Now that “toxic politics” have been turned on her by none other than President Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene outright apologized Sunday on CNN when Dana Bash on Sunday called out the Georgia congresswoman’s past. Greene added that the assassination of Charlie Kirk helped her realize such behavior is “very bad for our country.”
Bash asked Greene directly about the role she has played in inflaming political tension and toxicity in the past in light of the threats Greene has received since Trump recanted his support of her 2026 reelection campaign. Trump turned on her over comments she made that appear to be attempts to separate herself from the darker parts of the president’s MAGA base.
“Dana, I think that’s fair criticism and I would like to say humbly I’m sorry for taking part in the toxic politics,” Greene said. “It’s very bad for our country and it’s been something I’ve thought about a lot especially since Charlie Kirk was assassinated, is that we I’m only responsible for myself and my own words and actions, and I am committed, and I’ve been working on this a lot lately to put down the knives in politics.”
She added, “I really just want to see people be kind to one another. And we need to figure out a new path forward that is focused on the American people because as Americans, no matter what side of the aisle we’re on, we have far more in common than we have differences, and we need to be able to respect each other with our disagreements.”
Greene’s history of engagement with “toxic politics” includes a February 2023 claim that an Illinois elementary school was awarded $5.1 billion to teach critical race theory. Greene, who described critical race theory as “a racist curriculum used to teach children that somehow their white skin aren’t equal to Black skin,” did not name or identify the school in any way.
In October 2023 she accused Rep. Rashida Talib of “antisemitic activity, sympathizing with terrorist organizations and leading an insurrection at the United States Capitol Complex,” for Talib’s support of Gaza.
Greene turned to X Saturday to complain about threats to her safety that followed her comments on the president’s alleged association with Jeffrey Epstein.
“I never thought that fighting to release the Epstein files, defending women who were victims of rape, and fighting to expose the web of rich powerful elites would have caused this, but here we are,” she wrote in an early morning post. “And it truly speaks for itself. There needs to be a new way forward. The toxic political industrial complex thrives on ripping us all apart but never delivers anything good for the American people, whom I love.”
“I believe in the American people more than I believe in any leader or political party and the American people deserve so much better than how they have been treated by both sides of the aisle,” also wrote. “The way forward is America First America Only. And that may be the most dangerous pursuit of all.”
Over 20,000 emails sent by Epstein were released this week, and some appear to suggest Trump and Epstein had a close friendship, and that the president knew about Epstein’s conduct, which included trafficking and sexual assault.
The release of the emails came after months of demands by the Democrats that the Epstein files be made public.
“The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. The ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and ‘couldn’t have been friendlier’ to her in their limited interactions,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Wednesday statement to TheWrap.
