One of Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters, Marjorie Taylor Greene, is facing threats to her safety after being shunned by the president because of her opinions on the Epstein files.
"As a woman, I take threats from men seriously. I now have a small understanding of the fear and pressure the women, who are victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal, must feel."
No more
Trump took to Truth Social to slam Greene after her comments on CBS on Friday morning. Greene called the president’s move to keep the files classified ‘misguided,’ and in return, Trump called her a ‘raving lunatic’ who had gone ‘far-left.’
Trump went on to say he would no longer be taking Greene’s calls.
Warnings for safety
Marjorie Taylor Greene told the media that she had been contacted by multiple private security firms with “warnings for my safety,” after death threats began circulating online.
“the man I supported and helped get elected”.
Greene said in a statement on Twitter that, “a hotbed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world, the man I supported and helped get elected”.
The same type of rhetoric
She continued to say, “aggressive rhetoric attacking me has historically led to death threats and multiple convictions of men who were radicalized by the same type of rhetoric being directed at me right now. This time, by the President of the United States.”
Threats
Though Greene did not specify which threats had been received by security companies, she said, “As a woman, I take threats from men seriously. I now have a small understanding of the fear and pressure the women, who are victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his cabal, must feel.”
Unfair treatment
Greene outlined her thoughts on the matter:
“As a Republican, who overwhelmingly votes for President Trump‘s bills and agenda, his aggression against me which also fuels the venomous nature of his radical internet trolls (many of whom are paid), this is completely shocking to everyone.”
Very few Republicans
Very few Republicans have come out in support of Greene’s view on the Epstein files, and after seeing what she’s gone through, it’s doubtful Greene finds support amongst her own.
Trump has said all he’s heard from Greene lately is, “COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!” and that, “I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.”
One of the most popular
According to YouGov, MTG is still one of the most popular Republican Representatives.
Not the first to defect
For years, MAGA influencers and pundits shouted from the rooftops about the Epstein files. Trump himself ran on a platform promising to declassify them. It seemed that MAGA was on the same page about sex trafficking and pedophilia.
When Trump gained office in 2025, though, he immediately called the files a hoax. Since then, he has flip-flopped. Saying a variety of things about the Epstein files: They’re a hoax, they don’t exist, they’re boring old news anyway, or even that there’s nothing in the files at all!
One of the first MAGA
One of the first MAGA celebrities to defect on the Epstein issue is Tucker Carlson, who has emerged as a far-right Trump critic.
Carlson had rejected every claim that the US government has stated, from Epstein’s cause of death to the declassification of the files.