‘Dead or Alive…We Don’t Even Know!’ Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Firing Line Host in Stitches With Mitch McConnell Crack

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) had PBS’s Firing Line host in stitches when she made a crack about Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) being “dead or alive.”

McConnell was last seen on Capitol Hill on June 11, and has been either hospitalized due to a fall, in rehab, or at home ever since, according to his office.

Host Margaret Hoover began the interview, saying, “I wanted to invite you to join the program today because you have firsthand insight into the current disarray on the political right and where the GOP might turn when President Trump’s term in the White House is over.”

“So, from the beginning, the lane that I’ve been in has always been America First, and that was a part of MAGA, which has now broken off,” Greene said, adding, “And now I think I represent many Americans who find themselves completely disenfranchised by the Republican Party.”

Hoover asked Greene about Trump calling her a “traitor.”

“Yeah, he means a traitor to him,” Greene said. “So, the president demands loyalty, but my loyalty does not belong to Donald Trump. And so, yeah, he called me a traitor and it did not hurt me one single bit. As a matter of fact, I have people thank me every single day in public for standing up the way that I did.”

“And I never went to Washington to cling the power until I’m dead or alive, like Mitch McConnell. We don’t even know!” Greene quipped as Hoover struggled to contain her laughter.

“I never wanted a full career there. I only wanted to make a difference. And so, you know, I’ll take his words basically with what they are, a bunch of hot air, and they mean nothing,” Greene said.

Greene also said women aren’t respected by today’s Republican party under Trump.

“I think there’s so much more to women than how you look or how you dress and how you present yourself,” Greene said. “And it shouldn’t be very skimpy clothes, massive amounts of plastic surgery, and I think women deserve a lot more.”

“I don’t think women are respected in the Republican Party. It’s a boys’ club, it literally is,” Greene said. “And that comes from the top down, and it’s really a shame. And then you have the President demeaning women constantly. He’s constantly attacking women.”

Greene added, “A lot of women don’t want to vote for Republicans, and I’m hearing that more and more because they don’t take us serious in what we bring to the table. They just want to hold the power for themselves, and, you know, I think the Republican party is suffering for it.”

Watch the clip above via Firing Line on PBS.

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