Controversial Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized Sunday for her role in the nation’s “toxic politics” and said she would do things differently going forward in hopes others would do the same, including President Trump.
The simmering conflict between the once-unabashed loyalist and the president came to a head Friday when Trump withdrew support and cut ties with Greene on his Truth Social platform. He dubbed the Georgia congresswoman “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene,” called her a “ranting lunatic” and a “disgrace to our great Republican party,” and declared he would support primary challengers.
“The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a traitor, and that is so extremely wrong,” Greene told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” her first interview since the falling-out. “And those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger.”
Bash noted that Greene had championed such rhetoric when it was aimed at others and was only calling it out now that it had put her own safety at risk.
“I think that’s fair criticism,” Greene replied. “And I would like to say humbly, I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics. It’s very bad for our country.”
Greene has from accused school shooting survivors of being “paid actors,” espoused QAnon conspiracy theories and even blamed what came to be known as “Jewish space lasers” for manipulating the weather.
“I’m only responsible for myself and my own words and actions,” Greene told Bash. “I’ve been working on this a lot lately, to put down the knives in politics. I really want to just see people be kind to one another, and we need to figure out a new path forward that is focused on the American people.”
She added that she hoped others, and one person in particular, would follow suit.
“I’m leading the way with my own example, and I hope that President Trump can do the same,” she told Bash.
Greene’s insistence on releasing the Epstein files, her break with the President’s foreign policy approach, and her criticism of Republican senators for refusing to negotiate health care with their Democratic colleagues during the government shutdown, and other rifts apparently fueled Trump’s rage. Nonetheless, Greene said her support of the president’s stated agenda has not wavered.
“I do support him and his administration, and I support them in delivering the campaign promises we made to the American people,” Greene told Bash. “Unfortunately it has all come down to the Epstein files, and that is shocking. I stand with these women, I stand with rape victims, I stand with children who are in terrible sex abuse situations, and I stand with survivors of trafficking and those who are trapped in sex trafficking. And I will not apologize for that.”
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