Georgia lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene has been an avid and relentless Trump supporter for many years. But the pair have recently had a public falling out, with the president even going as far as calling her a “traitor.”
During an interview with The View on Wednesday, CNN host Abby Phillip touched on their current situation, saying that Greene, 51, was learning that loyalty to Trump, 79, was a “one-way street,” Fox News reported.
“I think Marjorie Taylor Greene, there’s probably some truth to the idea that she had bigger aspirations, whether a Senate run or a gubernatorial run and that those were not supported, but what happens when suddenly the person that you’ve been backing for the last six, seven years turns on you? I think it really changes your mindset about everything,” Phillip told the co-hosts.
Greene has been at odds with Trump on issues including the release of the Epstein files, Obamacare subsidies, and certain foreign policy decisions he has taken. Trump has since withdrawn his support and endorsement for Greene, even describing her as a “ranting lunatic.”
On Friday, Trump also took to Truth Social to claim that Greene had “gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors.” He also nicknamed her “Wacky Marjorie” and said all she does is “COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!”
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“It calls into question everything that you know about yourself, and I do think there is a lot to that. I don’t think we should rule out that she, she said no to Senate right now. She said no to governor right now. I don’t think we should rule that out for her because, obviously, life is long,” Phillip said. “But I do think that this loyalty thing with Trump, if you’ve covered him as I have, you know it’s a one-way street. But she literally is learning that.”
Phillip also said she felt it was dawning on Greene that Trump “is not there for her,” Fox News reported. On Tuesday, Trump called Greene a “traitor,” causing her to respond and make mention of how she has been loyal to him for many years.
“I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for five, no, actually, six years for, and I gave him my loyalty for free,” Greene said, ABC News reported. “I won my first election without his endorsement, beating eight men in a primary, and I’ve never owed him anything, but I fought for him, for the policies and for America first, and he called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition.”
Despite their falling out, Greene, in an interview with CNN on Sunday, stated that she wished for a reconciliation and rendered an apology for indulging in “toxic politics.”
“I certainly hope that we can make up. And, you know, again, I can only speak for myself. I’m a Christian and one of the most important parts of our faith is forgiveness. And that’s something I’m committed to,” Greene said.
