Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump’s attacks on her in recent weeks, suggesting his comments may have been behind his recent pipe bomb threat to his construction company and a fake pizza delivery.
“President Trump’s unwarranted and vicious attack on me was a dog whistle against dangerous extremists that led to serious attacks on me and my family,” Greene wrote in a post on X.
The lawmaker did not provide additional details about the pipe bomb threat. Her comments came after the Indiana senator was slammed at her home on Sunday, just hours after President Trump criticized the state senator and other Republicans for not moving ahead with redrawing the state’s congressional maps ahead of next year’s elections.
Greene warned that Trump and other conservatives calling her a traitor “sparks a blood-feeding frenzy that could ultimately have harmful or even fatal consequences.”
NBC News has reached out to the White House for comment.
Asked by reporters Sunday night about Greene’s claims that her life was in danger because of her comments, Trump told reporters: “I don’t think her life is in danger. Frankly, I don’t think anyone cares about her.”
The feud between Greene and Trump intensified over the weekend after the president announced on Truth Social on Friday that he was withdrawing his support for the congressman. Greene has drawn the ire of Trump and other congressional Republicans after breaking with her party on several high-profile issues. Most recently, he criticized Republicans in Congress for their stance on health care negotiations with Democrats during the government shutdown and for their opposition to a bill that would have ordered the Justice Department to release government files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“It really makes me wonder what these files contain and who and what country is putting so much pressure on him,” Greene wrote to X on Saturday, then clarified on Sunday that she did not believe President Trump would engage in wrongdoing if the files were released.
The congressman also said Saturday that he had received threats after President Trump criticized him on social media and said he would withdraw his support. Ms Greene said a private security firm had contacted her to warn her of her safety because “a breeding ground for threats against me has been fomented and fomented by some of the most powerful people in the world”.
Mr. Greene has been on the other side of similar charges in the past. In 2021, then-Rep. Michigan Republican Fred Upton received death threats after supporting a bipartisan infrastructure bill. He told The Detroit News that the threat was made after Greene shared the names and phone numbers of Upton and more than a dozen other House Republicans who supported the bill.
In an interview with Greene on CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Dana Bash noted Sunday that when Trump attacked or criticized others, Greene didn’t speak out until such attacks were directed at her.
“Dana, I think that’s a valid criticism. I humbly say I’m sorry for participating in toxic politics,” Greene said. “This is very bad for our country. And I’ve thought about it a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated.”
