Peter Wehner, a former senior aide to President George W. Bush, warned in a new essay that its unwise to write off far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) as an outcast, a fringe figure, deranged but isolated.

Greene is now a confidante of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Wehner noted in a column for The Atlantic . And the extremist Republicans call this week for a national divorce is giving voice to a widespread and growing sentiment in the GOP, he added.