Rep. Jasmine Crockett on Sunday appeared to show little sympathy for her colleague Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after the Georgia Republican announced her upcoming resignation from Congress.
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” the Texas Democrat, long a foe of President Donald Trump, said Greene’s decision came after she was on “the opposite side of the president” for only one week.
“You’re on the other side of the president for one week, and you can’t take the heat?” Crockett said. “Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes, to not only be on the opposite side of him, but to have people like her who are constantly fanning the flames of hate and imagine what those threats look like when you literally are someone like me.”
Greene announced Friday she would resign from Congress early in 2026 following a fallout between herself and Trump.
Greene, once a loyal ally of Trump, had become a sharp critic of both the president and her own party over disagreements on the Epstein files, health care and the government shutdown. Greene alleged she had begun to face threats after Trump called her “a traitor.”
But Crockett on Sunday pointed out that multiple other Republicans, notably Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Lauren Boebert of Colorado, have also faced the president’s ire in light of their support to release the files on the disgraced, deceased financier.
“I mean, listen, he’s upset with Thomas Massie, and so he’s gone after him. He’s upset with Boebert, he’s upset with any Republican that actually signed the discharge petition,” Crockett said. “But somehow they were able to weather the storm. Why is everyone else able to stand and you can’t?”
Crockett and Greene’s relationship has long been tense, at one point culminating in a confrontation between the two during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing last year.
Still, Crockett had appeared to be showing some sympathy toward her congressional foe after Trump withdrew his support for Greene.
“I’m here for you girl … I told you not to trust him … all he cares about is HIMself (and protecting pedos) he never loved you,” Crockett tweeted at the time.
It is unclear what Greene’s future plans will be, but Crockett is expected to decide this week if she will launch a bid to challenge GOP Sen. John Cornyn.
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