Greene warns GOP shutdown strategy will hurt 2026 midterms

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly broke with House GOP leadership on October 9, 2025, warning that continuing the government shutdown would damage Republican electoral prospects in the 2026 midterm elections. Greene argued that voters would blame Republicans for the economic pain of the shutdown and that the party needed to reach a deal. Her dissent signaled growing fractures within the House GOP caucus over the shutdown strategy.