Marjorie Taylor Greene stuns CNN with reaction to Nancy Pelosi retirement

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent media blitz has once again resulted in a stunning show of civility for the notoriously outspoken Georgia politician.

Days after she appeared on The View to call for an end to party-against-party mudslinging amid the ongoing government shutdown, Rep. Greene praised Democratic icon and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, hours after the latter said she wouldn’t seek reelection in the United States House, effectively announcing her retirement from Congress.

“I will praise Nancy Pelosi. She had an incredible career for her party,” Rep. Greene, 51, said of the 85-year-old, who served as Speaker of the House from 2019-2023, during a Thursday interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN.

Rep. Greene, a staunch conservative whose memorable outbursts and contention with other politicians have made headlines in the past, added that she “served under her speakership in my first term of Congress,” and that she’s “very impressed at her ability to get things done” for her party.

“I wish we could get things done for our party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party,” Rep. Greene continued. “So, I wish her well in her retirement, but I would like to see people exit Washington a lot sooner rather than wait until their eighties.”

Her remarks about former Speaker of the House Pelosi came after the California politician released a video message announcing that she wouldn’t seek reelection, after representing the city of San Francisco for four decades.

“My message to the city I love is this: San Francisco, know your power,” she said in the clip. “We have made history. We have made progress. We have always led the way. And now we must continue to do so by remaining full participants in our democracy and fighting for the American ideals we hold dear.”

During her appearance on The View, Rep. Greene said Tuesday that the ongoing government shutdown is negatively impacting her constituents in Georgia.

“All of this two-party fighting, you guys, you’re all victims of the political industrial complex, and it’s built on fundraising and fighting and toxic garbage,” she told the cohosts. “That exists all over social media, but that’s not going to solve our problems in this country.”

At one point during the mostly even-tempered interview, Joy Behar attempted to ask Rep. Greene about the “Jewish space lasers” incident, which the political figure caled “not even true” and claimed had “been rebuffed,” but she’s quoted as speculating about a California wildfire that she felt might’ve been sparked by “lasers or blue beams of light” from above, according to the Associated Press.

“People have been crushed by decades of failure in Washington, D.C.,” Rep. Greene said elsewhere in the interview, confirming that she’s not taking a paycheck during the shutdown.