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Marjorie Taylor Greene kept her distance from Trump world on Tuesday as she took a sharp dig at Fox News during a friendly appearance on CNN, the cable news network that the president has long despised and repeatedly denounced as “fake news.”
According to the far-right lawmaker, who revealed late last month that she was resigning from the Congress Ongoing feud with Donald Trump and GOP leadershipFox News has stopped inviting her to the network because she has fallen out with the Republican Party and the president’s base.
Additionally, he largely praised CNN, which has been an increasingly inviting platform for the one-time MAGA firebrand in recent months. In addition to sitting down for many fun conversations with CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, she Also appeared on the network’s Sunday morning show state of the Union to talk about her strained relationship The president apologized for his “toxic” political rhetoric.
“I would like to humbly say, I am sorry for participating in toxic politics; it is very bad for our country,” Greene. Said But state of the Union Last month. “It’s something I’ve thought about a lot, especially since the murder of Charlie Kirk.”
During her CNN interview with Blitzer and Brown on Tuesday, Greene was asked whether her rift with the president — which broke after she supported a bipartisan effort to release the Jeffrey Epstein files — resulted in death threats against her and her family.
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in a one-on-one meeting 60 minutes Over the weekend, Greene said the president’s attacks and claims that he is a “traitor” “direct fueling” Those threats. After being interviewed on CBS Sunday Night News magazine, Trump expressed displeasure against the network’s parent company Paramount for booking Green on 60 minutes“They’re no better than the old ownership,” he shouted,
Asked Tuesday if Trump is responsible for today’s “toxic” political environment, Greene said, “He’s a leader in it.” “I call it the political industrial complex. It’s two parties pitted against each other. And the president, he’s the leader of the Republican side.”
After saying she was “literally” shocked by the “revealing and accusatory” things Trump said to her after she revealed she was receiving death threats, Greene was asked to respond to critics who feel she should “stay in the fight” and that she is only waiting to leave Congress next month to collect her pension.
“You know, I think it’s unfair criticism,” she responded. “And I would ask anyone – I have received over 773 death threats, which my office has reported to the Capitol Police, and there have been direct death threats made against my son. I would ask anyone to consider – should I be like Charlie Kirk? Is this what I have to do?”
At the time, he turned to Fox News, accusing the conservative cable giant of essentially banning him from the network’s airwaves following his feud with Trump.
“I get criticized for being on CNN, and there was a Republican before me on CNN,” Greene declared. “And that’s unfair criticism because Fox News never invites me. They invited me once recently after I resigned. We’ve responded to the producers and they still haven’t said when I can come. So, I thank you. I enjoy coming and I appreciate the questions.”
This is not the first time she has claimed that the Murdoch-led channel has refused to book her on its shows. in conversation with Vanity Fair last monthGreen alleged that the right-wing network was retaliating against her, while claiming that she viewed it less than left-leaning outlets.
“She said she has been blacklisted from Fox News because of her criticisms of the network, adding that she no longer watches much. ‘I watch Fox News the least,’ she said. (A Fox spokesperson disputed this, noting that Greene was last on Fox News in June and February),” Vanity Fair reported. “Green said she likes to watch CNN, NBC, CNBC, BBC and local news.”