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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Republican consensus by becoming the first GOP lawmaker to publicly describe Israeli military operations in Gaza as "genocide." The statement represents a dramatic departure from bipartisan support for Israel and aligns Greene with the populist-nationalist faction of MAGA skeptical of foreign interventionism. The move creates immediate tension with pro-Israel conservative establishment figures and foreshadows the deeper factional warfare that would erupt within the movement by year's end.