‘I’m like, “[Expletive] you,”’ Marjorie Taylor Greene said about receiving threats from White House officials

Marjorie Taylor Greene has come out swinging at the White House over the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.

The rift between the MAGA firebrand and White House deepened after a Trump official apparently told her that her support of bipartisan legislation ordering the release of the so-called Epstein files would be viewed as a “very hostile act.”

Greene is one of four Republicans, alongside Reps. Thomas Massie, Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert to have signed on to a discharge petition to force the release of files related to Epstein. If a discharge petition receives the signature of a majority of members, they can force a vote without the consent of leadership.

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    It’s crazy that there’s any other position.

    Bernie fucking Sanders just sits there like a dumb bitch “calling Trump out.” All these people pursuing “more important matters” while a systemic child raping conspiracy is allowed to turn into a circus.

    And this is who we have. A handful of nutters who are the only ones “crazy” enough to care. All the other career politicians can go Kirk themselves.

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    I wonder if MTG is the Republican Party experiencing the 4chan effect: if you build your community around pretending to be batshit insane, you’ll eventually attract genuinely batshit insane people who aren’t in on the joke. It could be that she doesn’t realize most of the elected GOP is just pretending to go along with the right-wing outrage du jour to support their cult, and she’s genuinely confused about why they’re no longer interested in the epstein affair.

    That, or she just sees the writing on the wall and is trying to distance herself from it. Either way, fuck her and the shitbags she made a bed with.

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      Yea in the 90s proper Republicans knew things like Rush Limbaugh were just to get the rubes riled up, but now the rubes are running the show. Even the president sits around watching Fox News for hours a day.

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      Or maybe she is using Epstein as some sort of leverage and has taken it too far by gambling big. Or maybe she thinks she can get the majority of the republican base support behind her if she pushes this hard enough, maybe even eventually dethrone Trump.

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    Though I hate having to support MTG, I think we actually should, just for the moment. Strange bed fellows for sure, but just try to keep it together for a minute. If she can pull enough maga away for maga and the GOP to fall to pieces, I think it’s a good day for everyone

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      Also, she’s one of the few in that crowd to stick to her guns and it and not flip to the party narrative.

      Even if she’s generally a terrible person, is doing it for shitty reasons, or hasn’t done it in the past. It’s actually a good thing that it’s happening at right now and should be encouraged.

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    By calling MGTs choice a “very hostile act”, Trump is threatening MGT with hostility. She better not be swayed by Trumps threats. She isn’t alone. Most Americans are with her on this.

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      It’s entirely kayfabe guys. Please read up on it, understand that our entire future of politics and social discourse is going to be kayfabe. The sooner we can digest and accept this fact the sooner we can use this as a tool instead of trying to “take the higher road” which our population has broadly forgotten about.

      I am sad that so many progressives and leftists are not seeing this for what it is.

      I hate it here.

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        It really goes to show you how fucking dumb she is though. Yeah, good, she’s sticking to her principles here (that or her check hasn’t come through yet), but she actually believes all the bullshit she’s been peddling for these years. If she isn’t corrupt, she’s just a complete fucking imbecile.

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      That’s what this feels like. It’s not like these people were standing around smelling diapers for the love of the game. They want the power he wields and eventually they will come take it.

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      My hometown is not too far from her district, I’ve known many MTGs, and I’ll tell you they are crazy as fuck and miserable people but part of their mania began with their love for kids and desire to protect them. They are delusional don’t get me wrong. But I wouldn’t be surprised if she stood her ground here and that’s good for everyone