Overview
- Donald Trump teased Real America’s Voice reporter Brian Glenn, who is dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during a tour of Florida’s new “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility with Gov. Ron DeSantis and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem responded to Trump’s jibe by noting that Greene “was working out pretty hard this weekend.”
- Rep. Greene has publicly opposed the “Big, Beautiful Bill” over its ten-year federal preemption on state AI regulations, calling it a violation of state rights.
- The Senate passed the bipartisan package 51–50 on July 1 after Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote, highlighting deep GOP splits.
- The episode illustrates how personal banter and media personalities are intensifying ideological rifts over federal authority and immigration enforcement.