WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump doubled down on his attacks against Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sunday, dismissing her claim that his criticism was endangering her and saying he did not believe anyone was targeting her.
Greene said on Saturday that Trump’s online criticism had unleashed a surge of threats directed at her. On Sunday morning, she told CNN that Trump calling her a traitor was the “most hurtful” part of his remarks.
Trump repeated the insult hours later. “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene,” he said, referring to the lawmaker. “I don’t think her life is in danger...I don’t think anybody cares about her,” the president told reporters before boarding Air Force One on Sunday night for a return to Washington, D.C. from his Mar-a-Lago social club in Florida.
Greene, a US House of Representatives member from Georgia who was long known as a Trump loyalist, has recently taken positions at odds with the president. She said on Saturday she has been contacted by private security firms warning about her safety and that harsh attacks against her have previously resulted in death threats.
She attributed her split with the president to her support for releasing records related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
