Marjorie Taylor Greene's office flips out after being targeted by protesters
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) office this week was targeted by angry locals who were protesting her support for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
Local news station News Channel 9 reports that many of the protesters said they were upset by plans to take a hatchet to Medicaid, as well as billionaire Elon Musk's recent moves to gut staffing at the Social Security Administration.
Other protesters, meanwhile, said they were angry about the way that veterans were being treated by the administration.
"I'm out here today because my son is a disabled combat Marine who served in Iraq," explained local resident Carmen Shuler. "He is in jeopardy of losing his benefits and becoming homeless."
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Greene's office lashed out at the protesters in a statement given to News Channel 9.
"These 35 Democrat activists do not represent the nearly 800,000 residents of Northwest Georgia," the office said. "Plus, their signs, painted in Ukrainian colors, are full of lies. President Trump and Congresswoman Greene have said over and over they will protect Medicare and Social Security for Americans who have earned it—not for illegal aliens or fraudsters who don’t deserve it. DOGE is focused on exposing the waste, fraud, and abuse in these programs, and that’s exactly what Congresswoman Greene is doing as Chairwoman of the DOGE Committee in Congress. To save our country, we must address our $36 trillion debt, which Democrats apparently don’t care about.”
In fact, an analysis published this week by Yale's Budget Lab estimated that Republican budget proposals would slash Medicaid spending by $880 billion over the span of a decade while at the same time cutting taxes that primarily benefit the wealthiest one percent of Americans to the tune of $4.5 trillion over a decade.