The Georgia congresswoman, long regarded as a staunch ally of Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, Marjorie Taylor Greene, has said she has received warnings from private security firms about her safety following the former president’s withdrawal of support for her.
Trump announced on Friday that he was ending his endorsement of Greene, prompting her to respond on social media the following day. Writing on X, Greene alleged that “a hot bed of threats against me are being fuelled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world”, though she did not name Trump directly, referring instead to “the man I supported and helped get elected”.
Greene said that aggressive rhetoric directed at her had previously led to death threats and convictions of men radicalised by similar language. “This time by the President of the United States,” she added. While she did not specify the nature of the warnings received, Greene said she took threats seriously, particularly as a woman, and compared her situation to the fear experienced by victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
She further claimed that Trump’s hostility towards her was emboldening “radical internet trolls”, many of whom she alleged were paid. The accusation echoed Trump’s own claims that Democrats have used “paid actors” at protests.
Later on Saturday, Greene posted a chart showing rising grocery bills, linking cost-of-living pressures to a forthcoming congressional vote on whether to release further Epstein files. “You vote NO on Tuesday to release the Epstein files and face severe outrage from America,” she warned colleagues. “Republicans don’t have support from women and this right here is a perfect example of why.”
The dispute between Greene and Trump has been simmering for months but has now broken into the open. Trump, angered by Greene’s dissent on issues including US military aid to Israel, the government shutdown and the release of Epstein-related documents, accused her of going “Far Left”. On social media he branded her “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Green” and “Wacky Marjorie”, vowing to endorse a challenger against her in the next midterm elections “if the right person runs”.
Greene, once one of Trump’s most loyal defenders, said she had given him “too much of my precious time, too much of my own money, and fought harder for him even when almost all other Republicans turned their back and denounced him”. She added: “I don’t worship or serve Donald Trump.”
Her dissatisfaction dates back to at least May, when she ruled out a Senate run and criticised Republican donors who doubted her electability. She later declined to pursue the governorship of Georgia, attacking what she described as a political “good ole boy” system. In June she sided with Maga dissenters such as Tucker Carlson over possible US efforts at regime change in Iran.
As the Epstein files controversy intensified, Greene placed herself firmly against the administration’s reluctance to release documents in full. In September she said she wanted to expose the “Epstein rape and paedophile network” and declared she was “not suicidal” should anything happen to her.
Earlier this month, Greene criticised her party during an appearance on The View, describing the Republican-controlled Congress as “an embarrassment” for failing to sit for more than a month. She said she was “really tired of the pissing contest in Washington DC between the men” and argued that women should take a greater role in steering the country. “Our red-white-and-blue flag is just being ripped to shreds,” she said. “And I think it takes women of maturity to sew it back together.”
The House speaker, Mike Johnson, is expected to hold a vote next week on whether to release the entirety of unclassified Epstein-related communications and documents, a move likely to intensify the rift between Greene and Trump.
