Moderator abruptly ends interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene after it got out of hand over an election question

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A recent interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene on an Australian news program took a controversial turn and ended abruptly when the far-right congresswoman refused to answer a direct question about the 2024 election.

The Republican representative from Georgia made an appearance on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 7.30 Program to discuss the recent release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Although the topic of the day focused on Assange, moderator Sarah Ferguson took the opportunity to ask Greene about her feelings about the 2024 presidential election and whether she would accept the result if Joe Biden wins in November.

Greene was one of the most vocal supporters of Donald Trump and his claims that he denied the election after the 2020 election.

During the interview, Greene seemed frustrated by Ferguson’s questions and questioned whether or not she was a “serious interviewer.”

Ferguson defended her questioning, saying that the issue of her endorsement for the 2024 election was important because Greene had “celebrated inmates for their role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol and also visited them in prison.”

Greene has referred to Capitol riot detainees as “hostages” and advocated for their release from prison because of alleged mistreatment. Last year, Greene led a delegation of House Republicans to the DC Central Detention Facility to tour the prison where many of the Jan. 6 defendants were being held ahead of their trials.

She also told The Independent that she would “consider” the impeachment of the judges who had passed sentences against those accused in the Capitol riots.

After some back and forth, Ferguson asked one last time: “If Biden wins, will you accept the result?”

Greene avoided the question and snapped: “What does this have to do with Julian Assange?”

“We should talk about this,” she said.

Greene then resorted to a tried and tested Trump diversionary tactic and accused the reporter – who is Australian and lives in Australia – of being in cahoots with the Democratic Party in the US.

“What channel is that? What is that? ABC in Australia? Is she getting her marching orders from the Democratic Party?” Greene asked someone backstage. “Is that what you came up with today?”

Ferguson kept his cool but made it clear to Greene that if she backed out, she would not be given a platform to speak to Australians.

“You are a prominent figure in US politics. The first debate will take place tomorrow. The outcome of the election concerns not only Americans, but the whole world. So it is only natural that we are curious,” said the moderator.

Then she ended the interview.

“But I understand that we have come to the end of the questions you want to answer,” Ferguson said. “Thank you for talking to us about Julian Assange and for participating in the show.”

Greene, visibly frustrated by the exchange, ripped the microphone away before the studio cut off her broadcast.