Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday pointed to Donald Trump when asked on CNN whether a possible GOP loss in the midterms would reflect more on the party’s candidates than on the president’s policies.
“I think it’s a complete referendum on Donald Trump,” began Greene — an ex-Trump ally who feuded and later split with the president amid her push to release the Jeffrey Epstein files — in an interview with Kaitlan Collins.
“His betrayal where he promised no more foreign wars and to bring world peace, not releasing the Epstein files, defending pedophiles and rapists instead of helping women that were raped as 14- and 16-year-old girls,” she continued.
“And also not listening to everyday Americans who are saying, ‘We cannot afford the cost of living, we cannot afford health insurance, we cannot afford these high prices of gas and diesel,’ while he is constantly bragging about his ballroom and his big donors and having these big fancy dinners as if he can’t even relate to the American people.”
Greene, who said goodbye to the GOP in June, added that a possible election night flop by the party would also be a referendum on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans in Congress who “never, ever” stood up to Trump or fought for Americans who “gave them the majority.”
Collins used Greene’s comments to highlight a recent social media post by the ex-congresswoman, who wrote on X that GOP lawmakers are “all irrationally afraid of the Truth Social post and scared to upset the cult leader... yet they are going to lose because of the cult leader.”
Greene told Collins that she hopes Republicans will treat the president differently after election night but noted that many in Congress were elected simply because of Trump’s endorsement.
“I think a lot of them will still continue to stay silent, but that’s going to be the major mistake,” she said. “All of these people, especially in the House, they need to remember that their job title is representative and that means they’re supposed to represent the people that vote for them to get there...”
She later concluded, “If Republicans lose big tomorrow, it’s a lesson I think is rightly deserved, and Democrats, they’ll have their opportunity to show America if they’ve come up with a plan that will truly help the American people.”