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Marjorie Taylor Greene On GOP Resistance To Releasing The Epstein Files | The View

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Summary

## Key takeaways - **Greene: Powerful Men Protected in Epstein Case**: Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene believes that powerful and wealthy men are being protected in the Jeffrey Epstein case, hindering the release of the files. She stated her willingness to support any push to release the documents, emphasizing the victims, particularly young women, and the broader issue of human trafficking. [00:30] - **Greene: Epstein Files Release Spans Multiple Administrations**: Marjorie Taylor Greene argued that the failure to release the Epstein files is a systemic issue that spans across multiple presidential administrations, including those of Biden, Trump, and Obama. She believes these files should have been released long ago. [01:36] - **Greene: Against Foreign Wars, For Border Protection**: Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed opposition to engaging in foreign wars and regime change, advocating instead for the protection of U.S. borders and citizens. She noted a significant increase in fentanyl deaths in her district, highlighting the need to combat drug smuggling. [02:48], [03:02] - **Greene: Defends Free Speech, Critical of Israeli Government**: Marjorie Taylor Greene asserted her right to criticize the Israeli government without being labeled anti-Semitic, distinguishing between criticizing a foreign government and harboring animosity towards Jewish people. She emphasized the importance of defending First Amendment rights for all Americans, even for speech she disagrees with. [03:51], [04:47] - **Greene: Calls for Women to Pave a New Path**: Marjorie Taylor Greene believes that women, particularly those with powerful voices, need to lead the way in finding a new path forward for the country. She expressed a desire for more professional and kind exchanges of ideas, seeing the nation as being 'ripped to shreds'. [06:36]

Topics Covered

  • Who does the government protect with Epstein files?
  • Should America prioritize borders over foreign wars?
  • Free speech: criticize foreign governments, not people?
  • Can women in power unite a divided nation?

Full Transcript

WITH CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE

TAYLOR GREENE, AND SARAH HAS

THE NEXT QUESTION.

>> YES. YOU'VE BEEN OUTSPOKEN

ABOUT RELEASING THE JEFFREY

EPSTEIN FILES TO THE PUBLIC,

INCLUDING THE NAMES OF

INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN HIS SEX

TRAFFICKING NETWORK. NOW,

DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR

THAT, TOO, ALONG WITH SOME OF

THE OTHER REPUBLICANS. BUT MOST

OF YOUR PARTY IS PUSHING BACK

AND STALLING. WHY DO YOU THINK

THAT IS? BECAUSE IF PRESIDENT

TRUMP IS NOT IMPLICATED IN

THERE, WHAT IS EXACTLY BEING

PROTECTED HERE?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT IT SEEMS

LIKE VERY RICH AND POWERFUL MEN

ARE BEING PROTECTED. AND I'M I

WILL SIGN ANYBODY'S RESOLUTION

AND I'LL GET ON BOARD WITH

ANYONE'S PUSH TO RELEASE THOSE

FILES, BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT

WOMEN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY

WERE TEENAGERS, WERE VICTIMS OF

RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE BY

JEFFREY EPSTEIN. AND ACCORDING

TO THE VICTIMS, ANOTHER THERE'S

A LIST OF MEN THAT THEY HAVEN'T

RELEASED YET. THEY ARE. THEY

ARE AFRAID OF LAWSUITS. THEY'RE

AFRAID OF IT. AND I SAID I

WOULD READ THE LIST FOR THEM ON

THE HOUSE FLOOR BECAUSE I HAVE

SPEECH AND DEBATE PROTECTION

THERE. HOWEVER, I ALSO THINK

THAT THIS IS ABOUT ALL VICTIMS

OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, CHILDREN

THAT ARE BEING MOLESTED OR

RAPED, ANY MEN AND WOMEN THAT

ARE HELD IN, IN SOME SORT OF

SOME SORT OF SEXUAL ABUSE

SITUATION. WHAT IS OUR

GOVERNMENT SAY TO THEM? IF THE

GOVERNMENT WILL NOT RELEASE

INFORMATION ON THE MOST FAMOUS

CONVICTED PEDOPHILE IN HISTORY,

WHAT DOES THAT MESSAGE BACK?

AND I THINK IT'S HORRENDOUS.

AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE?

THIS HAS BEEN A FAILURE ACROSS

ADMINISTRATIONS. IT'S NOT JUST

THIS THIS ONE. IT WAS THE BIDEN

ADMINISTRATION, THEN THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION, THEN THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION. IT SHOULD HAVE

ALL ACROSS SPANNING THIS

HISTORY SHOULD HAVE BEEN

RELEASED. AND THERE'S CLEARLY

POWERFUL PEOPLE ARE BEING.

>> THE ONLY ONE WHO REALLY GOT

CAUGHT IS A WOMAN ON THIS IS

GHISLAINE MAXWELL, RIGHT.

>> AND WHAT DOES.

>> THAT SAY?

>> THE IRONY OF THAT. YEAH.

>> BUT SHE'S NOW SHE THEY SAY

SHE'S A MONSTER.

>> YEAH. YEAH.

>> SHE THEY THEY HATE HER.

>> COMES IN ALL GENDERS.

>> THEY HATE HER.

>> YES, YES.

>> NO. THANK YOU TO YOU. AND

THOMAS MASSIE HAS ALSO BEEN

GREAT ON PUSHING ON THIS ISSUE.

NOW, YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE

NOTABLY AMERICA FIRST, AND YOU

WERE EVEN CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT

TRUMP'S DECISION TO TAKE

PREEMPTIVE STRIKES ON IRAN.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SEEING THESE

STRIKES ON VENEZUELAN VESSELS

IN THE PACIFIC AND THE

CARIBBEAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL

AUTHORIZATION. I THINK WE BOTH

CARE ABOUT STOPPING THE FLOW OF

ILLICIT DRUGS. BUT DO YOU THINK

THIS IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT

CAN DO UNILATERALLY OR CONGRESS

NEEDS TO WEIGH IN ON?

>> WELL, I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I

HAVE FULL FAITH AND CONFIDENCE

IN OUR GREAT MEN AND WOMEN IN

OUR MILITARY, AND I BELIEVE

THAT THEY HAVE INTEL THAT WE

DON'T HAVE AND THEY KNOW WHAT

THEY'RE DOING. HOWEVER, I DON'T

BELIEVE IN REGIME CHANGE. I

DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE

ENGAGING IN WAR. PERIOD. I'M

TOTALLY AGAINST WARS. I BELIEVE

IN FULLY PROTECTING OUR BORDERS

AND OUR PEOPLE. BUT I DON'T

THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO OUT

AND ATTACK OTHER COUNTRIES. I

WILL SAY, THOUGH, FENTANYL

DEATHS INCREASED IN THE PAST

FIVE YEARS BY 250% IN MY

DISTRICT ALONE, AND DRUG

OVERDOSE IS DEVASTATING. AND A

LOT OF, YOU KNOW, RURAL SMALL

TOWNS THAT HAVE LOST A LOT OF

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO

I AM ALL FOR OUR BORDER PATROL

AND OUR MILITARY, PROTECTING

OUR COUNTRY AND OUR PEOPLE FROM

DRUGS BEING SMUGGLED INTO THE

COUNTRY.

>> NOW, CONGRESSMAN, AS WE

SPEAK, THERE SEEMS TO BE A

SIGNIFICANT DIVIDE ON THE RIGHT

OVER WHETHER TO GIVE A PLATFORM

TO NOTED WHITE SUPREMACIST NICK

FUENTES. MANY PROMINENT

CONSERVATIVES LIKE BEN SHAPIRO,

SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY, TED CRUZ,

THEY'VE SPOKEN OUT AGAINST

AMPLIFYING HIM. YOU TWO HAVE

HAD A COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP

OVER, OVER THE YEARS. BUT AT A

MOMENT WHEN ANTI-SEMITISM IS ON

THE RISE, WHERE DO YOU STAND ON

THIS?

>> WELL, FIRST, I'M NOT

ANTI-SEMITIC, BUT I AM CRITICAL

OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.

>> WELL, I JUST MEAN

DOMESTICALLY SPEAKING, BECAUSE

A LOT OF NICK FUENTES WORDS ARE

HE HE HITS EVERY GROUP, BUT

VERY MUCH JUST JEWISH PEOPLE IN

GENERAL, NOT THE NOT ISRAEL

JEWISH PEOPLE.

