Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin Hit With Pushback After Offering Surprising Invite To MTG

Georgia MAGA Republican Representative and QAnon conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene has found herself on the wrong side of MAGA Republican President Donald Trump, but on the right side of history when it comes to protecting women and children from sexual predators.

The split began in earnest with MTG's support of Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie's discharge petition to force a House vote on Massie's bill, cosponsored by California Democratic Representative Ro Khanna: HR 185, the Epstein Files Transparency Bill.

GOP Speaker Mike Johnson has been keeping the House of Representatives from voting on the bill to release the files collected by Trump's Department of Justice and the FBI in 2019 to indict and arrest Trump's longtime friend, registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in July of that year.

The files would have been entered into court records during trial if Epstein hadn't died while in federal custody in August 2019. Sealed until 2024 due to pending litigation against Trump friend and Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, Trump campaigned on promises to release the full Epstein files if elected.

MTG was one of the first Republicans to sign the discharge petition, running her afoul of Trump and his MAGA minions in Congress.

On Sunday, Maryland Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin suggested MTG jump ship and join the Democratic Party.

Speaking at the Blue Bash Brunch in Florida, Representative Raskin said:

"We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over."

You can watch Raskin's comments here:

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...however, some felt Representative Raskin was being facetious.

Given the event he was speaking at, they claimed he knew MTG wasn't aligned with Democratic Party values nor was she ready to join any sort of liberal or progressive movement.

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MTG was labeled a traitor by Trump and has been sparring with Texas Republican Senator Rafael "Ted" Cruz on X over her support of accountability for Epstein's gang of sexual predators, regardless of their political party or level of wealth.

But whether Raskin was joking or not, MTG is unlikely to leave the GOP any time soon. She's still pumping out plenty of the racist, anti-LGBTQ+, xenophobic, ignorant rhetoric the MAGA Christian nationalist, White supremacist base gobbles up.