make you just like second guests anyat any time? Well, I think
given the fact that you and Iboth are not perfect people, all of
us are able to make errors.What gives me pause is making sure that
I always represent the people that electedme and overwhelmingly re elected me and overwhelmingly
(01:56):
supportment support me from Georgia's fourteenth district. I want to make sure that I
say that person that they elected inthe first place. That's what gives me
pause at times. And the realityis my district and many voters, Republican
voters especially, have been upset andnot happy with the Republican Party. And
that's why we're changing it to beAmerica First, and we're supporting President Trump.
(02:21):
So I'm guessing you like the selectionof JD. Vans. Love it.
I was the first member of Congressto endorse JD. Evans when he
ran for Senate, one of thebiggest voices pushing for President Trump to endorse
him in that Senate race, andI'm thrilled to see him selected as Vice
president. You currently sit in aHouse of Representatives with a razor thin majority.
(02:44):
What does that mean for any effortsto push forward legislation we saw it.
I'm going to use HR two asan example, the Border or Security
bill, because it was an outstandingborder security bill that went over the Hall
to the Senate and died on thefloor because we didn't make it to the
floor, the actual floor, becauseChuck Schumer was never going to take it
up. How frustrating is that tobe able to say we did this,
(03:07):
and now we have Joe Biden say, well, we pad we negotiated a
border bill that we and they nevermentioned HR two. Gosh, what a
terrible light of the American people,Chuck Schumer and the Democrats. That's been
unreal. I serve on the HomelandSecurity Committee and HR two. The legislation
as a whole is exactly what Americaneeds to secure our borders. It's extremely
(03:30):
frustrating to watch it die in theSenate. But also we may have a
razor thin majority in the House,but we still hold the power, and
we hold the power of the checkbook, and so every single time that we
fund the government, we have anopportunity to push critical legislation off, you
know, across the line, andput pressure on the Senate to pass it.
(03:52):
What is also frustrating to me iswatch those opportunities lost. Like when
Speaker Johnson passed the two part Omnibusback in May, that was extremely infuriating
because it gave Joe Biden his entireagenda. Chuck Schumer didn't change a comma,
he didn't change a letter, hedidn't change one word, he didn't
(04:12):
change anything. He ran that acrossthe line. So it's sad because it's
I think for people at home watchingthey're suffering every day from the illegal invasion
that the Biden administration just has createdand continues going, and it's frustrating that
they don't see Republicans fight harder evento just get pieces of HR two across
(04:33):
the line and those funding opportunities.I just heard Senator Ted Cruz speaking at
a different event before we came inhere, and he made the point that
it's very frustrating that even Republicans voteagainst some of this stuff or they can't
get more fiscal responsibility. What doyou think needs to happen in the House
of Representatives to get people who areserious about checking spending and serious about if
(04:58):
they're going to have to compromise,which I don't think compromise is a terrible
word all the time. But howdo you compromise without giving everything? Like
you just said, right, Well, I think the traditional thinking in Washington
that the status quo has to changebecause the status quo has gotten us to
where we're thirty five trillion dollars indebt and we're in utter failure right now,
and that requires changes the way thingsare done. What frustrates me and
(05:23):
others like me in Congress is Iget told this, well, Marjorie's that's
just not the way we do things. Yeah, And I'm like, well,
guys, the way you're doing thingsis failing. The way you're doing
things has led us to this pointwhere the American people hate Congress. We
have a thirteen percent approval rating.So what needs to change is the mindset
(05:44):
and the way that we do dothings. Yeah, is it scary to
shut down the government? Does thatsound threatening? Yes? It does.
But guess what, the American peopleare probably on the verge of a tax
revolt if we don't change the waywe're doing things. You know, you
just made me think of some becauseif you look at polling data on issues
like immigration, the American people overwhelminglywant to fix the problem. They want
(06:08):
to stop illegal immigration. They wantto reform the actual immigration system to make
it easier to get the workers weneed and allow people to come and work
and be a part of the Americandream. But does any of that ever
get play in Congress? Do peoplesay, look, the American people say
seventy three percent want us to closethe border. Do those conversations ever come
up? I say them all thetime in every floor speech. I can
(06:30):
remember the American people, you know, I constantly say they pay our paycheck.
