Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has revealed alarming details of a message Donald Trump sent her after she alerted the president about death threats to her son.
Greene, 51, shared details of her fallout with Trump on Sunday’s 60 Minutes.
During the interview with Lesley Stahl, Greene shared the consequences of the 79-year-old’s comments, labeling her Marjorie “Traitor” Greene after she spoke out against him on issues including the Epstein files.
“After President Trump called me a traitor, I got a pipe bomb threat on my house,” Greene told Stahl. “And then I got several direct death threats on my son.”
Greene confirmed the “subject line” for the “direct” death threats on her son read “Marjorie Traitor Greene.” She stated, “those were death threats... directly fueled by President Trump.”
The once-loyal Trump supporter admitted that after the death threats, she contacted both Vice President JD Vance and the president himself.
Greene said Vance replied, stating, “We’ll look into it,” and added that she got a response from Trump that “wasn’t very nice.” She said she preferred to keep the exact conversation private.
When pushed by Stahl, Greene expanded by saying of the message from Trump, “It was extremely unkind.”
The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.
During the interview, Greene also claimed she has Republican colleagues who ridicule Trump in private but would be too “terrified” to say anything in public.
“I watched many of my colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks, making fun of me constantly for supporting him, to when he won the primary in 2024, they all started, excuse my language, Lesley, kissing his a--, and decided to put on a MAGA hat for the first time,” said Greene.
It was Greene’s first major interview since announcing she plans to resign from office. Greene first took issue with Trump focusing on global issues rather than local concerns.
“I have too much self-respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms,” she wrote on social media at the time.
The 60 Minutes interview also saw Greene renounce the “MAGA” movement. “Are you MAGA?” Stahl asked. “I’m America first,” Greene replied, adding that “MAGA is President Trump’s phrase. That’s his, his political policies. I call myself America First.”
She went against the administration’s talking points again on Sunday by refuting the president’s claim that affordability is a Democrat “hoax.”
She also discussed her problems with Trump’s international agenda, rather than fixing issues at home.
“For an America First president the number one focus should have been domestic policy and it wasn’t,” Greene told Stahl. “Once we fix everything here, then, fine, we’ll talk to the rest of the world.”
The Georgia rep also called out Trump’s focus on cryptocurrency and listed other complaints about his priorities.
“He passed a crypto bill that helped out all the crypto donors. He has served Israel’s interest, even attacking Iran,” she said.
“He has served Big Pharma he didn’t take away the COVID vaccines that we want to see taken away. So those are the areas that are still getting everything they want, while the people, we’re still out here saying, ‘We wanna see action on areas for the American people, not for the major industries and the big donors’.”
At one point, Stahl and Greene also clashed after the Republican was pressed on her “inflammatory” rhetoric.
It began after Greene said Washington currently has “the most toxic political culture” and that it is “not helping the American people.” Stahl poked back, telling Greene, “But you contributed to that. You, you were out there pounding, insulting people.”
Greene clapped back stating “Lesley, you’ve contributed to it as well with your...”
“Me?” Stahl, 83, said.
“Yes, you’re accusatory, just like you did just then,” Greene replied.
“I know you’re accusing me, but I’m smiling,” Stahl said, before Greene interjected, “You’re accusing me! But we don’t have to accuse one another.”
Stahl tried to stay on topic. “I want you to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people, yelling at people, and then saying...”
Greene interjected again: “I’d like for you to respond for that.”
“I don’t insult people,” Stahl concluded.
“You just, you do in the way you question,” Greene shot back. “And you are, you’re accusing me right now.”
