Marjorie Taylor Greene fires back at Trump, who called her a traitor
Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized President Donald Trump in a televised interview Sunday saying he had abandoned his MAGA followers to help major industries and big donors Go Deeper GOP Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene will leave Congress after five turbulent years CNN During her nearly -minute interview on the CBS News plan Minutes the Rome Republican criticized Trump and gave one reason why she had decided to step down next month a year before her term expires safety Death threats After she had broken with the president over several political issues the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files chief among them Trump had publicly called her a traitor Then both she and her son had experienced threats of violence a pipe bomb against her home and death for her son The subject line of the threat against her son bore the same words Trump had uttered Marjorie Traitor Greene she stated telling interviewer Lesley Stahl that the threat therefore was directly fueled by Trump Greene noted that when she communicated Vice President J D Vance about it he informed her they would investigate But when she explained Trump he responded with words she wouldn t repeat sharing only that the president wasn t very nice and was extremely unkind Stahl and her crew visited Rome for the interview after Greene s surprise announcement late last month that she would be leaving Congress Jan a year before her term expires Greene declared her decision was in part due to her vehement disagreement with Trump over the Epstein files She requested them published He did not Hurt people She noted Trump had notified her the release of the files would hurt people I don t know what that means she announced I don t know who they are Greene announced she had been deeply moved by watching Epstein s sufferers tremble as they gave their first media interviews and she disclosed they deserved the full release of the files that they had been seeking Greene also broke with Trump over his decision to bomb Iran for Israel for his aid of the cryptocurrency industry and for his administration s decision to allow vaccinations for Covid- which she deemed to be a nod to the pharmaceutical industry Greene who was an ardent supporter of Trump often wearing a red MAGA cap declared she is not MAGA anymore That term belongs to Trump she declared She is America First When Greene criticized the toxicity of contemporary politics Stahl interjected noting that Greene herself had contributed Greene pushed back saying Stahl was being accusatory Greene disclosed that Republican members of Congress were terrified of moving across Trump and of being targeted by a nasty Truth Social post from him but she reported they ridiculed him behind his back openly siding with him only after he won the Republican nomination last year Greene explained her decision to leave politics was a transparent one noting that scarce believe it giving her a wink when she says she has zero interest in running for president or for the Senate and that she is not running for Georgia governor But she explained it is true She has no grand designs Surprise surprise Greene declared I m not your politician with a whole itinerary of plans or political ambitions The post Marjorie Taylor Greene fires back at Trump who called her a traitor appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta
