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Topics: Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Politics, US News
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Topics: Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Politics, US News
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she has hopes to make amends with her former buddy Donald Trump who announced cutting all ties with her last week.
Despite their longtime allegiance, there seems to be some trouble in paradise between the POTUS and the Georgia Congresswoman.
Last week, Trump took to Truth Social to publicly announce he no longer had the time for Greene.
"I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of “Congresswoman” Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia," he wrote. "All I see 'Wacky' Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!"
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Trump's scathing rant continued in part: "She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.”
Greene then took to X, formerly Twitter, to share her side of the story, claiming the pair have apparently had a spat over the 'Epstein files'.
Now, the Republican has spoken out in her first interview about the matter, telling CNN she could find it in her heart to forgive him since she continues to support the Trump administration and the campaign, saying that she 'hopes [they] can make up'.
"His remarks, of course, have been hurtful," Greene said. "However, I have something in my heart that I think is incredibly important for our country and that is to end the toxic fighting and politics.
"And this has been going on for years, and it has divided out country, split up friends and families, neighbors, and it's not solving our problems."
As for what Trump said, she continued: "The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a traitor. And that is so extremely wrong. And those are they types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger."
Greene maintained that the issue all boiled down to the Epstein files, dubbing the fall out over the matter 'shocking'.
"I stand with these women. I stand with rape victims. I stand with children who are in terrible sex abuse situations and I stand with survivors of trafficking and those that are trapped in sex trafficking.
"And I will not apologize for that," she added. "I believe the country deserves transparency in these files. And I don''t believe that rich, powerful people should be protected if they have done anything wrong."
Despite this, Greene said she believes Trump did nothing wrong in connection with Epstein based on the testimonies of alleged victims, including Virgina Giuffre.
"I have no idea what's in the files, I can't even guess but that is the questions everyone is asking is, why fight this so hard?"
When CNN reporter Dana pressed why Greene only appeared to speak out against Trump's 'attacks' when it applied to her personally, the Rep said it was a 'fair criticism' and apologized for her part in contributing in 'toxic politics'.
"I've thought about a lot, especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated," she said. "I've been working on this a lot lately, to put down the knives in politics.
"I really just want to see people be kind to one another and we need to figure out a path forward that is focused on the American people.
"I'm leading the way with my own example and I hope that President Trump can do the same."
When asked if she could make up with Trump, she said: "I certainly hope that we can make up.
"I'm a Christian and one of the most important parts of our faith is forgiveness and that's something I'm committed to."