You Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Have to Welcome Marjorie Taylor Greene Into the Democratic Tent.

If Liz Cheney was a mistake, why on earth would we embrace someone fifty times worse?

Congressman and constitutional scholar Jamie Raskin wasn’t being cheeky.

Is this what a Democrat looks like?

At a Florida Democratic event on Sunday, the representative from Maryland’s eighth house district claimed “this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.”

Raskin waved the flags of liberalism (rooted in liberty), progressivism (rooted in progress), and conservatism. With a monopoly on policies that conserve the environment, voting rights, civil rights, the rule of law, and the constitution that undergirds it all, Raskin cheered a Democratic party that should be big and broad enough for nearly every American — including the controversial Georgia Congresswomen who until very recently was a rising MAGA star.

Greene (or MTG for short) may still be one yet. She has garnered media attention as much for her outlandish antics as for her extremist views. In a caucus near universally loyal to the whims of President Trump, she has recently stood out for breaking with the administration’s positions on two hot-button issues: Israel and the Epstein files. Her very willingness to demonstrate divergence from Trump reveals his weakening grip on power, and her independence forecasts an alternative Republican approach that is more responsive to the base than to the president.

Given Greene’s ability to attract attention, iconoclastic foreign policy, and very public feud with President Trump, Raskin’s appeal to a shiny object is somewhat understandable. But it is a political and moral disaster.