Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized President Trump’s threat that the U.S. would intervene in Iran if its government targets protesters, slamming his comment as “everything we voted against.”
Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, has had a very public falling out with the president after being one of his top supporters and allies. She announced late last year that she will resign from her House seat in early January.
“An Israeli cybersecurity billionaire demanding to take away Americans guaranteed First Amendment Free Speech and President Trump threatening war and sending in troops to Iran is everything we voted against in ‘24,” she wrote in an X post.
She was referring to Mr. Trump’s Friday Truth Social post and Israeli cybersecurity billionaire Shlomo Kramer’s remarks on CNBC urging Americans to “limit the First Amendment.”
“Trump voters spent the week threatening a tax revolt because they are so furious about the never ending waste, fraud, and abuse of their hard earned money going to foreigners and foreign wars,” she wrote. “The focus should be on tax dollars here at home and defending our God given freedoms and rights.”
The president earlier Friday said the U.S. would take action if Iran’s government goes after protesters there.
Demonstrations have been flooding the streets of Iran, partly because of its struggling economy. Some have shared anti-government sentiments.
“If Iran [shoots] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue,” Mr. Trump posted. “We are locked and ready to go.”
