It's not every day that Marjorie Taylor Greene and Mark Cuban end up on the same page. But here we are.
On Wednesday, the former Georgia congresswoman shared a clip from an All-In podcast discussion on X, writing, "I agree with @mcuban. Both parties are terrible." That's about as bipartisan as it gets these days, even if the agreement is that both sides are bad.
Cuban Says Both Parties 'Suck'
During the discussion, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya asked Cuban about the Democratic Party and how it could regain momentum. Cuban didn't exactly take the bait.
"I don't care about the Democratic Party. People think I'm a Democrat. I'm not," he said. Then he got to the point: "If it were up to me, I'd kick both parties to the curb."
He didn't spare the GOP either. "The Republican Party isn't the Republican Party anymore. It's the Trump family business," Cuban said. And the Democrats? He said the party "doesn't even exist anymore" because its members "don't even know what they're doing and there's nobody in charge."
Jason Calacanis then asked Cuban whether he would support Elon Musk's proposed America Party, which aims to offer an alternative to the two major parties. Musk is CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX).
Cuban said his support would depend on the party's policies and candidates, adding that he was "wide open to that." So not a yes, but not a no either. In politics, that's practically a commitment.
Scaramucci, Greene Slam Two-Party System
Cuban isn't the only one taking swings at the two-party setup. Last month, SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci criticized America's two-party system, arguing that neither Democrats nor Republicans offered lasting solutions and warning that repeatedly shifting power between them would worsen problems.
Greene herself criticized the two-party system in July, arguing it divided Americans to protect the interests of elites. Her comments came as Tucker Carlson said he would work to create a "new political party," arguing the U.S. had become a "one-party state."
So there's a bit of a theme developing: the people who used to play the game are now questioning the rules.
Democrats Maintained Lead In Midterm Poll
Meanwhile, the numbers tell their own story. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Monday showed President Donald Trump's approval rating rising 1 percentage point to 32%, while Democrats led Republicans 47% to 36% in the congressional race.
The poll found that 73% of voters believed their cost of living was heading in the wrong direction, while Democrats held an advantage over Republicans on economic management and voter enthusiasm ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
That's the backdrop for all this anti-party talk. When nearly three-quarters of voters think the cost of living is going the wrong way, and the two parties are trading barbs while billionaires and former lawmakers wonder aloud if the whole system is broken, you get a moment where agreeing that "both parties are terrible" feels less like a hot take and more like conventional wisdom.
Cuban's openness to Musk's America Party is worth watching. He's not committing, but he's not ruling it out. And in a political environment where the Republican Party is being described as a family business and the Democratic Party as a leaderless void, the door for something new is at least cracked open.
Whether anyone walks through it is another question. For now, Greene and Cuban have found common ground on the one thing they can agree on: the current options aren't cutting it.