Former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has told British media personality Piers Morgan that President Donald Trump showed “no compassion” over death threats towards her family.
Greene was a fervent supporter of the president before a public feud last fall, which culminated in the Georgia Republican’s resignation from Congress.
Greene broke with Trump on various issues, including healthcare, foreign affairs, and perhaps most notably, her support of the release of government files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In response, Trump called Greene a “traitor” and rescinded his support for her. The former congresswoman has vehemently denied Trump’s characterization, telling Piers Morgan, “Standing up for rape victims doesn’t make me a traitor.”
In an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored released Wednesday, Greene said she reached out to Trump after her resignation, along with other members of the administration, about death threats she and her family were receiving. Greene has claimed that Trump’s rhetoric against her had fueled the death threats.
“I can’t even count how many death threats,” Greene told Morgan, adding that the threats were also aimed at one of her adult children. “I was so upset over death threats on my children because of him.”
Greene said Trump was “very unkind about these death threats” when she confronted him over text message.
“He blamed me, basically that if my son were to get killed, it would be my fault,” the former congresswoman said. “And I said back to him, ‘No one’s children should ever be the victim of death threats or have any kind of political violence brought on them because of our politics.’”
“I don’t know what kind of person basically has no compassion or care to someone’s child being threatened to be killed. It’s unimaginable, really,” Greene said.
The Independent has reached out to the White House for comment.
Greene previously told podcaster Jillian Michaels that her team had reported more than 700 death threats to Capitol Police.
“I started getting serious death threats—serious death threats. A pipe bomb death threat on my home, a pipe bomb death threat on my family construction business, and then direct death threats on my youngest child, my son,” Greene said.
In December, Trump said at a North Carolina rally that the reason for his falling out with Greene is that he didn’t return her phone calls, calling her “highly neurotic.”
After Trump withdrew his support of Greene, she said she hasn’t “called him at all,” but that she did send him text messages about the so-called Epstein files.
Republican Clay Fuller, who was endorsed by Trump, was sworn in to replace Greene on Tuesday after winning a special election runoff against Democrat Shawn Harris.
Greene told Morgan she’s “very happy to no longer be in Congress,” pointing out its dismal approval rating. According to Gallup, only 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job as of February.
Looking ahead, Greene told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in a recent interview that she is focused on helping Gen Z.
“Going forward, I’m looking past Donald Trump. I’m looking towards a future that is focused on my children’s generation. They’re all in their 20s. And I think that’s the generation that we should be fighting for, and that’s the generation that’s been largely failed,” the former congresswoman said.
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