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Greene says Trump told her if her ‘son were to get killed,’ it would be her fault
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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said during a recent podcast appearance that President Trump had an “unkind” response when she messaged him about receiving death threats against her and her family after she resigned from Congress. Greene told the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” host Wednesday that she reached out to FBI Director Kash Patel and other senior Trump administration officials after threats against her “escalated” to one of her children. “And I was so upset over death threats on my children because of him,” she said in the episode, claiming that some of those warnings echoed Trump’s own words, including labeling her as a “traitor.” “I’m not a traitor to my country. Standing up for rape victims doesn’t make me a traitor,” Greene added, referencing her support for victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and pressure on the Justice Department to release files related to the case. The former lawmaker said she alerted the president to the threats she was getting, but he showed “no compassion whatsoever.” It was the last time the two spoke, according to Greene. “What did he say to you?” Morgan pressed. “He had no compassion for death threats on my children. He blamed me basically that if my son were to get killed, it would be my fault,” the Georgia Republican replied, which seemed to stun Morgan. Greene went on to say that the exchange felt like a “nail in the coffin” moment when it came to her impression of Trump. “Some of my biggest political enemies would never say that to me,” she argued. “Democrats that I may have had disagreements with in Congress would have never said that to me. No one’s ever said those types of words to me.” “I don’t know what kind of person basically has no compassion or care to someone’s child being threatened to be killed. It’s just, it’s unimaginable,” Greene added. In a statement to The Hill, the White House ripped Greene as a “quitter who is pathetically trying to stay relevant by going on liberal media shows to bash President Trump.” “Unfortunately, Trump Derangement Syndrome has rotted former Congresswoman Greene’s peanut-sized brain,” spokesperson Davis Ingle said. Greene’s once-close relationship with the president began to sour in late 2025, as she criticized his administration’s handling of the Epstein files and his approach to domestic issues such as affordability and health care. Their public spat exploded in November, when Trump pulled his endorsement and called Greene a “raging Lunatic,” among other pejoratives. She then decided to resign early from the House. Since then, the ex-MAGA ally has become an outspoken opponent of the U.S. military operation in Iran and Trump’s rhetoric surrounding the conflict, arguing the decision to launch joint strikes against Tehran was a “betrayal of” his 2024 campaign promises. She called last week for Trump to be removed from office through the 25th Amendment after he threatened to escalate the conflict by attacking civilian infrastructure if Tehran did not come to the negotiating table. Greene told Morgan on the podcast that she thought removal proceedings were “extremely unlikely” to happen, arguing that Republicans “serve Donald Trump as if he is some sort of cult leader.” “I don’t know how anyone can’t go against the president when he says such things as wiping out an entire civilization, especially anyone in the administration or any Republican serving in the House or the Senate that calls himself a Christian,” she said. “They have to call that out. And there’s an unwillingness there of every single one in the administration and every single one in Congress to be willing to challenge the president when he says such things, as well as saying we need to examine what his mental state is,” Greene added. Updated at 12:18 p.m. EDT Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.