Longtime Trump ally says she doesn't want ‘anything to do' with GOP
Greene has recently broken with the Republicans on several key issues, including condemning Israel's war in Gaza as 'genocide', opposing Trump's artificial intelligence executive order, and advocating for the release of the Epstein Files.
She believes the Republican Party is abandoning policies geared towards ordinary Americans, such as stopping foreign aid, making cuts across the federal government, and driving down inflation.
Greene said she is unsure if the party is leaving her or if she no longer relates to it, adding: 'The course that it's on, I don't want to have anything to do with it.'
She also suggested that the GOP may be unpopular with conservative women due to how it treats them.
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