In a bold rebuke of major conservative media, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has accused Fox News and other right-leaning outlets of promoting pro-war propaganda and leading Americans toward unnecessary foreign entanglements, specifically citing the potential for conflict with Iran.
Speaking in an interview with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on One America News Network (OANN), Greene launched a direct critique of Fox News and the New York Post, calling them tools of neoconservative influence. “We’ve watched propaganda news for decades,” Greene said. “I’ll call out Fox News and the New York Post. They’re known to be the Neocon Network News.”
Greene’s comments reflect growing divisions within the Republican Party over foreign policy, particularly concerning the Middle East. She warned that right-wing media, much like left-leaning outlets, have been responsible for shaping public opinion in favor of military action.
“We have propaganda news on our side, just like the left does,” she added. “And the American people have been brainwashed into believing that America has to engage in these foreign wars in order for us to survive.” Greene also took aim at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing alarm over comments he made that she interpreted as threatening to American sovereignty.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu said, I saw on video, he said today that America first is America dead,” she explained. “And that sounds like a threat to me. And I completely, completely disagree with him on that.” She emphasized that her views were not rooted in anti-Semitism but in a belief in national self-preservation and peace.
“In order for America not to be dead, it’s to stay America first,” she added. “It is not anti-Semitic to say that we do not want to go to war against Iran or any other country. That is not anti-Semitic at all. It’s actually rational, it’s sane, and it’s loving to people all over the world.”
Greene’s remarks are likely to stir both support and criticism, particularly among Republicans who traditionally align closely with Israel and support assertive foreign policy stances. Her comments mark another instance where the Georgia congresswoman diverges sharply from establishment GOP positions.
The exchange with Gaetz highlights an ongoing shift among certain conservative lawmakers who are increasingly skeptical of U.S. military involvement overseas—an attitude that has gained momentum among populist and libertarian factions within the party.