MTG criticizes Iran strikes as candidates to replace her offer support

Former House representative Marjorie Taylor Greene may have left office at the beginning of the year, but that hasn't slowed her down when it comes to sharing her political beliefs and opinions online.

Over the weekend, Greene flooded social media with comments on the strikes in Iran, ranging from saying the MAGA movement feels abandoned and the late Charlie Kirk would not have supported the strikes, to claiming America is fighting Israel's wars and the right has abandoned the "America First" ideology she campaigned on.

Many voters in Georgia's 14th congressional district didn't know where to fall on the Greene-Trump split after a public falling out this fall, but they are still faced with electing her replacement on March 10.

And while Greene made her opposition to the U.S.-Israel operation in the Middle East abundantly clear, the MAGA candidates vying to replace her have backed up the administration just a week before their special election in a Trump stronghold.

Marjorie Taylor Greene vocal against Iran strikes

In a lengthy post on X on Feb. 28, Greene said her "generation has been let down" by false promises from the Trump and J.D. Vance administration.

"We said 'No More Foreign Wars, No More Regime Change!' We said it on rally stage after rally stage, speech after speech," Greene wrote. "We thought the victory won in 2024 would be finally time to put America First. And we thought that meant the common American man and woman and their children. Not the elites. America has suffered and they don't even care."

Greene shared a video taken from inside Iran and shared by Globe Eye News that appears to show the aftermath of the bombing of a girls' school that is reported to have killed 160 children.

"This is NOT freeing the Iranian people!!! This is murdering their children!!! WTF are you insane people doing??? AMERICA DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS!!!" Greene wrote.

In other messages Greene called Congress "neutered" and said actions like this were part of why so many representatives were choosing to leave before the end of their term. After a shooting in Austin was possibly linked to terrorism and the Iran strikes, Greene said that every American "needs to start carrying because it's all changed."

She called on Vance and U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to speak out against the strikes, after she says they both previously opposed a war with Iran.

Speaking on the Megyn Kelly Show, Greene said that large parts of the MAGA movement feel abandoned by the administration's involvement in the Middle East, arguing that they voted for "America First" policy that isn't being prioritized.

Republican candidates back Trump

Clay Fuller, a veteran who received Trump's endorsement to replace Greene and who has also campaigned on an "America First" message, publicly supported the strikes, calling the late Ayatollah a "monster."

"The bloodthirsty Ayatollah Khamenei, architect of countless deaths among Americans and our allies worldwide, is finally dead. Rot in hell, you monster," Fuller wrote in a post on X. "Huge thanks to President Trump for this win. Prayers for our troops and for Iranians to rise up and claim their freedom."

When troops were reported dead over the weekend, Fuller said the "mission is not in vain" and that they were helping to stop "the evil of Iran's regime." He also likened the Obama administration's policies in the Middle East to "appeasement with pallets of cash to Islamic death cults only emboldened with evil."

Colton Moore, competing with Fuller for the MAGA base in northwest Georgia, has not publicly supported or denounced the strikes as of noon on March 4. Moore has aligned himself closely with Trump, going as far as making his campaign slogan "God. Guns. Trump.", but failed to earn the president's endorsement.

Additional Republican candidate Nicky Lama shared a quote from Psalms and shared a prayer for the fallen soldiers, but did not elaborate on his stance around the Iran strikes.

When is the Georgia 14th congressional election?

There are more than a dozen candidates running to replace Greene, and early voting closes Friday, March 6. The general election is being held on March 10, with a likely runoff taking place on April 7. Greene was up for reelection in November, so the fight isn't over after a winner is declared in April.

Irene Wright is the Atlanta Connect reporter with USA Today’s Deep South Connect team. Find her on X @IreneEWright or email her at [email protected].