Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) pegged Tuesday’s GOP election losses as a sign of voters discontent with the economy, as reflected in exit polls.
“I will give the president some credit that inflation has been holding around 2.5 percent, but people in my district are really struggling,” Greene said in an interview published Wednesday by NBC News. “Rent and home prices continue to go up. The price of food continues to go up.”
“Overall, the cost of living is a problem, and I’ve been talking about this for months. The economy is extremely important, and I think that was a significant factor in the elections,” she added.
The Georgia Republican’s comments tack on to her harsh criticism of the party in recent weeks as she blames its leaders for the government shutdown and not addressing rising healthcare costs.
Now, she’s tying GOP losses in Virginia, New Jersey and New York to the Trump administration’s affordability measures.
Greene told NBC News that “watching the foreign leaders come to the White House through a revolving door is not helping Americans.
“It’s not reducing the cost of living. It’s doing nothing about health insurance premiums. It’s doing nothing to solve the problems that are really plaguing vulnerable segments of our population, especially young people,” she added.
Vice President Vance acknowledged the country’s economic condition in a Wednesday post on X, but urged the party not to be shaken by election shortcomings.
“The president has done a lot that has already paid off in lower interest rates and lower inflation, but we inherited a disaster from Joe Biden and Rome wasn’t built in a day. We’re going to keep on working to make a decent life affordable in this country, and that’s the metric by which we’ll ultimately be judged in 2026 and beyond,” he wrote online.
“The infighting is stupid. I care about my fellow citizens–particularly young Americans–being able to afford a decent life, I care about immigration and our sovereignty, and I care about establishing peace overseas so our resources can be focused at home,” he added.
