Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is yet again at the center of controversy – this time within her own party – for recommending that the U.S. should pursue what she calls a “national divorce.”
“We need a national divorce,” she said in a tweet. “We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this.”
Despite this claim, Greene’s sentiment appeared to aggravate people, even members of the GOP.
“NO. We don't need a national divorce,” said Republican politician Michael Steele. “We don’t need to separate by red and blue states. We just need you to STFU.”
“This rhetoric is destructive and wrong and – honestly – evil,” said Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. “We don’t need a divorce, we need marriage counseling. And we need elected leaders that don’t profit by tearing us apart.
We can disagree without hate. Healthy conflict was critical to our nation’s founding and survival.”
“Let’s review some of the governing principles of America,” said former U.S. representative Liz Cheney. “Our country is governed by the Constitution. You swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Secession is unconstitutional.
No member of Congress should advocate secession, Marjorie.”
Indeed, secession of states from the U.S. kicked off the Civil War, a conflict that resulted in 620,000 soldiers dying, per the National Parks Service. The New Republic and Voters of Tomorrow Executive Director Santiago Mayer both likened Greene’s comments to sedition, or “incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority.”
Greene – who divorced her husband last year – said in subsequent tweets that her “national divorce” idea was not a call for war.
“Why the left and right should consider a national divorce, not a civil war but a legal agreement to separate our ideological and political disagreements by states while maintaining our legal union,” she said. Greene went on to cite the definition of “irreconcilable differences.”
“I’ll speak for the right and say, we are absolutely disgusted and fed up with the left cramming and forcing their ways on us and our children with no respect for our religion/faith, traditional values, and economic & government policy beliefs,” she continued.
While an ABC News/Washington Post poll released earlier this month did find that U.S. public has “deep economic dissatisfaction, sharp polarization and little faith in leaders on either side of the aisle,” Greene’s fellow Republicans continued to point out that her proposal to address the matter does not make sense.
“To be clear, the Union prevailing in the civil war settled this question. YOU HAVE NO RIGHT, or ability, to have a national divorce,” said former politician Adam Kinzinger. “This was settled. Your side lost.”
Greene is frequently at the center of controversy. Just last month, she made headlines for heckling President Joe Biden when he mentioned Republican Sen. Rick Scott’s (R-Wisc.) plan to sunset programs such as Social Security.
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