Greene calls Trump’s ‘traitor’ comment hurtful, warns of risks to her safety

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., responded Sunday to President Donald Trump calling her a “traitor” after their latest political rift, calling the jab “hurtful” whereas warning such language might affect her security.

“Essentially the most hurtful factor he mentioned, which is totally not true, is he referred to as me a traitor, and that’s so extraordinarily mistaken,” Greene informed CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the Union.

“These sorts of phrases can radicalize individuals towards me and endanger my life.”

Trump introduced on Reality Social on Friday that he was withdrawing his endorsement of Greene, calling her a “tenth lunatic” and accusing her of “complaining” as an alternative of celebrating what he described as his administration’s “report achievements.”

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President Donald Trump (left) withdrew his help for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., (proper) on Friday, Nov. 14. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos; Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

He claimed Greene, a longtime MAGA ally, was “indignant” that he hadn’t answered her, insisted she had gone “far left” and pledged full help for any conservative main challenger heading into the 2026 midterm elections. Greene was first elected to symbolize her north Georgia district in 2020 and has since been re-elected twice.

Nevertheless, Greene insisted she had not referred to as the president in any respect, offering screenshots of textual content messages she despatched to him as an alternative, claiming that the point out of the Epstein information was “apparently… what despatched him over the sting.”

She doubled down on that on Sunday, telling Bash that “sadly all of it got here right down to the Epstein information.”

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks throughout a Home Oversight and Accountability Committee impeachment inquiry on Sept. 28, 2023. (Jim Bourg/Reuters)

“I stand with these girls, I stand with the victims of rape, I stand with kids who’re in horrible conditions of sexual abuse, and I stand with the survivors of human trafficking and people trapped within the intercourse commerce, and I can’t apologize for that,” she mentioned.

“I imagine the nation deserves transparency with these data, and I do not imagine wealthy, highly effective individuals must be protected after they have performed one thing mistaken.”

Greene described herself as a longtime Trump ally and mentioned she supported him throughout the darkest factors of his presidency, together with a number of impeachments.

She additionally campaigned with Trump in a number of Republican-led states.

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE SAYS SHE HOPES TO MAKE OFF WITH TRUMP AGAINST ONGOING FEUD

President Donald Trump kisses Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., after chatting with a joint session of Congress on the U.S. Capitol on March 4 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos)

“I stood with President Trump when just about nobody else did,” she informed Bash.

“I’ve campaigned with him everywhere in the nation, spent hundreds of thousands of my very own {dollars} to assist him get elected, and I believe that is extremely vital,” she added.

Greene mentioned she nonetheless helps Trump and his administration in “delivering on the marketing campaign guarantees” made to the American individuals.

“His feedback had been extremely hurtful. Nevertheless, I’ve one thing in my coronary heart that I imagine is extremely vital for our nation, and that’s ending the poisonous fights in politics,” she continued.

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When requested for remark, White Home spokeswoman Abigail Jackson issued the next assertion:

“The Democrats and the mainstream media knew about Epstein and his victims for years and did nothing to assist them, whereas President Trump referred to as for transparency, and is now delivering with hundreds of pages of paperwork. However the Democrats and the media are desperately attempting to make use of this as a hoax and a distraction to speak about something aside from President Trump’s many victories, together with the Democrats being totally defeated by President Trump within the shutdown battle.

“We won’t be distracted, and all the administration will proceed to ship on the guarantees the President was elected to make, together with reversing Biden-era value will increase.”

Fox Information’ Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.