Marjorie Taylor Greene said she took Amtrak train instead as shutdown cancels flights

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Nov. 8, 2025, 11:50 a.m. ET


GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she took the train instead of a flight from Washington to her home state of Georgia because of "flight delays and cancellations" as the government shutdown disrupts hundreds of flights and snarls travelers' plans.

"Due to flight delays and cancellations, I took the Amtrak train from DC to Georgia," Greene posted to X alongside a video of "the morning views of my north Georgia mountains."

Airlines have announced hundreds of government-mandated flight cancellations in the past two days as a result of the shutdown, which has sent airport workers and air traffic controllers home without pay.


Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/08/marjorie-taylor-greene-shutdown-flights-canceled/87167440007/

[James48]

1. Who is going to tell her

That federal railroad safety inspections have all stopped?

[Irish_Dem]

2. That would require her to hold two different thoughts in her head at the same time.

Airplanes and railroads.

Not sure Marge is up to the task.

[msongs]

3. too bad she did not give rail a shout out and recommend it to everyone

[riversedge]

7. "Proposed Cuts: In both fiscal year 2024 and 2025, House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee advanced budget pro

from Google just now:
Proposed Cuts: In both fiscal year 2024 and 2025, House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee advanced budget proposals that included massive cuts to Amtrak, including a proposed 64% reduction for the national network and a over 90% cut to the Northeast Corridor in one instance.

[Javaman]

20. Just more infantile revenge

90% to the northeast.

Remember how Biden would talk about himself taking Amtrak to Washington?

[NBachers]

4. Didn't they find some reason to hold President Biden's Amtrak travel against him too?

[Deuxcents]

5. Give her a metal 🙃

[ananda]

6. How about tarnished tin?

[Deuxcents]

8. That'll work. She's another attention seeker..look at me..look what I did and be sure everyone knows about it

Common sense would not be a stretch to take alternative options to get from point A to point B

[Dave Bowman]

26. I propose uranium.

[ClaudetteCC]

9. Was it a midnight train?

[Randomthought]

16. Good response!

[BumRushDaShow]

19. ...

[orangecrush]

10. ...

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[TomSlick]

11. I have an upcoming business trip to Wisconsin.

There is an Amtrak station in my home town in Arkansas and my destination in Wisconsin.

Out of curiosity, I tried to check the Amtrak website to see how long the trip would take and the cost I gave up. The Amtrak website is unusable.

[wildflowergardener]

15. Train

I’m not sure exactly where in Wisconsin you are going but I have taken the train several times between St. Louis and Milwaukee and its not a bad trip. You have to switch trains in Chicago but there are several trains going between Chicago and Milwaukee a day and there is easy transportation to the Milwaukee airport where you can rent a car to go wherever. In our case we were driving to Door county.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. "The Amtrak website is unusable."

Last edited Sun Nov 9, 2025, 05:40 PM - Edit history (1)

Agreed. The last place you want to go if you're looking into taking the train is the Amtrak website.

To see how a train is doing, start here:

https://asm.transitdocs.com/

You can find Amtrak timetables as they would appear in orint here:

https://juckins.net/amtrak_timetables/index.php

Here's the schedule for the Texas Eagle as it would appear in a print timetable.

https://juckins.net/amtrak_timetables/archive/timetables_Texas_Eagle_latest.pdf

The Borealis and Empire Builder are here:

https://juckins.net/amtrak_timetables/archive/timetables_Borealis_20251026_external.pdf

Edited to add: I left out the Hiawatha service. The Hiawathas all stop at the airport.

https://juckins.net/amtrak_timetables/archive/timetables_Hiawatha_latest.pdf

[TomSlick]

23. The Amtrak website needs to be re-hauled.

Surely Amtrak's website could be set up like the airline's. I should be able to enter the departure station, the destination station, and the travel date; and the website show me what is available.

Travel by Amtrak is problematic enough with the long travel times and the arrival/departure times being unreliable. It would be really helpful if Amtrak's website moved into the late 20th Century.

[wildflowergardener]

24. App

Try downloading the app then click on book and it is set up more like what you are looking for. Maybe I just have no problem because I have used it a lot. I find the overall network map helpful so I can see everywhere it goes

[TomSlick]

25. Thanks. The app is easier.

There is an Amtrak station blocks from my house. There is an Amtrak station where I'm going. The app denies that I can get there from here. At least I got the answer quickly.

[wildflowergardener]

27. Destinations

Sometimes you can theoretically get someplace but if it is a connecting train depending on times you may either just miss your connection or have to wait many hours since often a route only has one or two trips per day, not like a plane that may have several. Sometimes it makes sense to just get somewhere close and rent a car and drive the rest of the way.

[Javaman]

12. Much like all the gop and the maga...

She voted for this shit

The leopards are feasting

[LudwigPastorius]

13. Just reading that headline, I was reminded of the old saying:

"She's so ugly, she could make a train take a dirt road."

[BidenRocks]

14. Somewhere, Joe Biden is smiling!

[Randomthought]

17. Title not required

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[ForgoTheConsequence]

21. Shes trying so hard to reform her image.

It's pathetic.

[Bengus81]

22. Who cares?