‘Called Me A Traitor’: MTG Holds Trump’s Feet To The Fire Over Epstein Files, Honoring ‘Terrorist’
Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday that President Donald Trump calling her a “traitor” was “hurtful,” a sentiment she reflected on the president over the Jeffrey Epstein files and recently meeting with the Syrian president.
Greene tore into Trump over what she dubbed his administration’s “shocking” handling of the Epstein files on “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.” This was her first interview since Trump announced he would not be supporting his longtime stalwart for reelection in Georgia’s Republican primary. The congresswoman, who clarified during the interview she still supports Trump, is one of four House Republicans to support a discharge petition to release files related to the deceased sex trafficker Epstein. In recent weeks, she also publicly spoke out about her break with the administration on their handling of the matter.
Greene told Bash the “most hurtful” thing Trump said to her “is he called me a traitor.”
“Which is absolutely untrue … and that is so extremely wrong. And those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger,” Greene said.
“I stood with President Trump when virtually no one else did,” she added. “Campaigned all over the country. Spent millions of my own dollars helping him get elected.”
“I do support him and his administration, and I support them in delivering the campaign promises we made to the American people. His remarks, of course, have been hurtful,” Greene said. “However, I have something in my heart that I think is incredibly important for our country, and that is to end the toxic fighting in politics. And this has been going on for years, and it has divided our country, split up friends and families, neighbors, and it’s not solving our problems.” (Read more from “‘Called Me A Traitor’: MTG Holds Trump’s Feet To The Fire Over Epstein Files, Honoring ‘Terrorist’” HERE)
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