Republican US lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene accused President Donald Trump on Saturday of putting her life in danger, saying his online criticism has triggered a wave of threats against her.
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Greene, once a long-time Trump loyalist and Maga (Make America Great Again) stalwart who has more recently taken positions at odds with the US president, said she has been contacted by private security firms warning about her safety.
“Aggressive rhetoric attacking me has historically led to death threats and multiple convictions of men who were radicalized by the same type [of] rhetoric being directed at me right now,” Greene, a US House of Representatives member from Georgia, wrote in a social media post.
“This time by the President of the United States.”
Trump broke with Greene on Friday night in a withering social media post in which he referred to Greene as “Wacky” and a “ranting lunatic” who complained he would not take her calls.
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He continued his criticism on Saturday with two more social media posts, calling her a “Lightweight Congresswoman”, “Traitor” and a “disgrace” to the Republican Party.
