Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), as soon as certainly one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters, is talking out after the president publicly broke ties along with her amid their rising rift forward of key 2026 midterm elections.
Showing Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Dana Bash straight requested Greene what she thinks brought on her breakup with Trump.
“Unfortunately, it has all come down to the Epstein files, and that is shocking,” the Georgia consultant replied, earlier than noting that she “stands” with the rape victims, survivors of intercourse trafficking, and kids who’re in “terrible sex abuse situations.”
“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.”
Greene denied that Trump’s beef along with her stems from him “pushing her” to not run for Senate or the governor in Georgia.
After Bash introduced up an X publish that Greene made calling out “how hard” Trump has been “fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out” and the way “it really makes you wonder what is in those files,” Bash then requested her, “Are you suggesting there’s something in the Epstein files that President Trump does not want Americans to see?”
“Well, I think that’s the part that has so many people confused,” she responded, noting that she’s spoken to a number of ladies who “have over and over again said that Donald Trump did nothing wrong.”
Greene, who in September threatened to make use of a constitutional immunity rule to reveal intercourse offenders from Epstein’s trafficking ring, claimed that she has “no idea what’s in the files.”
In a scathing Fact Social publish, Trump withdrew his help for “wacky” and “ranting Lunatic” Greene whereas accusing her of getting “gone Far Left.”
In a separate publish Saturday, Trump blasted “traitor” Greene as a “a disgrace to our GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY!”
Talking with Bash on Sunday, Greene known as Trump’s remarks “hurtful.”
“The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is [that] he called me a ‘traitor,’” she mentioned. “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.”
Regardless of the right-wing chief’s heated phrases geared toward her, Greene declared that she nonetheless “supports him and his administration,” including, “And I support them in delivering the campaign promises we made to the American people.”
She then recalled the efforts she mentioned she put forth to face by Trump when she claimed “no one else did.”
“I stood with President Trump when virtually no one else did. Campaigned all over the country, spent millions of my own dollars helping him get elected, and I think that’s incredibly important.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Greene mentioned that it’s “in my heart” to “end the toxic fighting in politics.”
“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,” she mentioned.
When Bash talked about that she had by no means heard Greene “speak out” in regards to the president’s many assaults or criticism geared toward different folks till it was directed at her, the politician admitted that Bash’s feedback had been “fair criticism.”
“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 mentioned.
Greene added, “I’m only responsible for myself and my own words and actions… I’m committed, and I’ve been working on this a lot lately, to put down the knives in politics. I really just want to see people being kind to one another.”
Wrapping up their dialog, Bash then requested Greene if she foresees a scenario during which she and Trump can reconcile, and whether or not she thinks she has a future within the GOP.
“Well, I certainly hope we can make up … I certainly hope to see that happen,” she responded.
Watch Greene’s look on “State of the Union” beneath.
