{"id":2382239,"date":"2024-12-20T09:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T14:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-time-to-take-a-bullet-for-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T09:27:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T14:27:35","slug":"mtg-time-to-take-a-bullet-for-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-time-to-take-a-bullet-for-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG: Time to take a bullet for Trump &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmtg-time-to-take-a-bullet-for-trump-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382239&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) expressed her willingness too \u200csacrifice\u2063 her perfect conservative voting record to assist President-elect Donald Trump in starting his term without the burden of a previous budget \u2062mess. in\u200b a statement on X, Greene \u200chighlighted her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-nebraska-gop-formally-criticizes-ben-sasse-avoids-censure-resolution\/\" title=\"Report: Nebraska GOP Formally Criticizes Ben Sasse, Avoids Censure Resolution\">conservative credentials<\/a> \u200bbut emphasized that she voted for a bill she typically\u2062 wouldn&#8217;t support\u2062 at Trump&#8217;s request. She referred to his resilience, noting that\u2063 he &#8220;took a bullet to the\u200b face&#8221; and won the\u200c election decisively. Greene&#8217;s remarks \u200cserve as a warning \u2064to house Republicans who were preparing to vote on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-gov-newsom-turns-100-billion-surplus-into-32-billion-deficit\/\" title=\"California Gov. Newsom Turns 0 Billion Surplus Into  Billion Deficit\">revised budget plan<\/a> \u2064aimed at keeping the government open \u2064under conservative conditions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MTG: Time to take a bullet for Trump<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1916907\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) is proud of her 100% conservative rating but said on Friday it is worth losing it to help President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3265999\/trump-abolish-debt-ceiling-government-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> start with a clean slate on Jan. 20 and not be saddled with a leftover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3266400\/house-republicans-time-crunch-finalize-spending-deal-hours-until-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">budget mess<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I am one of the most conservative members of Congress and last night I voted for a bill that ordinarily I would never vote for,&rdquo; she said on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;However, the man that took a bullet to the face and won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/djt-stock-surges-as-election-betting-odds-show-trump-as-clear-favorite\/\" title=\"DJT stock surges as election betting odds show Trump as clear favorite\">312 electoral college votes<\/a>, and the most votes of any Republican presidential candidate in history asked me to vote for it, so I did, gladly,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Hers was a warning call to House Republicans planning another vote on Friday on a revised budget plan to keep the government open but on conservative terms.<\/p>\n<p>If it includes unacceptable pork to win Democratic support, then she and other Republicans prefer that the government partially shut down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am one of the most conservative members of Congress and last night I voted for a bill that ordinarily I would never vote for.<\/p>\n<p>However, the man that took a bullet to the face and won the presidential election with 312 electoral college votes, and the most votes of any&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vKSZG0Nyyy\">pic.twitter.com\/vKSZG0Nyyy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#127482;&#127480; (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1870093454421684550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let it shut down,&rdquo; Greene said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll only vote to pay our military, Border Patrol, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">key federal law enforcement<\/a>, and the very basics to keep things running until Jan. 20, 2025. House Republicans, we better figure out how to get this done next year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her full X statement:<\/p>\n<p><em>I am one of the most conservative members of Congress and last night I voted for a bill that ordinarily I would never vote for.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, the man that took a bullet to the face and won the presidential election with 312 electoral college votes, and the most votes of any Republican presidential candidate in history asked me to vote for it, so I did, gladly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After Johnson completely failed us by not including us in the planning of this year end&rsquo;s government funding and then dumped a 1,500 page CRomnibus on us Tuesday night with little time to read it and got caught, in his scheme with Schumer, McConnell, and Hakeem, by all the great American people here on X along with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, it was President Trump&lsquo;s team, our incoming Vice President JD Vance, and then President Trump himself that dove in, in the midnight hour, and came up with a CR that solves the debt ceiling problem for President Trump, and even more importantly, helped hurricane victims, farmers, and would keep the government open.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They shouldn&rsquo;t have had to do that but they did.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After that CR failed last night, I can assure you nothing good is coming behind it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But what is worse in my opinion is that we gave up a critical opportunity to unite and pass our own CR sending it to Senate with a powerful message to Schumer and the Dems that come hell or high water we are going to deliver for Pres Trump and the people who elected him.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>After this let it shut down.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&rsquo;ll only vote to pay our military, border patrol, and key federal law enforcement, and the very basics to keep things running until Jan 20, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>House Republicans, we better figure out how to get this done next year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And that will require changes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1916907\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1916907\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTG: Ready to sacrifice for Trump Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) values her perfect conservative score but stated on Friday that she would gladly forfeit it to assist President-elect Donald Trump in starting fresh on January 20, avoiding a budget burden. \u201cI am one of the most conservative members of Congress and last night I voted for a bill that ordinarily I would never vote for,\u201d she said on X. \u201cHowever, the man who took a bullet to the face and won the presidential election with 312 electoral college votes asked me to vote for it, so I did.\u201d She cautioned House Republicans about an upcoming vote on a revised budget plan aimed at keeping the government open under conservative conditions. If it includes excessive spending to gain Democratic support, she and other Republicans prefer a partial government shutdown. \u201cLet it shut down,\u201d Greene declared. \u201cI\u2019ll only support funding for our military, Border Patrol, key federal law enforcement, and essential services until January 20, 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2382240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MTG-DOGE-Meet-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6733,8508,5894,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2382239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-controversy","tag-mtg","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MTG-DOGE-Meet-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382239"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382243,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382239\/revisions\/2382243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}