The media has it out for Republicans. But many on Capitol Hill have finally grown a spine.
Now Marjorie Taylor Greene destroyed a reporter with these five words.
A Fiery Exchange on Capitol Hill
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t hold back Wednesday, abruptly cutting off a British journalist who tried to grill her about leaked Signal messages tied to U.S. military strikes on Yemen’s Houthis.
The Georgia Republican, just stepping out of a congressional hearing on alleged bias at NPR and PBS, was in no mood for Sky News correspondent Martha Kelner’s questions about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in the chat. With tensions already high, Greene turned the encounter into a sharp rebuke that’s now making waves.
It started when Kelner’s accent caught Greene’s ear. “Wait. What country are you from?” she asked, pausing mid-stride.
Upon hearing “United Kingdom,” Greene shut it down fast. “OK, we don’t give a crap about your opinion and your reporting,” she fired back. “Why don’t you go back to your country, where you have a major migrant problem.” The blunt dismissal left little room for debate, pointing to a no-nonsense stance that’s become her hallmark.
Borders Take Center Stage
Kelner pressed on, asking, “Do you care about American lives being put at risk?” But Greene wasn’t having it. “No, no, no, no — you should care about your own borders,” she shot back, flipping the script.
“Let me tell you something. Do you care about people from your country? What about all the women that are r*ped by migrants?”
The exchange escalated quickly, with Greene dismissing Kelner’s line of inquiry as “fake news” and scanning the crowd for an “American journalist” to take the floor instead.
The next reporter, an American, circled back to Kelner’s question, prompting Greene to pivot. She refused to engage directly on the Signal leak but offered a response when the U.S. journalist rephrased it.
“You want to know about complete disregard for operational security? You should talk about the Biden administration and how they ripped our borders open to terrorist cartels, child s*x trafficking, human trafficking and drug trafficking across our borders for four years,” she said. It was a deft sidestep, redirecting focus to a hot-button issue that’s long animated her base.
Standing Firm Amid the Storm
Greene capped it with a nod to the current team: “The Trump administration is doing a great job, and I stand by their statements.”
The comment subtly aligns with an overall push to spotlight border security and defend the administration’s moves—like the Houthi strikes—without diving into the messy details of the chat leak. Her clash with Kelner, while brusque, reflects a laser focus on domestic priorities over foreign critique, a theme that’s resonating in certain circles.
The moment’s sparked chatter, with some seeing it as classic Greene—unapologetic and straight to the point—while others question the optics.
Either way, her quick pivot to border woes and quiet backing of Trump’s crew show a lawmaker sticking to her guns, keeping the conversation on her terms as the day’s dust settles.
