Overview
- On the Pod Save America podcast, Rep. Ilhan Omar said Democrats should “credit” and embrace former Trump backers such as Marjorie Taylor Greene who now reject him.
- She said she found Greene on the House floor before Greene left Congress last year and thanked her for speaking up about the suffering in Gaza.
- Greene, now out of office, has said Trump “is not the same man” she supported and has criticized his stance on Iran and the handling of the Epstein files.
- Omar framed the outreach as part of “saving our country,” arguing these shifts reflect a judgment about Trump’s character rather than a single policy fight.
- The push comes despite a bitter history between the two, with Democrats stripping Greene of committee seats in 2021 and Greene seeking to censure Omar in 2024, as coverage from Fox and The Post Millennial stressed Omar’s Gaza remarks while Mediaite highlighted the strategic embrace of defectors.