Latest / Fresh Intelligence / 'Fake News': Ex-Trump Loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene Accuses Fox News of 'Brainwashing Boomers' as Iran War Continues to Divide MAGA
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- 0:18[SPEAKER_00]: Marjorie Taylor Green has criticized Fox News, a key media ally of the MAGA movement, as tensions rise over the ongoing conflict in Iran.
- 0:26[SPEAKER_00]: In a post on X, Green described the network as fake news, accusing it of promoting pro-war messages that many supporters reject.
- 0:33[SPEAKER_00]: Fox News is now the fake news, brainwashing boomers to support what we voted against.
- 0:38[SPEAKER_00]: She stated,
- 0:39[SPEAKER_00]: Green, who distants herself from Donald Trump earlier this year, has emerged as a vocal critic of escalating military actions in Iran, particularly any potential for a ground war.
- 0:49[SPEAKER_00]: The discontent is not limited to green.
- 0:51[SPEAKER_00]: Conservative commentator Anne Colter also condemned Fox News coverage, comparing it to the networks handling of the 2020 election fraud claims.
- 0:59[SPEAKER_00]: Watching Fox News assure viewers the Iran war is going super well and Trump is a total stud, is like watching the same network assure viewers that Dominion voting systems rigged the 2020 election and Trump was the winner, she said, referencing Fox's 787.5 million dollar settlement with Dominion voting systems.
- 1:16[SPEAKER_00]: As tensions escalate overseas, public opinion is divided.
- 1:20[SPEAKER_00]: Polls indicate that a majority of Americans oppose deploying troops, even as some core
- 1:26[SPEAKER_00]: Far-right figure Alex Jones exacerbated the backlash by labeling the situation of war crime.
- 1:32[SPEAKER_00]: And alleging that Trump is preparing for a significant invasion.
- 1:35[SPEAKER_00]: Green's comments represent a stark departure from her previous alignment with Trump and the Magabece.
- 1:40[SPEAKER_00]: Following a feud with Trump, during which he reportedly called her a trader, Green has criticized the administration's war approach, referring to officials as a bunch of sick-fking liars.
- 1:49[SPEAKER_00]: She also expressed concern that the war could harm Republicans politically, declaring, we voted for America First and Zero Wars.
- 1:57[SPEAKER_00]: Green added, this is not freeing the Iranian people.
- 2:00[SPEAKER_00]: This is murdering their children.
- 2:02[SPEAKER_00]: WTF are you insane people doing?
- 2:05[SPEAKER_01]: America does not support this.