The View co-host Joy Behar credited Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Wednesday for being “smarter than we thought” for “turning on” her own party and publicly breaking with colleagues in several areas.

Behar’s remarks came one day after Greene’s first ever appearance on ABC’s daytime roundtable and after the Democrats’ sweeping electoral wins the prior evening.

During her sit down on The View on Tuesday the congresswoman fielded challenges from host Whoopi Goldberg on the consequences of the government shutdown and the impending loss of benefits provision, only to surprise the co-hosts with her answers – with Behar even suggesting she become a Democrat.

Behar, clearly still musing on Greene’s position, was asked by Goldberg what she’d learned in recent days – Behar immediately reflected on the Georgia lawmaker:

‘Whatshisname’ Trump is going to have to learn how to pronounce Mamdani’s name now. That’s gonna be rough on him. Before we even talk about that, I have to say Marjorie Taylor Greene was on the show yesterday and her timing couldn’t have been better.

I mean, she’s basically turning on the Republicans in several areas. Of course, continuing to say she loves Trump because why wouldn’t you, because the retribution against her would be horrible, so she stays there. And then today the Democrats pulled it out of the air and did it. So she was right, she’s smarter than we thought.

Greene has been outspoken in recent weeks while doing the rounds on a media tour, also appearing on HBO’s Realtime with Bill Maher, to slam House Republicans’ shutdown strategy, call out House Speaker Mike Johnson, demand the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, and warn about the impact on vulnerable constituents receiving SNAP or Medicaid.

While Greene has hesitated to break with President Donald Trump, she has criticized his foreign policy focus as “an America Last strategy.”

Watch above via ABC.

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