Greene posts about burgers, appropriation bill on final day in office

By Kim Jarrett
The Center Square

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spent her last day in Congress criticizing an upcoming appropriations bill and posting to social media about her lunch in her home state of Georgia.

Fifteen months since going on stage at the Republican National Convention supportive of Donald Trump, Greene announced in November that she was leaving office. She cited conflicts with the president she helped elect over the Epstein files and concerns about health care.

On Monday, she said a provision in an appropriations bill that would update warnings on pesticides and limit lawsuits against chemical companies “has no place in Republican bills.”

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., also posted about the provision on social media and later said it was removed from the bill.

Greene indicated she was in Rome – Georgia, not Italy – on her personal social media page in a post saying she had a “double steakburger and beef tallow fries” at a local franchise restaurant that sponsored a billboard about the late Charlie Kirk.

“Stand up. Speak out. Stay bold,” Greene posted.

Greene spent her final weekend in office denouncing Saturday’s U.S. military action on Venezuela, which led to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro and his wife on drug charges. She appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday.

“If U.S. military action and regime change in Venezuela was really about saving American lives from deadly drugs then why hasn’t the Trump administration taken action against Mexican cartels?” Greene said on social media. “And if prosecuting narco-terrorists is a high priority then why did President Trump pardon the former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez who was convicted and sentenced for 45 years for trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine into America?”

Greene was first elected in 2020 and reelected in 2022 and 2024 to represent Georgia’s 14th district. A special election will be called by Gov. Brian Kemp in the next 10 days, per Georgia law. Until then, the position will remain empty, trimming the Republican majority in the House of Representatives to 219-213 with her seat becoming the third vacancy.

Twenty Republicans, two Democrats and one unaffiliated candidate have filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission as candidates for the position.