Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Making (Some) Sense. We're Doomed [View all]
We’ve reached the point where Marjorie Taylor Greene is arguing to keep Americans’ health insurance premiums from spiraling, which means the GOP’s brand has officially entered a timeline where cats bark and water flows uphill.
In recent days, QAnon’s former prom queen has been sounding… kind of reasonable. (Well, here and there.) Amid all the shenanigans and peacocking surrounding the government shutdown, MTG broke with her party to push for action on the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced tax credits before they expire, warning that premiums could double next year for her own family and constituents.
She’s gone as far as to admonish her party’s leadership for having no plan. When the avatar of chaos is the pragmatist in the room, something inside the Republican coalition has snapped. It’s spooking Trump enough that, per multiple reports, he’s been calling allies to ask, “What’s been going on with Marjorie?”
Here’s the boring (read: real) part. Those ACA credits, created in 2021 during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, were extended in 2022 through the end of 2025 by the Inflation Reduction Act. If Congress lets them lapse, the average net premium payments for subsidized enrollees jump 114% in 2026—from about $888 to $1,904. That’s math, and voters can’t filibuster their bank accounts. Though God knows we’ve tried.
The public knows it: a fresh KFF Health Tracking Poll finds about 78% of Americans—including most Republicans and self-identified MAGA supporters—want the credits extended. Translation: the “market” is voting before Congress does.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-is-making-sense-and-were-all-doomed/
She's also one of the R's wanting the Epstein files released. WTH, Marge?
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