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SARAH FERGUSON, PRESENTER: Marjorie Taylor Greene, welcome to 7:30. 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE, FMR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN:  Thank you. 

SARAH FERGUSON: Donald Trump said the result last night, it's not his fault, it's the fault of others for not following him closely enough. What do you say? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: The results from last night was a referendum on Donald Trump and Donald Trump only. He told everyone for the past year, vote like I am on the ballot and the American people did. 

And it's certainly understandable why, you know, I fought very hard for President Trump, campaigned for him all over the country, spent millions of my own dollars, endorsed many Republican candidates, and I was, probably spoke at more rallies than any other elected Republican. 

And we promised the country a very specific agenda. Make America great again, put America first. And he chose to go a different direction literally the first two years of his presidency. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  Can you explain what you think happened? Because a lot of Republicans actually did vote. They didn't stay at home as people often do in the midterms. They went out to vote, but they voted Democrats. So what actually drove people to shift their vote and for independence also to break? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: Yes. Democrats had a massive turnout. However, there was a contingent that stayed home, and those numbers will be filtering out over the few days. 

And I really am interested in seeing that. And those are the very disaffected MAGA, it's just a large collection of different types of people. And they were just angry and said, "How can we support this? It's complete betrayal." 

But then you had a massive amount of, especially young voters, women, Hispanics that swung hard for the Democrats because they were out saying the message that we actually said in 2024. 

And so, it shows that American voters haven't really changed in what they want. They want an end to the corruption. They want a cost of living that's affordable. They want cheap gas and diesel. My goodness, you can't blame them. They want affordable healthcare, and they want politicians to focus on them instead of the special interest and the elite, rich, powerful donors. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  JD Vance says it's, if anyone is honest, it's all about the war. Is he right? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: No, he's wrong. He's looking for a place to land in this issue, which is understandable. He's the vice president. I was the first Republican in Congress to endorse JD Vance when he ran for the Senate. I was part of the small group, myself, Tucker Carlson, Don Jr. Charlie Kirk. We pushed for him to be the vice president. 

JD Vance's silence over the past two years, especially on the issue with the war in Iran has been deafening. And today he's coming out and finally speaking. Well, it's very much a little bit too late. 

Really, the issues come down to cost of living, gas and diesel, which was driven by the Iran war, and the Epstein files. The Republicans have a serious problem with women in America, and Republicans don't treat women very well. 

And the way President Trump treated these victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his friends and other elites, all over the world is, was a very loud message to women in America. And that's something that JD Vance can't stay silent on. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  Let me just ask you about that, because you didn't complain about Donald Trump when he was crude and nasty and even vile about women before the two of you fell out. What's the difference between him being nasty to women then and his treatment of women vis-a-vis the Epstein files? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: Well, for a long time, I was very much a part of MAGA, and I've already publicly stated quite a few times that I regret my participation in that. 

But many of us, we supported Donald Trump because we thought we needed somebody to get in there and fight for the American people, and that's what he promised us. 

So Donald Trump was kind of like our bad guy that was going to take it to the deep state, drain the swamp. Well, you know, he turned out to be the Trojan horse and I called it early. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  One of the other things that JD Vance is talking about this morning is that Republicans are angry about the US relationship or the supporters of Donald Trump, previous supporters of Donald Trump are angry about the US relationship with Israel. How important is that in driving people's votes, do you think? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: It was a top issue whether people like it or not. It's the fact that our government leaders and most of my colleagues that I served in Congress with, the administration, the President himself has basically lent themself to be used by foreign countries, government and military. 

And you could, it's not just Israel. If you filled that in with any other country, it would be equally as offensive. 

But when you bring it down to a country, and I'll  bring it very granular. For me, it's really simple. Israel has killed over 22,000 children in Gaza. These aren't terrorists. We're talking about kids. 

And most Americans are so absolutely horrified and disgusted that our tax dollars by the billions go to that country every single year, that our military produced weapons and ammunition have been used to murder kids, create over 70,000 orphans, thousands of children with amputated arms and legs.

And I think America spoke very loudly that we don't want politicians that are loyal to AIPAC and loyal to a foreign country. We want politicians and Americans, rightfully so, deserve their elected leaders to be loyal to them and them only. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  Let me just ask you a question about these big issues that you're raising, the Epstein files, the relationship with Israel. Do you want to see the Democratic Party investigating these issues as soon as they take control of Congress in January? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: Yes. I want to see everyone investigate that. That's what the women deserve, the victims deserve it. And the fact that, that Republicans and the President and his administration have tried to hide this and continue to fight to stop files from being released is just, it's baffling to me. 

So yeah, I hope everyone investigates it, and I really do hope the truth comes out. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  Is this the beginning of the end of Donald Trump? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: Yes, of course, and you can say that on, for many reasons. Number one, he's now a lame duck. This is the second half of his second administration by our constitution. He cannot run for president again. 

He's also late in age, you know, he's in his 80s now. And so, this is, this Trump era is definitely on its way to sunset. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  Is it also the end of MAGA as a force in American politics? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think so. I think the MAGA movement's completely dead, and Trump himself is the one that killed it. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  And what happens to the populist right if MAGA is also over for you? What does become of the populist right in America? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: Well, I think there's, I think, like I was saying, things, the ground is changing and issues that are important to the populist right are also important to the populist left. 

I think what looks interesting to me for the future is where there can be common ground found between the left and the right, and people come together and work on those issues, issue by issue, try to set aside the things that divide us and figure out how to solve the problems for the future. 

I think that's where, what younger generations want. And so, I foresee a future where the two parties really don't have as much strong control as they have totally reigned in the past and perhaps a future where there are independent candidates or issue-based candidates that don't have to exist within those two silos. 

SARAH FERGUSON:  Do you regret your own contribution and role in making American politics more extreme? 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: You know, I think that I played a very significant part in championing the issues that are important to Americans. 

I constantly push forward America first. I have been one of the loudest voices against the now $40 trillion national debt. I am unapologetically pro-life. 

So many of the issues I'm proud that I fought on, they're issues that are important to the American people. And, um, I know that people still thank me every day for taking up those causes. 

SARAH FERGUSON: Marjorie Taylor Greene, the morning after an extraordinary result. Thank you for joining us. 

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: Yes, thank you. 

The American Democrats made history last night with a blue wave swamping both the House and the Senate, in a voters' repudiation of the Trump administration.Sarah Ferguson speaks with former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of MAGA's loudest voices and a staunch Donald Trump loyalist. Now, she says MAGA is dead.