Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert “hate” each other and “had to be broken up during a vicious argument because Greene showed up at a conference linked to a white nationalist.”
- Firebrand lawmakers were “close to blows” during a heated row last month.
- Politico reported that MTG and Rep. Boebert fell out over Green’s appearance at an event organized by a well-known white nationalist
- Insiders said it reflected disagreements with the House Freedom Caucus over the group’s direction and whether it should return to its roots
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, two Trump loyalists on the hard right of the Republican Party, almost clashed in a row over white nationalism, according to a new report.
The two are often seen as part of the same fiery wing of the party – happy to stir up outrage and say almost anything to make headlines.
But Politico reports that their dislike for each other boiled over during a House Freedom Caucus meeting in March.
Insiders say Boebert is more of a team player and hates being associated with her Georgia co-worker.
As the board of the House Freedom Caucus gathered at their meeting place near the Capitol, the two got into an argument over Greene’s appearance at an event organized by a prominent white nationalist.
One Republican lawmaker described fears that their argument could go beyond words and escalate into a physical fight if another board member hadn’t intervened.
MPs Marjorie Taylor Greene (left) and Lauren Boebert are often seen as fiery bedfellows, but lawmakers said they almost got in a fight during a heated argument last month
Boebert and MTG yell “Build the Wall” at US President Joe Biden as he delivers the State of the Union address on March 1, 2022
Greene, a Republican from Georgia, made a surprise guest appearance at the America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, an event organized by Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist who was permanently suspended from YouTube in 2020 for anti-Semitic hate speech.
After Greene spoke at the event, she posed in a photo with Fuentes and right-wing expert Michelle Malkin, but when questioned about her appearance at AFPAC and her relationship with Fuentes, Greene denied she knew him.
Greene had a controversial record even before he entered Congress.
She actively shared extremist QAnon ideology, which focuses on false claims by a cabal of those in power who abuse children.
That story prompted the US House of Representatives to strip her of her last year’s membership of the committee.
For her part, Boebert has frequently feuded with members of the Democrat-Liberal “squad”, including last year when she suggested that Muslim MP Ilhan Omar might be a terrorist.
Sometimes the couple was on the same page, such as during the State of the Union address. Both stood up to berate President Joe Bien and shouted, “Build the war.”
But her argument has been cited to reveal a larger conflict within the House Freedom Caucus. It began in 2015 with the goal of pushing the Republican leadership to the right, but evolved into a Trump cheerleading team.
The row is seen by some as emblematic of the disagreements within the House Freedom Caucus over its direction and whether it should go back to its roots as a advocate of small government
“We should be thoughtful Conservative breakaways: working with leadership when it best serves Conservative ends and defying leadership when necessary to the same end,” said former MP Mick Mulvaney (RS.C.), a founding member of the Freedom Caucus who later served as Trump’s acting chief of staff. said the news site.
“We weren’t designed just to be blockers. We weren’t designed to be an extreme outrage machine.’
There have been disagreements over how to respond to records of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying Trump should resign after the Capitol riot and over whether the group should return to its origins as a supporter of small government.
“We need to reevaluate where we’re going,” Tennessee Rep. Scott DesJarlais told Politico.
“I like the principles on which the Freedom Caucus was founded, but I think if we can’t work together as a group and advance our ideas in a civilian way, we won’t be very effective.”