Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) “hates” President Donald Trump, saying the Republican congressman often made fun of the president in private.
Greene appeared on Wednesday’s edition of The Tucker Carlson Show to talk about various topics, including some members of her party who, in her opinion, broke the ideals of the Republican Party or the interests of the American people.
The former congresswoman told Tucker Carlson that the problem started with donor money.
“They’re bought and paid for.
They don’t represent the American people or their interests, and it’s because of the way they’re funded,” Greene said.
She explained that while some Republicans got tired of fundraising and started relying on lobbyists for easier money, others were different.
“There’s another side entirely.
There are Republican members of Congress who never had good intentions from the start,” she said. “And they came into the House of Representatives already fully supported and funded by this bad system I’ve been talking about in Washington, and I saw it firsthand when I watched Mike Lawler get elected.”
Greene said Lawler was open about his dislike for Trump before his second term, telling Carlson that he “made fun of him constantly.”
She said:
I remember specifically when Mike Lawler came in, and he was welcomed in by everybody. I mean, he was propped up as the guy we have to fight for. One of the most critical races as an incoming Republican candidate, because it was a very close district, and it was so– we were told it was so important to win this district.
Well, I learned a lot about him very quickly. He, as a Catholic, Mike Lawler is a Catholic, was heavily supported and funded by the Jewish community there and was heavily being supported by all the Christian Zionists. And he instantly had more support from pretty much every fundraising mechanism that there is in Washington, D.C. that supports Republicans. He had more help than I could have ever dreamed of having, ever in my entire political career.
And I was like, “Wow, what is going on with this guy?” And it turns out he did win his race. It was a narrow victory, but he did win it. And of course, he instantly came into the House of Representatives, completely bought and paid for by all of the establishment donor class that had supported him. He hated Donald Trump, made fun of him constantly, mimicked him, making fun of his voice. He used to attack me, make fun of me, come and find me on the House floor, and make fun of me for supporting Donald Trump, and this was in the four years before Trump got elected as president again in 2024.
And I was just like this guy is literally one of the worst– well, I would say he’s the worst, but really Randy Fine is the worst. But Mike Lawler was unbelievably– I thought he was a Democrat. I was like, he’s literally a Democrat. He’s so against all the things that Republican voters care about, and he clearly hates Donald Trump.
The former congresswoman said that after Trump won his second term, she noticed a big change in Lawler’s attitude toward him.
“I saw a huge change in him, and of course it happened after Trump won his primary in 2024,” she said.
“All of a sudden, Mike Lawler, I started joking. I started calling him MAGA Mike Lawler because he was suddenly becoming Trump’s biggest supporter.”
Why do neocons consistently act against the interests of the United States? It’s more than neglect. It’s hate. Marjorie Taylor Greene saw it firsthand. pic.twitter.com/HGJlRfJ3bo
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 30, 2026
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