I say they pay for the lightbill, they pay for this building,
they pay for this committee hearing,they pay for everything. Yes,
I constantly bring them up, Butsomehow it's back to the status quo,
and it's a system that is sobroken. And I really believe that at
this point, the people are perhapsmore powerful than maybe my singular voices,
(06:55):
because I do know what pushes mycolleagues is when people light up their phone
line, people make appointments and goget in front of their legislator, People
send those emails, people show up. That's where people have the power,
and people realize they don't and they'rebusy and they don't know how to do
it. I don't blame people,they don't know how. It's pretty sad
(07:17):
when I'm only seeing lobbyists walking aroundhaving appointments with members of Congress and senators,
but I don't see the people.And can you imagine. I mean,
I think it would be overwhelming andgreat to see ordinary citizens organized groups
and come up and do their owncitizen lobbying. Citizen lobbying. I think
(07:38):
it's a wonderful thing them to getin front of their you know, members
and senators and say, hey,I donated to you, I voted for
you, I volunteered, I knockeddoors for you, you know, put
my own sweat and time into gettingyou up here. I don't want you
to vote this way. This iswhat I want you to do. I
think that's something that would be great. One last question before I have to
(07:59):
let you go, and that isyou mentioned at the very beginning of this
interview that you are portrayed in sucha way in the media as to kind
of spend a narrative. What wouldyou want people to know about the real
Marjorie Taylor Green. What do youwish could get out there that doesn't well.
I think that people need to understandthat politics is a business, and
there's media companies, consultants, campaigns, democrats that make a lot of money
(08:24):
by vilifying my character and creating thisscary MTG person. You know, I'm
a regular person. I have afamily, I've got children, I've got
you know, my mom my brother. I'm not the person that you might
see in a thirty second or oneminute ad on television. There's a lot
more to me, and I'm gratefulthat a lot of Americans actually do know
(08:46):
that. I appreciate your time today, congress Woman Marjorie Taylor Green, thank
you for stopping by. Enjoy therest of the convention. Thank you. You two
Joining me now is a woman whomade her name as being someone who is
unafraid to say exactly what she thinksto whoever she is speaking to. Marjorie
Taylor Green, the congresswoman from Georgia. Welcome to the show. First of
all, thank you for having me. So. You know, you have
a reputation of being bombastic, ofsaying what exactly what's on your mind.
You spoke on the first night ofthe convention, and I said to my
(00:22):
audience the next day, I said, she was reserved. I don't want
to say reserved, but it didyou get a message from the campaign and
say, look, this is whatwe're talking about. Because there's been such
a unifying theme this week. Ithink my message was very reflective of exactly
how most Americans feel, especially Republicanvoters the base at large. I don't
(00:46):
know what perhaps was bombastic about that. Oh there was something about masking in
your speech the other night. Okay, no, not at all. That
was my point. Oh no,that was my point. I think the
whole convention has been very unifying,don't you think. I think I think
the convention has been right. Theenergy level is incredible. My message was
on point with all the issues I'mconstantly talking about. I think the media
(01:07):
frames me, the Democrats frame meand take clips of what I say and
create it to be more of acharacter that's not me. The person you
saw me on the stage the othernight is exactly who I am, and
that was the message I wanted togive. Does it give you pause knowing
that whatever you do is going tobe put under a microscope and therefore do
(01:30):
you ever think to yourself, Oh, this is not going to come out
right, or they're going to takethis and do so. Does it ever
make you just like second guests anyat any time? Well, I think
given the fact that you and Iboth are not perfect people, all of
us are able to make errors.What gives me pause is making sure that
I always represent the people that electedme and overwhelmingly re elected me and overwhelmingly
(01:56):
supportment support me from Georgia's fourteenth district. I want to make sure that I
say that person that they elected inthe first place. That's what gives me
pause at times. And the realityis my district and many voters, Republican
voters especially, have been upset andnot happy with the Republican Party. And
that's why we're changing it to beAmerica First, and we're supporting President Trump.
(02:21):
So I'm guessing you like the selectionof JD. Vans. Love it.
I was the first member of Congressto endorse JD. Evans when he
ran for Senate, one of thebiggest voices pushing for President Trump to endorse
him in that Senate race, andI'm thrilled to see him selected as Vice
president. You currently sit in aHouse of Representatives with a razor thin majority.
(02:44):
What does that mean for any effortsto push forward legislation we saw it.
I'm going to use HR two asan example, the Border or Security
bill, because it was an outstandingborder security bill that went over the Hall
to the Senate and died on thefloor because we didn't make it to the
floor, the actual floor, becauseChuck Schumer was never going to take it
up. How frustrating is that tobe able to say we did this,
(03:07):
and now we have Joe Biden say, well, we pad we negotiated a
border bill that we and they nevermentioned HR two. Gosh, what a
terrible light of the American people,Chuck Schumer and the Democrats. That's been
unreal. I serve on the HomelandSecurity Committee and HR two. The legislation
as a whole is exactly what Americaneeds to secure our borders. It's extremely
(03:30):
frustrating to watch it die in theSenate. But also we may have a
razor thin majority in the House,but we still hold the power, and
we hold the power of the checkbook, and so every single time that we
fund the government, we have anopportunity to push critical legislation off, you
know, across the line, andput pressure on the Senate to pass it.
