US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene blames Trump for threats after split

The erstwhile Trump state accuses him of trying to intimidate Republicans earlier a US House ballot adjacent week implicit the Epstein files.

Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene has accused United States President Donald Trump of putting her beingness successful danger, saying his online disapproval has triggered a question of threats against her.

Greene, erstwhile a longtime Trump loyalist who has much precocious taken positions astatine likelihood with the president, connected Saturday said she has been contacted by backstage information firms informing astir her safety.

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“Aggressive rhetoric attacking maine has historically led to decease threats and aggregate convictions of men who were radicalised by the aforesaid benignant [of] rhetoric being directed astatine maine close now,” Greene, a House of Representatives subordinate from Georgia, posted connected X.

“This clip by the President of the United States.”

The White House has not yet responded to her post.

Trump broke off with Greene, 51, connected Friday nighttime successful a withering societal media post, successful which helium referred to Greene arsenic “wacky” and a “ranting lunatic” who complained helium would not instrumentality her calls.

He continued his disapproval connected Saturday with 2 much societal media posts, calling her a “lightweight Congresswoman”, a “traitor”, and a “disgrace” to the Republican Party.

Trump spurs ‘radical net trolls’

In her archetypal effect posted connected Friday, Greene accused Trump of lying astir her and trying to intimidate different Republicans earlier a House of Representatives vote adjacent week connected releasing files related to the precocious financier Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted kid enactment offender who was affable with Trump successful the 1990s and 2000s earlier they had a falling out.

On Saturday, Greene wrote that she present has a “small understanding” of the fearfulness and unit felt by the victims of Epstein, who died by termination successful a jailhouse compartment successful 2019.

“As a Republican, who overwhelmingly votes for President Trump’s bills and agenda, his aggression against maine which besides fuels the venomous quality of his extremist net trolls [many of whom are paid], this is wholly shocking to everyone,” she wrote.

On Wednesday, Greene was 1 of lone 4 House Republicans who joined Democrats successful signing a petition to unit a ballot connected releasing the afloat Justice Department files related to Epstein, arsenic the ungraded erstwhile again ensnares Trump.

The US president has called the furore implicit Epstein a “hoax” pushed by the Democrats.

He suggested successful his Truth Social station that blimpish voters successful Greene’s territory mightiness see a superior challenger and that helium would enactment the close campaigner against her successful adjacent year’s legislature election.

Online backlash from Trump supporters is not unusual. Right-wing influencers and blimpish media personalities person go a potent online unit successful amplifying talking points and mendacious claims, and attempting to discredit Trump’s rivals.