Marjorie Taylor Greene's split with Trump tests her Georgia voters

When Bill Newton gathers with his buddies at Doug’s Diner in downtown Rome, Georgia, it is a politically diverse crew: Two staunch Democrats, of which he is one; two moderate Republicans; and one wealthy Republican who backs Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Amid the breakfast bustle, the group talks politics and local gossip. It is the kind of social gathering that may seem elusive in a polarized, scorched-earth era, one which Ms. Greene, a MAGA firebrand first elected to Congress in 2020, has come to personify. Here in this Atlanta exurb, home to middle-class dreams and working-class struggles, is Ms. Greene’s world, studded with modest housing developments, strip malls, and roadside gyms – all wedged into the Appalachian foothills.

In her ruby-red district, support for President Donald Tru