Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First GOP Member Of Congress To Call Gaza Crisis A 'Genocide'

Her comment comes as Israel continues to deny reports of widespread famine.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) became the first congressional Republican to label the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip a “genocide” on Monday after President Donald Trump acknowledged that Palestinians are starving.

Greene’s comment came within a larger criticism of a colleague, Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.), who spoke approvingly of the deteriorating situation in Gaza.

“Release the hostages. Until then, starve away,” Fine wrote on social media last week, adding that he considers the increasing evidence of widespread famine in the region to be “a lie.”

Even Trump was moved to say there is “real starvation” occurring in Gaza as a result of Israel’s nearly two-year war in retaliation for the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on civilians that was instigated by fighters from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, who took hostages back to Gaza.

“It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct 7th in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza,” Greene wrote on X, formerly Twitter.