President Donald Trump escalated his feud with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Saturday, as Democrats delighted over the latest relationship to turn sour in MAGA world.
“Lightweight Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!), betrayed the entire Republican Party when she turned Left, performed poorly on the pathetic View, and became the RINO that we all know she always was,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday.
Trump said he severed ties with Greene on Friday, withdrawing his endorsement of the GOP firebrand and longtime ally in a series of social media posts and reposts in which he accused her of pulling away only after he convinced her not to run for Georgia’s Senate seat.
Greene — who the president also described as “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Green,” Saturday morning — has repeatedly bucked the party line in recent months. She’s lambasted the administration’s handling of the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, criticized Trump’s focus on foreign affairs over domestic policy, lashed out at his tariffs and in July accused Israel of committing a “genocide” amid its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Democrats have cheered on the breakup between the two onetime allies, looking to further drive a wedge between the president and his base. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) — who has had several public brawls with Greene — said on Friday that this is a moment where Greene should “phone a friend,” adding that “I’m here for you girl… I told you not to trust him… all he cares about is HIMself.”
“The GWORLS are fighting!” she added.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) posted a meme in response to one of Greene’s posts, with her face superimposed on the body of X-Men superhero Wolverine, gazing mournfully at a picture of her and Trump sharing a close embrace.
Greene was at one time one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, with the president regularly praising her and promoting her political career. But this weekend’s blowup was preceded by months of simmering tension between the two, with the biggest divergence coming over Epstein.
Greene was one of just four Republicans to sign onto a discharge petition to force a House vote on the full release of the files related to the late financier, who died by suicide in a New York prison in 2019.
And she’s called on the White House to be more transparent.
Trump has instead accused Democrats of drumming up drama over the files and fabricating a connection between him and Epstein. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing associated with Epstein, his onetime friend, and long said that the pair had a falling out many years before Epstein’s death.
“The Democrats are doing everything in their withering power to push the Epstein Hoax again, despite the DOJ releasing 50,000 pages of documents, in order to deflect from all of their bad policies and losses, especially the SHUTDOWN EMBARRASSMENT, where their party is in total disarray, and has no idea what to do,” he wrote on Friday. “Some Weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish.”
Greene was unrepentant in a post on X on Saturday, and said the president’s tirade wouldn’t stop her from advocating for Epstein’s victims.
“I never thought that fighting to release the Epstein files, defending women who were victims of rape, and fighting to expose the web of rich powerful elites would have caused this, but here we are,” she wrote.
In a separate post, she said she forgave Trump, and “will pray for him to return to his original MAGA promises.”
Greene has long been a foil for Democrats, who have regularly lambasted her since her election in 2020 as a pro-Trump MAGA loyalist. But over the last several months they’ve repeatedly sought to elevate her criticism of the president. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Friday night that Greene is “crushing” Trump, adding a go-to line from the president, “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) reposted Greene’s text exchange Saturday morning, writing on X, “If Trump is working so hard to keep the Epstein files from coming out, how bad are they?”
Trump reposted five posts referencing Greene’s break on Friday evening, including one that said Greene “chose” her side when she “joined Democrats,” adding that she “wants to better your political future in 2028 instead of helping President Trump fix this country which is why we voted for him again. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”
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