Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday slammed President Trump’s threat to intervene in Iran as it cracks down on anti-government protests. 

Greene said on the social platform X that Trump’s pledge, along with Israeli billionaire Shlomo Kramer telling CNBC that the federal government should “limit the First Amendment” by cracking down on speech on social media, is “everything we voted against” in 2024. 

“The focus should be on tax dollars here at home and defending our God given freedoms and rights,” added Greene, who is departing Congress on Monday after a falling out with Trump.

The president vowed on Truth Social earlier Friday that the U.S. will “rescue” protesters if the Iranian regime takes violent action against them. He also said the U.S. is “locked and loaded and ready to go” if the Islamic Republic’s government kills more demonstrators. 

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, argued on X that the president’s remarks make U.S. troops in the region “legitimate targets” for the Iranian military.

Protests in Iran began over the weekend amid worsening economic conditions in the Middle Eastern country. They mark the largest demonstrations there since 2022, when 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in policy custody, sparking massive outcry.

The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights said Thursday that Iranian authorities have detained at least 29 demonstrators amid the protests. At least seven people have been killed during the demonstrations, The Associated Press reported.

This is not the first time Greene has criticized Trump’s policy towards Iran and foreign intervention. After the president authorized strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities in June, she slammed the constant American cycle of foreign entanglements but added her opposition to the president’s actions were not indicative of “disloyalty.”

Greene is also not alone in conservative circles in her criticism of Trump’s latest threats to Iran. Libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said earlier Friday on X that the U.S. “shouldn’t be wasting military resources on another country’s internal affairs.”

Steve Bannon, chief strategist to Trump during his first term, said Friday on his “War Room” podcast that the president’s threats are “straight from” former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s “playbook.”