'They Started Kissing His A*': Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Reps Mocked Trump Privately Before '24 Election Win
Greene described her break with Trump and criticized what she said was her colleagues' shift toward public loyalty.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates International Business Times, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
International Business Times is an established digital news publisher, though this page identifies the story as originally published by IBTimes UK rather than presenting it as wholly original reporting. The article attributes key claims to Greene but offers limited independent corroboration.
- Source type — An established international digital news outlet, with a moderate institutional credibility baseline.
- Transparency — The page identifies the author and discloses that the story originally appeared at IBTimes UK.
- Author attribution — A named author is credited, while the article relies substantially on Greene's account of private conversations and colleagues' motives.
- Editorial standards — The article attributes many claims, but does not provide responses from the colleagues or Trump discussed.
The piece identifies the interview and attributes central claims to Greene, but offers little independent verification or response from Trump or the colleagues she describes. It supplies some legislative context without much detail about the bill or the wider dispute.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article attributes its central claims to Greene, but her account dominates and the people she criticizes are not given a response. Limited context about the interview and legislation leaves the piece weighted toward one perspective.
- Source diversity — Greene is the principal source; no response from Trump or the colleagues she describes appears.
- Counterarguments presented — The article presents little counterargument to Greene's explanation of colleagues' motives.
- Loaded language — The headline and section framing use dramatic language, while many claims remain attributed to Greene.
The article is presented as news and attributes its central allegations to Greene, but its framing emphasizes her account of fear, opportunism and Trump's demands for loyalty. This gives the story a slight critical tilt toward Trump and his party.
- Headline — The headline foregrounds Greene's sharply worded allegation about colleagues' behavior toward Trump.
- Framing — Narration characterizes the dispute as a rapid fall and refers to escalating loyalty demands.
- Source selection — Greene's perspective dominates; Trump and the colleagues she discusses are not heard directly.
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Republished from International Business Times UK, with credit to the original publisher.
487 stories · 57.5–58.2 · updated Oct 12, 2026
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In a 60 Minutes interview, Marjorie Taylor Greene said Republican colleagues privately mocked Donald Trump before publicly embracing him, and described their loyalty as driven by fear. The interview revisits her dispute with Trump over releasing Epstein-related files and her announced resignation from Congress.
Greene told Lesley Stahl that colleagues who had mocked Trump and her support for him later wore MAGA hats and publicly aligned themselves with him. She said she believed they feared provoking him with a critical Truth Social post. Greene also described a phone call in which Trump was angry about her support for a discharge petition seeking the release of Epstein-related files; the resulting bill passed the House and was signed into law.
The article says Greene announced she would resign from Congress in early January, citing frustration with Republican leadership and a desire to spare her district a contentious primary. In the interview, she said the party had abandoned its principles and argued that lawmakers should be able to vote their conscience and represent their districts.
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- Readers of left-leaning coverage: 56% good look
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
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12 OUTLETSIn a 60 Minutes interview, Marjorie Taylor Greene said President Donald Trump was angry with her for signing a petition seeking the release of Epstein files. Left-leaning outlets present Greene’s remarks as evidence of Republican dissent and fear of Trump. Center outlets focus on Greene’s account of Trump’s reaction, with some adding context about her planned departure or the files’ release.
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