Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) known as for prayers after President Trump announced strikes on three Iranian nuclear websites late Saturday, including that she hopes the U.S. shouldn’t be “attacked by terrorists.”
“Allow us to be a part of collectively and pray for the protection of our U.S. troops and People within the Center East,” she wrote on social media platform X after Trump’s announcement.
“Allow us to pray that we’re not attacked by terrorists on our homeland after our border was open for the previous 4 years and over 2 Million gotaways got here in,” she added. “Allow us to pray for peace.”
Her assertion comes after the U.S. targeted three nuclear websites in Natanz, Esfahan and Fordow, situated inside a mountain in Iran. Six “bunker buster” bombs have been reportedly dropped on Fordow, whereas greater than two dozen Tomahawk missiles have been launched on the different two websites.
Greene has been a notable critic of U.S. involvement within the battle between Iran and Israel, saying that she backed Trump as a result of he wouldn’t contain the nation in overseas conflicts.
“Everyone seems to be discovering out who’re actual America First/MAGA and who have been faux and simply mentioned it (as a result of) it was well-liked,” Greene wrote in a 355-word post on the social platform X final week. “Sadly the checklist of fakes have gotten fairly lengthy and uncovered themselves rapidly.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) rapidly shot down Greene’s criticism, as an alternative saying that she “doesn’t perceive” the nuclear menace that Iran poses.
“In the event you don’t perceive that Iran, a non secular theocracy, spiritual Nazis would use a nuclear weapon to kill all of the Jews, you don’t hearken to what they are saying,” Graham said. “They’re a menace to us. They’re a menace to the State of Israel. It’s not on the earth’s curiosity to present this spiritual fanatic a nuclear weapon.”
Greene is not alone in her stance, as the difficulty is producing a significant split in MAGA-world. Nonetheless, many Republicans praised the strikes on Iran, which had grow to be a hot-button debate in Washington, particularly among the many GOP. They got here after Israel struck Iranian nuclear amenities earlier this month in what it known as a “pre-emptive” assault.