MAGA Exile Says Voter Fury Hit War-Mongering Trump in Texas

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Former MAGA figurehead Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that midterm voter backlash to President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is already evident in Texas. In a lengthy X post, the former Georgia congresswoman, who has completely turned on the president, accused Trump of “betraying” his MAGA and “America First” base by launching a war in the Middle East, despite campaigning in 2024 on a vow to avoid new conflicts. Greene argued that “voter outrage” about Iran was on display in Texas on Tuesday, as more Democrats voted in the Senate primary between James Talarico and Rep. Jasmine Crockett than Republicans did in the GOP race between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Read more at The Daily Beast.