Where does one begin with these two congresswomen? Once close friends, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado proudly jumped on every MAGA bandwagon in lockstep. The former besties once voted together against a bill to help treat leukemia. Both women have shared their bizarre views on COVID-19, a love of white supremacists, guns, QAnon, a hatred of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and their support of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Now the two women are locked in mortal combat. At the center of it seems to be Greene’s dogged climb back into the seat of more moderate Republican circles, aligning herself with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, while Boebert appears to be taking more of a lone wolf approach.
The crest of the battle was played out on Jan. 7 in the speaker’s lobby ladies' room, The Daily Beast reports, when a source says, “Greene questioned Boebert’s loyalty to McCarthy.”
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Another source reportedly said that Greene asked Boebert, “You were okay taking millions of dollars from McCarthy, but you refuse to vote for him for Speaker, Lauren?”
Unaware Boebert was in the bathroom when she emerged from the stall, the first source told The Daily Beast that Lauren said to Greene, “Don’t be ugly,” and then “ran out like a little schoolgirl.”
Neither representative has answered questions about the incident.
Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan was alleged to have been in the bathroom during the spat, but has not confirmed to reporters what was said at the time.
As Daily Kos wrote in December 2022, one fight between the two happened during an “AmericaFest” event, when Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk asked Boebert and creepy Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz what they thought of Greene’s support of McCarthy’s run for House speaker, Insider reports.
Gaetz was demure and “politely disagreed,” Insider writes, while Boebert went for the jugular.
The two women have taken alternate sides for months on issues such as funding Ukraine following Russia’s invasion—Greene, along with her MAGA cohorts, has not been in support of it—while Boebert introduced a House bill calling for funding to assist Ukraine in defending itself.
Greene has been a massive supporter of former President Donald Trump’s third run for office, even holding up the phone while Trump was on the line during the final McCarthy vote to grab the gavel. She’s reportedly even on Trump’s shortlist of possible running mates.
Boebert has been behind Trump, too, while also appearing open to other GOP candidates in 2024, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
"I love Governor Ron DeSantis. He is America's governor, and he has the same policies” as Trump, she said, adding that the presidential election remains "in the far future."