MTG says rising costs are a 'five-alarm fire' — and accuses Republicans of ignoring it
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is directly calling out her fellow Republicans for failing to follow through on their promises to lower prices for basic necessities.
During a Thursday interview with CNN host Kaitlan Collins, Greene said the ongoing standoff in which Republicans are refusing to include an extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits in the legislation to reopen the federal government was creating a crisis for many of her constituents. She then lamented that the House was not in session to address expiring ACA credits and Americans' other concerns about rising costs of living.
"I think it's going to start looking like chaos, really. Many people are very worried about this. It's causing a lot of anxiety. Many people are already struggling day-to day, month-to-month with the cost of living. It is has remained high," she said. "... And with this upcoming crisis, with health insurance premiums skyrocketing, I think this is like a five-alarm fire."
"To me, it is incredibly embarrassing. And I find absolutely pathetic, really, that all of us are not here in Washington D.C. working every single day to make sure that we can get the government open, but also solve the problem of affordability for the American people, and come up with a good solution once and for all for health insurance," she continued.
The Georgia Republican argued that this week's elections — which resulted in steep losses for Republicans in multiple states — was "definitely a referendum" against how the Republican Party abandoned its "America First" campaign promise to prioritize foreign affairs. And she said President Donald Trump's claim that he was keeping costs of living down for Americans was incorrect.
"I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high. My electricity bills are higher here in Washington D.C. at my apartment, and they're also higher at my house in Rome, Georgia. Higher than they were a year ago. So affordability is a problem," she said. "And I'm a mom. My kids are 22, 26, and 28. That's the generation I worry about the most. And and they're having a very hard time."
"When I go back home and I talk to many of my constituents, I'm hearing stories of, not only are we having a really hard time affording groceries and rent and things like that, but I'm also hearing stories about people maxing out their credit cards just to afford their their monthly expenses," she added.
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