Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was confronted about condoning one of many president’s most juvenile techniques — and the Georgia Republican supplied an sudden response.
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump went on a tirade towards Greene on his social media website Reality Social, firing off sufficient assaults that the Georgia Republican took to her X account in an try and quell them.
Greene wrote Saturday that she was being “contacted by private security firms with warnings for my safety” after “the most powerful man in the world” started utilizing “aggressive rhetoric” towards her and “egging on” his supporters to do the identical.
On Sunday, Greene appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union,” and host Dana Bash couldn’t assist however name the lawmaker out.
“Obviously, any threats to your safety are completely unacceptable. But we’ve seen these kinds of attacks or criticism from the president at other people; it’s not new,” Bash started. “And with respect, I haven’t heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.”
After a little bit of a pregnant pause, Greene gave a stunning reply.
“I feel that’s truthful criticism,” Greene responded. “And I would like to say, humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics. It’s very bad for our country, and it’s been something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated.”
She continued, “I’m only responsible for myself and my own words and actions. And, I am committed, I’ve been working on this a lot lately — to put down the knives in politics. I really just want to see people be kind to one another, and we need to figure out a new path forward that is focused on the American people.”
Greene, who has been particularly combative up to now, then went on to say: “As Americans, no matter what side of the aisle we’re on, we have far more in common than we have differences.”
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Contemplating Greene’s stark shift from MAGA-hat-wearing loyalist to Trump critic, some X customers didn’t discover her apology on CNN honest.
But others argued that, regardless of her motivations, they prefer this version of Greene to her space-laser past.
Greene told Bash elsewhere on Sunday that her pivot from Trump “has all come down to the Epstein files,” saying she stands with rape victims, survivors of intercourse trafficking and youngsters who’re in “terrible sex abuse situations” — together with those that survived the crimes of the late predator Jeffrey Epstein, who was as soon as shut pals with Trump.
“And I will not apologize for that. I believe the country deserves transparency and these files,” she continued. “And I don’t believe that rich, powerful people should be protected if they have done anything wrong.”
