{"id":223178,"date":"2025-06-06T17:52:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=223178"},"modified":"2025-06-06T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:52:49","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-regrets-voting-for-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-until-she-doesnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=223178","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene Regrets Voting for Trump\u2019s Big Beautiful Bill: Until She Doesn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Georgia\u2019s own Marjorie Taylor Greene just admitted to doing what most voters hope their lawmakers never would. She voted for a massive federal bill without reading it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only that, she publicly said she\u2019d undo the vote if she could. And then, less than a day later, she changed her mind again and said she\u2019s proud she supported it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd2f <strong>What\u2019s Happening:<\/strong> The bill is called the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act.\u201d It\u2019s a Trump-backed mega-package\u2014more than a thousand pages long\u2014filled with campaign candy like tax cuts and border security. But also tucked inside? A 10-year freeze on states passing their own laws about artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene didn\u2019t catch that part. Because she didn\u2019t read the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udce2 <strong>Her Words, Not Ours:<\/strong> \u201cFull transparency, I did not know about this section,\u201d she posted online, referencing the AI clause.<br>She added, \u201cHad I known, I would have VOTED NO.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to make laws or regulate AI for 10 years.<br><br>I am adamantly OPPOSED to this and it is a violation of state rights and I would have voted NO if I had known this was in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bip3hztSGq\">pic.twitter.com\/bip3hztSGq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1929946902566494653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Thursday, Greene had found her new message: She said she was proud she voted for the bill, which implemented several of Elon Musk&#8217;s DOGE cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d <strong>Why This Should Catch Your Attention:<\/strong> This isn\u2019t just any law. It directly impacts how Georgia\u2014and every other state\u2014can respond to one of the fastest-developing technologies in modern history. AI regulation is now off-limits for the next decade unless the Senate changes the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Greene\u2014one of the loudest voices in Congress and a headline fixture in Georgia\u2014missed that detail entirely before hitting yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcac <strong>Let\u2019s Be Clear:<\/strong> Voting without reading sounds bad, but it is common in Congress. Voting without reading and then publicly regretting it is worse. But flipping back again to say you\u2019re proud of the vote is a masterclass in political gymnastics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f<strong> In Context:<\/strong> Astute readers may recall a similar situation with the Democrats. John Kerry once famously said when he was running for president that he voted for a bill before he voted against it. Republicans at the time labeled him a waffler and a flip-flopper, and question his integrity. In a similar instance, Nancy Pelosi once urged Congress to vote for the Affordable Care Act without reading the bill. She said Congress had to vote for it to find out what was in it. Republicans were not amused. How will Republicans react to one of their own doing the same thing? Time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u23ed\ufe0f <strong>What\u2019s Next:<\/strong> The bill heads to the Senate, where the AI provision is expected to face serious opposition. But unless changes are made, it\u2019s locked in. And Greene, despite her moment of regret, is standing by her vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcde <strong>Take Action:<\/strong> Want to know what your representatives are reading\u2014or not reading\u2014before they vote? You have every right to ask. Start with this bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=35]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia\u2019s own Marjorie Taylor Greene just admitted to doing what most voters hope their lawmakers never would. 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