Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has stated she is facing a severe escalation in threats, including a pipe bomb threat and a harassment campaign known as 'pizza doxxing', which she directly attributes to recent public attacks from former President Donald Trump.
A Weekend of Escalating Threats
The Georgia representative revealed on Sunday that the death threats against her have intensified over the weekend. This follows a very public split with Trump, who brutally criticised her in a social media post on Friday.
Greene detailed the new forms of harassment, stating, 'The hoax pizza deliveries have started now, to my house and my family members.' She shared a screenshot explaining 'pizza doxxing', a tactic where unwanted pizza deliveries are sent to a target's address.
In a subsequent update, she reported that her construction company's office had received a pipe bomb threat. Greene, whose ongoing dispute with Trump has caused a significant schism within the MAGA movement, continued to place the blame squarely on the former president.
Blaming the President and a Call for Calm
'President Trump’s unwarranted and vicious attacks against me were a dog whistle to dangerous radicals that could lead to serious attacks on me and my family,' Greene asserted. She described this as a familiar pattern, recalling that she received 'dozens of swatting calls' and similar pizza-based threats when she was one of Trump's most vocal allies in Congress.
She claimed that all previous incidents originated from the political left. Greene also blamed 'paid social media activists', Trump, and Fox News host Mark Levin for labelling her a traitor and inciting further hostility. 'This puts blood in the water and creates a feeding frenzy. And it could ultimately lead to a harmful or even deadly outcome,' she warned.
Despite the threats, Greene affirmed her commitment to her political causes and her constituents. 'I love America and the American people, and I swore an oath to uphold the constitution and always do so. I am not a traitor,' she stated. However, she added, 'when the President of the United States irresponsibly calls a Member of Congress of his own party, traitor, he is signaling what must be done to a traitor.'
The Epstein Files and Ongoing Political Feud
Greene noted that the timing of these events coincides with the days leading up to a planned House vote on Tuesday to release the Department of Justice's files related to Jeffrey Epstein. She has been a prominent champion for the release of these documents, a cause Trump once campaigned on but is now reportedly trying to stop, labelling it a 'Democrat hoax'.
In a wide-ranging 20-minute interview with CNN's Dana Bash on Sunday morning, Greene doubled down on her push for transparency regarding the Epstein case. She maintained that, based on conversations with female victims, nothing in the files would be damaging to Trump.
'I stand with these women. I stand with rape victims, I stand with children who are in terrible sex abuse situations, and I stand with survivors of trafficking,' Greene told Bash, vowing not to apologise for her stance.
The public feud ignited on Friday when Trump admitted on Truth Social that he had advised Greene not to run for Senate. This led to a trading of social media barbs, with Greene sharing screenshots of texts she sent to Trump about the Epstein files, urging him to 'lean in' to former President Bill Clinton's connections to the convicted paedophile.
Trump escalated the conflict on Saturday, branding her with derogatory nicknames like 'Marjorie Taylor Brown' and 'Marjorie Traitor Greene', accusing her of betraying the Republican Party. When questioned about the threats against Greene on Sunday night, Trump was dismissive, referring to her again as Marjorie 'Traitor' Greene and stating, 'I don’t think her life is in danger - frankly I don’t think anybody cares about her.'
Despite the acrimony, Greene concluded her public statements with a call for de-escalation, echoing her comments on CNN: 'The toxic and dangerous rhetoric in politics must end and we need healing in this country for all Americans.'
