Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts AIPAC after it criticizes her

Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts AIPAC after it criticizes her

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  • Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts AIPAC after it criticizes her</p>

<p>Miriam WaldvogelAugust 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM</p>

<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) doubled down on her characterization of Israel's war in Gaza as a genocide on Thursday and slammed AIPAC after the powerful pro-Israel lobbying group criticized her in a fundraising email.</p>

<p>In an appearance on One America News Network on a show hosted by former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the Georgia Republican said AIPAC should have to register as a foreign lobbyist. She also posted to social media a photo of a sign on her office door reading "no foreign lobbying."</p>

<p>"Israel is not hurting, and they've already proven that they are more than capable of not only defending themselves, but annihilating their enemies to the point of genocide," Greene told Gaetz. "And that's what's happening in Gaza."</p>

<p>A fundraising email sent by AIPAC Thursday, first reported by Al-Jazeera, characterized the GOP firebrand as anti-Israel.</p>

<p>"You expect anti-Israel smears from [Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)] and [Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)]," the group wrote, referring to two progressive Muslim lawmakers. "But now, Marjorie Taylor Greene has joined their ranks — spouting the same vile rhetoric and voting against the US-Israel alliance."</p>

<p>AIPAC donates to lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and sponsors yearly trips to Israel for lawmakers. One trip over the August recess included House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who had dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p>

<p>"Anti-Israel extremists – of the right or the left – will not deter us in our participation in the democratic process to stand with Israel," the group said in a statement to The Hill. "It is an outrageous betrayal of American values and interests to abandon an ally fighting terrorist aggression."</p>

<p>Greene has frequently broken with her party over Israel and has been perhaps the most prominent Republican to characterize the war in Gaza as a genocide, a flashpoint amid a worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.</p>

<p>The Georgia Republican recently sponsored several resolutions to block military aid to Israel. In 2024, she opposed a bill to codify certain definitions of antisemitism over the inclusion of the statement that Jews killed Jesus, which she claimed is biblically supported.</p>

<p>On the Democratic side, lawmakers have increasingly turned to criticize Israel in recent weeks as widespread hunger, malnutrition and starvation in Gaza have become more apparent, documented by press reports and international aid groups.</p>

<p>Greene, however, has been largely alone among Republicans looking to criticize the Israeli government.</p>

<p>"The reason why AIPAC is attacking me is because I dared to tell the truth," Greene said on Gaetz's show.</p>

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