(03:52):
What is also frustrating to me iswatch those opportunities lost. Like when
Speaker Johnson passed the two part Omnibusback in May, that was extremely infuriating
because it gave Joe Biden his entireagenda. Chuck Schumer didn't change a comma,
he didn't change a letter, hedidn't change one word, he didn't
(04:12):
change anything. He ran that acrossthe line. So it's sad because it's
I think for people at home watchingthey're suffering every day from the illegal invasion
that the Biden administration just has createdand continues going, and it's frustrating that
they don't see Republicans fight harder evento just get pieces of HR two across
(04:33):
the line and those funding opportunities.I just heard Senator Ted Cruz speaking at
a different event before we came inhere, and he made the point that
it's very frustrating that even Republicans voteagainst some of this stuff or they can't
get more fiscal responsibility. What doyou think needs to happen in the House
of Representatives to get people who areserious about checking spending and serious about if
(04:58):
they're going to have to compromise,which I don't think compromise is a terrible
word all the time. But howdo you compromise without giving everything? Like
you just said, right, Well, I think the traditional thinking in Washington
that the status quo has to changebecause the status quo has gotten us to
where we're thirty five trillion dollars indebt and we're in utter failure right now,
and that requires changes the way thingsare done. What frustrates me and
(05:23):
others like me in Congress is Iget told this, well, Marjorie's that's
just not the way we do things. Yeah, And I'm like, well,
guys, the way you're doing thingsis failing. The way you're doing
things has led us to this pointwhere the American people hate Congress. We
have a thirteen percent approval rating.So what needs to change is the mindset
(05:44):
and the way that we do dothings. Yeah, is it scary to
shut down the government? Does thatsound threatening? Yes? It does.
But guess what, the American peopleare probably on the verge of a tax
revolt if we don't change the waywe're doing things. You know, you
just made me think of some becauseif you look at polling data on issues
like immigration, the American people overwhelminglywant to fix the problem. They want
(06:08):
to stop illegal immigration. They wantto reform the actual immigration system to make
it easier to get the workers weneed and allow people to come and work
and be a part of the Americandream. But does any of that ever
get play in Congress? Do peoplesay, look, the American people say
seventy three percent want us to closethe border. Do those conversations ever come
up? I say them all thetime in every floor speech. I can
(06:30):
remember the American people, you know, I constantly say they pay our paycheck.
I say they pay for the lightbill, they pay for this building,
they pay for this committee hearing,they pay for everything. Yes,
I constantly bring them up, Butsomehow it's back to the status quo,
and it's a system that is sobroken. And I really believe that at
this point, the people are perhapsmore powerful than maybe my singular voices,
(06:55):
because I do know what pushes mycolleagues is when people light up their phone
line, people make appointments and goget in front of their legislator, People
send those emails, people show up. That's where people have the power,
and people realize they don't and they'rebusy and they don't know how to do
it. I don't blame people,they don't know how. It's pretty sad
(07:17):
when I'm only seeing lobbyists walking aroundhaving appointments with members of Congress and senators,
but I don't see the people.And can you imagine. I mean,
I think it would be overwhelming andgreat to see ordinary citizens organized groups
and come up and do their owncitizen lobbying. Citizen lobbying. I think
(07:38):
it's a wonderful thing them to getin front of their you know, members
and senators and say, hey,I donated to you, I voted for
you, I volunteered, I knockeddoors for you, you know, put
my own sweat and time into gettingyou up here. I don't want you
to vote this way. This iswhat I want you to do. I
think that's something that would be great. One last question before I have to
(07:59):
let you go, and that isyou mentioned at the very beginning of this
interview that you are portrayed in sucha way in the media as to kind
of spend a narrative. What wouldyou want people to know about the real
Marjorie Taylor Green. What do youwish could get out there that doesn't well.
I think that people need to understandthat politics is a business, and
there's media companies, consultants, campaigns, democrats that make a lot of money
(08:24):
by vilifying my character and creating thisscary MTG person. You know, I'm
a regular person. I have afamily, I've got children, I've got
you know, my mom my brother. I'm not the person that you might
see in a thirty second or oneminute ad on television. There's a lot
more to me, and I'm gratefulthat a lot of Americans actually do know
(08:46):
that. I appreciate your time today, congress Woman Marjorie Taylor Green, thank
you for stopping by. Enjoy therest of the convention. Thank you. You two
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