Raskin says Democratic Party would welcome MTG, drawing boos from the crowd

Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, said the Democratic Party would welcome fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after the conservative congresswoman became increasingly critical of her party in recent weeks, a comment that drew boos from the crowd.

Raskin made the comments during a speech at the 2025 Democratic “Blue Bash Brunch” fundraiser in Miami on Sunday, during which he said his party has a big tent that welcomes all “patriots” who would defend the Constitution.

“Let me just say a few more things to you, great Florida Democrats,” Raskin said. “One of them is that we are a big tent. We have to be a huge, vast tent.”

“I say this is a party that has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene, if she wants to come,” Raskin said, to a mixed reaction from the crowd. “We have room for everyone who wants to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights today.”

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Rep. Jamie Raskin said his party would welcome Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. (Kent Nishimura/Reuters; Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

The audience booed the congressman’s suggestion that Greene — a longtime conservative firebrand and staunch supporter of President Donald Trump until their recent falling out — should be drawn into the fray.

Greene stepped up her criticism of Leadership of the Republican Party in recent months, taking aim at the party’s approach to health care and other issues. She also broke with her party on Israel, calling the Jewish state’s military campaign in Gaza a “genocide” and a “humanitarian crisis.”

She is also at odds with Trump and his party leaders over his call for the full disclosure of documents related to the case of deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, although the president has since reversed his pressure campaign to stop the release after House lawmakers gained enough support to force a full vote on a bipartisan resolution to release the files.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is at odds with President Donald Trump over his calls for the release of the Epstein files. (Getty Images)

Greene’s feud with Trump led the president to withdraw his support for the Georgia Republican and label her a traitor, an accusation Greene rejects, saying last week she was being targeted “to set an example and scare all the other Republicans before next week’s vote to release the Epstein files.”

“I remain the same today as I always have been and I will continue to pray that this administration succeeds because the American people desperately deserve what they voted for,” Greene responded on X.

Raskin urged Democrats to be willing to expand the party to include different ideological views. He has described himself as a “liberal” and a “progressive” because of his support for freedom and progress.

The audience booed Rep. Jamie Raskin’s suggestion that the Georgia Republican be welcomed into the Democratic Party. (Annabelle Gordon/Reuters)

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“But what I prefer to call myself today is conservative, because I want to conserve the land, the air, the water, the climate system, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Clean Air Act, the Quality Act water,” he said.

“Everything this party of authoritarians wants to destroy is everything we are going to preserve and defend in America,” the congressman continued. “We are the party of conservatives, liberals and progressives. All patriots today are in the party of democracy. That’s what we are.”