In a fiery congressional hearing that perfectly captured her no-nonsense approach, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tore apart the Democrats’ latest false talking point — the claim that Republicans want to cut Medicaid. With trademark bluntness, Greene made it clear that Republicans aren’t cutting legitimate benefits for hardworking Americans — they’re cutting fraud, waste, and abuse, particularly payments sent to *dead people, foreigners, criminals,* and even *terrorists.*
The Georgia congresswoman, one of the most vocal watchdogs of government waste in Washington, opened her remarks with a fact-driven rebuttal to the left’s fearmongering. “Republicans here in Washington, here in Congress, we are not taking away anyone’s Medicaid benefits,” she said. “As a matter of fact, we’re trying to cut out improper payments. We’re trying to cut out fraud.”
Greene went on to describe the staggering levels of waste she’s uncovered through her committee work, saying billions of taxpayer dollars are being funneled to people who shouldn’t be receiving benefits at all. “At my DOGE subcommittee hearing two weeks ago, we talked about improper payments,” she explained. “It is unbelievable — the amount of money being paid to dead people, to foreigners, to criminals, to terrorists — it’s in the billions every single year.”
She then called for unity on what should be a bipartisan issue. “That’s what Democrats and Republicans should be agreeing on,” she said. “We should be able to come together and say, let’s stop this immediately.”
But rather than focusing on accountability, Greene said Democrats are busy crying about Elon Musk and pretending to be champions of the poor while shoveling money into wasteful pet projects. One glaring example she cited: the Biden administration’s $7.5 billion “green” initiative to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations — of which only *eight* have been built. “The Democrats passed $7.5 billion to build 500,000 EV charging stations, whether Americans wanted them or not,” Greene said. “Only eight got built. Where’s that money?”
Greene also took a shot at the left’s obsession with attacking Elon Musk instead of addressing real problems. “We have Democrats crying over Elon Musk. Are you kidding me?” she said. “The American people — Democrats and Republicans — support DOGE, they support innovation. They’re not upset about Elon Musk. They’re upset about waste. They want their money back.”
Her speech then turned to one of the biggest offenders in Washington’s financial mismanagement: the Pentagon. “The Department of Defense first appeared on the High-Risk List in 1995,” Greene said. “It’s still there 28 years later. And last year, the Pentagon — with an $850 billion budget — failed its *seventh straight audit.*”
Greene didn’t mince words about what that means for taxpayers. “What are we doing?” she asked passionately. “This should be the most bipartisan issue in history. The American people’s money is being stolen. It’s being lost. It is outright *treason* to treat the American people this way.”
With her trademark fire and clarity, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene once again cut through the political spin to expose the truth: it’s not Republican budget cuts that threaten Americans — it’s Washington’s addiction to waste and corruption.