>> WELL, NUMBER ONE, I DON'T

HAVE TO AGREE WITH HIS WORDS ON

ATTACKING PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

HOWEVER, I AS A LAWMAKER, I

THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT

THAT I DEFEND OUR FIRST

AMENDMENT FOR EVERY SINGLE

AMERICAN. OF COURSE, THAT DOES

NOT APPLY TO DEATH THREATS OR

ANYTHING LIKE THAT. HOWEVER, I

THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

WE CAN HAVE AS AMERICANS IS OUR

FREE SPEECH. AND IT CAN BE

SPEECH THAT I EITHER AGREE WITH

OR COMPLETELY DISAGREE WITH.

>> BUT IT'S SOMETHING

INTERESTING. YOU SAID YOU SAID

YOU'RE CRITICAL OF THE ISRAELI

GOVERNMENT, BUT YOU ARE NOT

ANTI-SEMITIC. MOST PEOPLE NOW

BELIEVE THAT IF YOU CRITICIZE

THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, YOU ARE

ANTI-SEMITIC. DO YOU DISAGREE

WITH THAT?

>> ACTUALLY, I DISAGREE.

>> WITH WHAT YOU SAY. MANY

PEOPLE.

>> I WOULD SAY THAT TIDE IS

COMPLETELY CHANGED. I THINK

MANY AMERICANS TODAY SEE, THE

DIFFERENCE IS YOU CAN LOVE

JEWISH AMERICANS AND YOU CAN

LOVE JEWISH PEOPLE AND NOT BE

CRITICAL OF PEOPLE AT ALL. AND

YOU CAN. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO

CRITICIZE A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT,

AND I CAN CRITICIZE AS MANY OF

THEM AS I WANT. AND I CAN SAY

OCTOBER 7TH WAS THE WORST THING

IN HORRIFIC, BUT I CAN EQUALLY

SAY STARVING CHILDREN AND

KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE AND

CHILDREN IN GAZA IS ALSO

HORRIBLE. AND THAT'S THAT'S MY

OPINION.

>> AND I AND.

>> I'M WONDERING BECAUSE, YOU

KNOW, FREE SPCH IS EVERYTHING,

AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S HARDER

TO DO AND TO HAVE IN THIS

COUNTRY. DO YOU THINK IT'S A

GOOD IDEA FOR THE MILITARY TO

BE MARCHING INTO OUR CITIES AND,

AND TOWNS RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE

MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE

SPEECH THAT THEY'RE HEARING.

HOW HOW DO WE COMBAT THAT AND

GET BACK TO GOING AFTER THE

PEOPLE WHO REALLY ARE THE

PROBLEMS?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, ON SPEECH,

FREE SPEECH, I WANT TO I WANT

TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT ALL OF

US RIGHT HERE ARE DOING A GREAT

JOB OF EXCHANGING OUR IDEAS AND

THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE IN, AND

WE'RE DOING IT IN A VERY

PROFESSIONAL AND KIND WAY.

>> AND IN.

>> MY OPINION. I THINK WE NEED

MORE OF THAT IN AMERICA. I

REALLY DO, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

WANTED ME TO COME ON THE SHOW

AND SAY NASTY THINGS AND, YOU

KNOW, ALL OF US TO FIGHT. THEY

WANTED ALL OF US TO FIGHT.

>> THANK YOU FOR NOT DOING THAT.

>> OH MY GOODNESS. NO, I DIDN'T

I DIDN'T.

>> WANT TO.

>> READ THAT.

>> IT'S LIKE 5 TO 1.

>> SHE COULD. HANDLE IT, BUT

SHE DIDN'T THINK SHE COULD

HANDLE IT. NO.

>> I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT

TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT

PEOPLE WITH POWERFUL VOICES

LIKE MYSELF AND LIKE YOU, AND

ESPECIALLY WOMEN TO WOMEN, WE

NEED TO PAVE A NEW PATH. THIS

COUNTRY, OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY,

OUR RED, WHITE AND BLUE FLAG IS

JUST BEING RIPPED TO SHREDS.

AND I THINK IT TAKES WOMEN TO

OF MATURITY

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