Former RNC chair says Greene ‘ain’t wrong’ on weak men in GOP
Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele agreed with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) assessment of the GOP as full of “weak” men intimidated by the party’s strong women.
“She ain’t wrong,” the MSNBC regular wrote in a post Tuesday on the social platform X, responding to Greene’s remarks.
“When I began in GOP politics the first thing noticed was Republican women were far more adept at ‘politics’ than the men,” he continued. “From the Women’s Federation to actual candidacies (of which there were very few) the men in leadership ALWAYS underestimated their value and political potency.”
“@mtgreenee just saying the obvious,” Steele added, linking to Greene’s personal X account.
Steele has becoming increasingly critical of his own party in recent years and endorsed former President Biden in 2020 and voted for former Vice President Harris in 2024.
In an interview with The Washington Post published Tuesday, the outspoken conservative congresswoman sharply criticized her party’s congressional leaders, accusing them of engaging in a pattern of unfair treatment in which strong and competent women get overlooked or punished, while “weak” men get rewarded.
“Whereas President Trump has a very strong, dominant style — he’s not weak at all — a lot of the men here in the House are weak,” Greene told the Post. “There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women. So they always try to marginalize the strong Republican women that actually want to do something and actually want to achieve.”
Greene suggested jealousy could be part of the dynamic, adding, “They’re always intimidated by stronger Republican women because we mean it and we will do it and we will make them look bad.”
Greene has made headlines in recent weeks as one of only four Republican House members to sign a discharge petition that would force a vote on the full release of the Epstein case files.
Last week, she again made news when she broke with her party over opposing expiring health care subsidies — an issue at the core of the shutdown standoff between Republicans and Democrats.
She said at the time that she was “absolutely disgusted” that health insurance premiums could double if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits expire and blasted GOP leaders for failing to find a solution to an issue that could affect millions of Americans, including her adult children.
“I’m going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are going to DOUBLE, along with all the wonderful families and hard-working people in my district,” Greene wrote in the post.
“Not a single Republican in leadership talked to us about this or has given us a plan to help Americans deal with their health insurance premiums DOUBLING!!!” the Georgia Republican added at the time.