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What Unites AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene?
What Unites AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene?
The debate about whether the U.S. should wade into the Iran war comes at the same time that American politics are in the midst of a “great scramble.” (Illustration by The Free Press; images via Getty)
A coalition of progressive anti-Zionists, MAGA Republicans, and libertarians are unified in their opposition to U.S. involvement in the Iran war.
By Peter Savodnik
06.18.25 — U.S. Politics
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What Unites AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene?

A bipartisan anti-war coalition—including progressive anti-Zionists, a coterie of MAGA Republicans, libertarians, and angry young lawmakers and influencers from across the political spectrum—is emerging in response to Israel’s attack on Iran and fears that America is about to be dragged into yet another “forever war” in the Middle East.

On Tuesday—a day after President Donald Trump returned early from the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies, promising “a real end” to Iran’s nuclear program—Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California introduced a bill that would stop Trump from going to war with Iran without congressional approval.

Members of the hyper-progressive Squad, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, immediately signed on. Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, reflecting the partisan tensions many Trump loyalists are presumably feeling, said there is no need for a bill for now—but held out the possibility she might sign on later.

Citing the War Powers Resolution of 1973, the measure bars the United States from engaging in “unauthorized hostilities” in Iran. “This is not our war,” Massie posted on X.

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Peter Savodnik

Peter Savodnik is senior editor at The Free Press. Previously, he wrote for Vanity Fair, as well as GQ, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, and other venues—reporting from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, South Asia, and across the United States. His book, The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union, was published in 2013.

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