Note: This story was updated at 5:15 p.m. to correct the amount of President Joe Biden’s funding request.
NASHVILLE — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Northwest Georgia, was one of just two House Republicans last week to vote against new House Speaker Mike Johnson’s bill to provide $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel in the nation’s war with Iran-backed Hamas militants.
The Rome, Georgia, lawmaker called it a “hard vote,” describing herself as a “Christian who supports Israel” in a video later posted on social media.
Greene said her vote was based in part on the Republican-controlled House’s prior passage this year of $3.8 billion for Israel’s defense, which the Democratic-run Senate has no plans to take up. She also cited the need for more border security funding.
“The reason I voted no today, not that I’ll always be a no for Israel’s defense, is because I’m unapologetically America first,” Greene said. “And today in America we have an open border driven national security crisis.”