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🗓️ 21 November 2025
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The Georgia Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is being celebrated by Democrats for being one of the few Republicans to stand up to Donald Trump in recent weeks. From the Epstein Files to the cost of living, Greene has been vocal in her criticism of the current administration. It’s notable because MTG has been one of Trump’s most loyal allies and a powerful leader of the MAGA movement, and also because her interventions have been influential.
Sarah, Anthony and Marianna look back at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s rise and why she has been such an influential figure within Donald Trump’s MAGA base.
And, Anthony’s in Tennessee for a special election where a House seat is being contested. We assess the Democratic party’s chances of winning this traditional Republican seat.
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| 0:05.5 | One of the most interesting aspects of the furority over the Epstein files is the way it has pitched some of Donald Trump's usually favorantly loyal supporters against them on this issue. |
| 0:17.7 | And it has really thrown a spotlight on one of them. |
| 0:22.0 | Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, or MTG, as she gets called. She is now in a very public fight with |
| 0:28.3 | Donald Trump over the release of the Epstein files, but also on other things as well. She's broken |
| 0:33.5 | with them over a number of policy issues. And is creating a real question around who does represent the Make America Great Again |
| 0:41.8 | or MAGA movement? |
| 0:43.4 | Who is it who's really putting America first? |
| 0:46.8 | And during this back, Donald Trump's actually started calling Marjorie Taylor Green |
| 0:51.0 | a traitor and a lunatic. |
| 0:52.8 | And she hit back at that this week as she was |
| 0:55.5 | standing next to some of the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse on Capitol Hill. |
| 0:59.6 | I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for five, no, actually six years for. And I gave him |
| 1:08.5 | my loyalty for free. I won my first election without his endorsement |
| 1:14.1 | beating eight men in a primary. And I've never owed him anything, but I fought for him |
| 1:20.6 | for the policies and for America first. And he called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take |
| 1:29.3 | my name off the discharge petition. Let me tell you what a traitor is. A traitor is an |
| 1:35.3 | American that serves foreign countries and themselves. A patriot is an American that serves the United States of America and Americans, |
| 1:48.4 | like the women, standing behind me. So who exactly is Marjorie Taylor Green? How important is she |
| 1:53.9 | to the MAGA movement and to American politics? We're going to tell you everything you need to |
| 1:57.9 | know about her. Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 2:05.1 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
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