Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump for his attacks on her in recent weeks, suggesting his rhetoric may be behind a recent pipe bomb threat at her construction company and a pizza delivery hoax.
“President Trump's unjustified and vicious attacks on me were a signal to dangerous radicals that could lead to serious attacks on me and my family,” Greene wrote in a post on X.
The congresswoman did not provide additional details about the pipe bomb threat. Her comments came after the Indiana state senator was spanked at home on Sunday, just hours after Trump criticized him and other Republican lawmakers for not moving forward on redrawing the state's congressional map ahead of next year's elections.
Greene warned that Trump and other conservatives calling her a “traitor” to the Republican Party were “spilling blood and causing madness. And ultimately this can lead to detrimental or even fatal outcomes.”
NBC News has reached out to the White House for comment.
When asked Sunday night about Greene's claim that his comments put her life in danger, Trump told reporters: “I don't think her life is in danger. I don't think anyone cares about her, frankly.”
Greene's feud with Trump intensified over the weekend after the president announced on Truth Social on Friday that he is refusing to support the congresswoman. Greene has drawn the ire of Trump and other congressional Republicans after several breaks with her party. high-profile problems. Most recently, she criticized congressional Republicans for their approach to health care amid the government shutdown and their opposition to legislation that would direct the Justice Department to release government files on recently convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“It really makes you wonder what is in these files and who and what country is putting so much pressure on him?” Greene wrote on Saturday at X, later. clarifying on Sunday that she does not believe Trump would be involved in wrongdoing if the files have been released.
The lawmaker also said on Saturday that she received threats after Trump criticized her on social media and said he was withdrawing her support. Greene said private security firms have been contacting her to warn her about her safety “as a hotbed of threats against me are fueled and incited by the most powerful man in the world.”
Greene has been on the other side of similar accusations in the past. In 2021, then-Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan received death threats after supporting bipartisan infrastructure bill. He told The Detroit News that the threats came after Greene shared the names and phone numbers of Upton and a dozen other House Republicans who supported the legislation.
Interviewing Greene on CNN's “State of the Union,” host Dana Bash noted Sunday that when Trump attacked or criticized others, Greene did not speak out against him — as long as such attacks were not directed at her.
“Dana, I think this is a fair criticism and I would like to humbly say: I am sorry that I took part in toxic politics,” Greene said. “This is very bad for our country. And I thought about it a lot, especially after Charlie Kirk was killed.”
US Capitol Police said. assessment in February that threats against lawmakers, their families and staff increased in 2024 for the second year in a row, from about 8,000 statements and direct threats in 2023 to nearly 9,500 last year.
Numerous legislators expressed concern about his safety after the September murder of Kirk, a conservative activist. Meanwhile, new NBC News poll found that more than six in ten registered voters believed “extreme political rhetoric” played a major role in Kirk's murder.
