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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said Democratic Party would welcome fellow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after the conservative congresswoman became increasingly critical of her party in recent weeks, a comment that drew cheers from the crowd.
Raskin made the comments while speaking at the Democratic Party's 2025 Blue Bash Brunch fundraiser in Miami on Sunday, where he said his party has a big tent that welcomes all “patriots” who will stand up for the Constitution.
“Let me tell you a couple more things, great Florida Democrats,” Raskin said. “One of them: we are a big tent. We have to be a huge, huge tent.”
“I'm saying there's a place for Marjorie Taylor Greene at this party if she wants to come,” Raskin said, drawing mixed reactions from the crowd. “We have a place for everyone who wants to stand up for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights today.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin said his party will welcome Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. (Kent Nishimura/Reuters; Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
The audience booed the congressman's suggestion that Greene is a longtime conservative firebrand and staunch supporter of the president. Donald Trump before their recent quarrel – should be thrown into battle.
Green stepped up his criticism Republican Party Leadership in recent months, taking aim at the party's approach to health care and other issues. She also broke with her party on Israel, calling the Jewish state's military campaign in the Gaza Strip a “genocide” and a “humanitarian crisis.”
She has also been at odds with Trump and her party leaders over her call for full disclosure of documents related to the case of a deceased sexual predator. Jeffrey EpsteinAlthough the president has since reversed course on his pressure campaign to stop the release of the files after House lawmakers gained enough support to force a full vote on a bipartisan resolution to release the files.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is at odds with President Donald Trump over her calls to release Epstein's files. (Getty Images)
Greene's feud with Trump led the president to withdraw his support for the Georgia Republican and call her a traitor. Greene denies the accusation, saying she was targeted last week to “set an example to scare every other Republican before voting next week to release the Epstein files.”
“I remain the same today as I have always been and will continue to pray that this administration succeeds because the American people desperately deserve what they voted for,” Greene responded to X.
Raskin called on Democrats to be prepared to expand the party to include diverse ideological views. He called himself a “liberal” and a “progressive” because of his support for freedom and progress.
The audience booed Rep. Jamie Raskin's bid to admit the Georgia Republican to the Democratic Party. (Annabelle Gordon/Reuters)
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“But today, what I like best is to call myself a conservative because I want to preserve the earth, the air, the water, the climate system, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act,” he said.
“Everything that the authoritarian party wants to destroy is everything that we are going to preserve and protect in America,” the congressman continued. “We are a party of conservatives, liberals and progressives. All patriots today belong to the democracy party. This is who we are.”
