ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel found a strange, new respect for Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a woman he has frequently dubbed “Klan Mom,” on his Tuesday show as he claimed a recent tweet from Greene proved his point that Republicans are lying about health care amid the government shutdown.
Kimmel claimed, “The reason the Democrats refuse to sign this budget agreement is because it will cause millions of Americans to lose their health care. Republicans deny this.”
However, Kimmel used Greene to say Republicans are liars:
They say it won't hurt anyone at all, and if you had any doubt that they were lying before, consider this shocking post from the gentlewoman from Georgia who wrote, ‘I'm not a fan of Obamacare, but I'm going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year, my own adult children's insurance premiums for 2026 are going to double along with all the wonderful families and hardworking people in my district. No, I'm not toeing the party line on this or playing loyalty games,’ and I know this sounds crazy, but I will say it for the second time in a month, Marjorie Taylor Greene is right. I know. Guillermo, I need something to wash out my mouth. She’s right.
What Greene omitted and Kimmel continues to omit is that the Obamacare subsidies being discussed removed the cap that limited recipients to those making 400 percent of the federal poverty level for what was supposed to be a temporary COVID relief measure. That means that even if the subsidies were to expire, a family of two making $84,600 could still be eligible. Meanwhile, while Kimmel is trying to say he is right because even Greene agrees with him, Greene is also the same congresswoman who made dire predictions that turned out to be false about what would happen if the U.S. involved itself in the Israel-Iran War back in June.
Here is a transcript for the October 7 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
10/7/2025
11:40 PM ET
JIMMY KIMMEL: The reason the Democrats refuse to sign this budget agreement is because it will cause millions of Americans to lose their health care. Republicans deny this. They say it won't hurt anyone at all, and if you had any doubt that they were lying before, consider this shocking post from the gentlewoman from Georgia who wrote, “I'm not a fan of Obamacare, but I'm going to go against everyone on this issue because when the tax credits expire this year, my own adult children's insurance premiums for 2026 are going to double along with all the wonderful families and hardworking people in my district. No, I'm not toeing the party line on this or playing loyalty games,” and I know this sounds crazy, but I will say it for the second time in a month, Marjorie Taylor Greene is right. I know. Guillermo, I need something to wash out my mouth. She’s right.
