Here's a fun thing about politics: sometimes the person you spent years trying to punish becomes the person you cite when you want to talk about, say, the price of eggs. That's roughly where former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene found herself this week.
Greene took to X to question whether the push to target Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — herself a critic of President Donald Trump — does anything about the things voters actually complain about: fuel, health care, and groceries.
She was upfront that she and Omar don't agree on much. "Me and Ilhan Omar are far apart policy wise. I'm pro life, she's pro abortion. I'm pro 2A, she's pro gun control. And on and on," Greene wrote.
Then came the pivot: "But can someone tell me how pretending to get ready to deport Ilhan Omar is going to bring gas down under $2, make health insurance freaking..." She also cited grocery costs and overseas military involvement.
"People are so sick and tired...," she added, framing it as a broader critique of what political leaders choose to prioritize.
Inflation Adds to Household Cost Pressures
Greene's timing wasn't random. Her statement came as the consumer-price report showed inflation reaching 3.7% year over year in September, above economists' 3.6% expectation. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, consumer prices rose from 3.4% in the prior period. The hotter reading increased attention on household affordability and potential Federal Reserve policy decisions.
Meanwhile, economist Mark Zandi estimated that the Iran war has increased American household costs by nearly $2,000 since the conflict began in February, adding up to $265 billion nationwide, according to Moody's Analytics data. He attributed the higher expenses to rising energy costs, military spending, and elevated interest rates.
Omar Faces Citizenship Probe, Deportation Calls
The Trump administration is investigating Omar to revoke her U.S. citizenship and potentially deport her, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Authorities are examining her immigration and citizenship records and have issued more than a dozen subpoenas, including to relatives, seeking grand jury testimony in Minnesota.
The investigation follows a federal search of Omar's Washington, D.C., home earlier this week by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Omar called it an "outrageous abuse of power" later in a statement.
Here's where the story gets a little awkward for Greene. Her post came even as the former Georgia Rep. introduced a Censure Resolution on Omar in February 2024, calling her a "foreign agent" working for a foreign country. She even called for Omar's deportation back then.
"I urge my colleagues to vote to Censure, but I wish I had the votes to expel and deport her," Greene had written on X.
One X user responded to her latest post, reminding her of the same.
So the woman who once said she wished she could deport Omar is now asking why anyone is pretending to get ready to deport Omar. Both things can be true, of course. Politicians change their framing, priorities shift, and the affordability conversation has a way of swallowing everything else. But the internet, as ever, keeps receipts.
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