The Trump-loving Georgia congresswoman simply received booted from the far-right Freedom Caucus, but is wielding extra energy than ever on Capitol Hill. Host Brian Stelter talks with New York Instances workers author Robert Draper about Greene’s political path, from pushing QAnon conspiracies to becoming a member of forces with Home majority chief Kevin McCarthy (and feuding with Lauren Boebert.) The onetime rebel is now firmly entrenched within the GOP institution.
“I hesitate to say, [she has] begun behaving like an grownup, as a result of she nonetheless espouses excessive positions, significantly near to transgender people and issues regarding the border,” says Draper. “However at the very least by way of how she comports herself inside her convention, she’s positively advanced.”
A veteran political author, Draper chronicled the GOP’s MAGA shift in final 12 months’s e book Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Celebration Misplaced Its Thoughts. Today, he tells Stelter, “I’ve by no means seen this stage of school-yard taunting and juvenile misbehavior that I’ve seen amongst these Republicans.”
