In a recent interview with Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes, Marjorie Taylor Greene made startling accusations against her fellow GOP members, alleging they ridicule Donald Trump privately despite showing public support.

Once a staunch MAGA supporter herself, Greene suggested that many conservatives remain silent due to fear of Trump’s influence, a sentiment she understands firsthand after being distanced from his inner circle.

The interview turned heated as Greene and Stahl exchanged barbs, each blaming the other for the deteriorating state of political discourse in the country.

Greene asserted that if the public knew what Republicans were saying about Trump in private, especially leading up to the 2024 elections, they would be taken aback. According to her, these same Republicans shifted their stance once Trump clinched the nomination, defeating Nikki Haley.

She claimed they quickly changed their tune after he secured the Republican nomination against Nikki Haley.

‘I watched many of my colleagues go from making fun of him, making fun of how he talks, making fun of me constantly for supporting him,’ Greene said.

‘When he won the primary in 2024, they all started, excuse my language, Lesley, kissing his a**, and decided to put on a MAGA hat for the first time.’

Greene lamented the ‘toxic political culture’ she believes Trump has cultivated, before Stahl interjected to note: ‘But you contributed to that. You. You, you were out there pounding, insulting people.’

She instantly hit back, telling Stahl ‘Lesley you’ve contributed to it as well. You’re accusatory, just like you did just then.’

The exiled former MAGA loyalist claimed conservatives are too afraid to speak up because they fear Trump, citing her own fall from the president’s good graces

Greene said ‘it would shock people’ to hear what Republicans were saying about Trump behind his back as recently as early 2024, claiming they quickly changed their tune after he secured the Republican nomination

‘I know you’re accusing me, but I’m smiling,’ Stahl responded as the interview took a tense turn.

‘You’re accusing me,’ Greene said, while offering a smile in return. ‘But we don’t have to accuse one another.’

During the bitter exchange, Stahl urged Greene ‘to respond to what you have done in terms of insulting people, yelling at people.’

The congresswoman argued it should be Stahl ‘responding to that.’

‘I don’t insult people,’ Stahl said, to which Greene instantly countered: ‘You do. The way you question. You’re accusing me right now.’

Greene’s comments come amid rumors of dissatisfaction within the MAGA ranks which intensified after the GOP narrowly avoided defeat in the Tennessee special election last week, sparking fears of an upcoming midterm wipeout. 

Matt Van Epps scraped through with 9-point victory in the December 2 special election in Tennessee‘s 7th Congressional District – far lower than Trump’s 22-point margin in the district in 2024.

Republican House members are said to be ‘considering retiring in the middle of the term’ and following in Greene’s footsteps amid anger with a White House that has discounted their ideas and treated them ‘like garbage.’

Greene cited legislative challenges as one of the reasons she decided to resign, but the Stahl interview is the latest salvo in her stunning falling out with the president, primarily over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

After Greene demanded transparency surrounding the Epstein files, Trump last month sensationally wrote on Truth Social she was a ‘ranting lunatic’ and a ‘traitor’, vowing to withdraw his ‘support and endorsement’ of her in the upcoming primaries.

Greene soon announced she would resign from Congress in January – and  immediately embarked on a tour of liberal media programs, including The View and Real Time with Bill Maher.

She told Stahl on Sunday that she knew her relationship with Trump had deteriorated beyond repair when he called her a ‘traitor’ for standing up for Epstein’s victims.

‘I stood for women who were raped when they were 14 years old and the president called me a traitor for that,’ Greene said. ‘Things changed after that.’ 

Trump (pictured with Melania on Sunday night at the Kennedy Center Honors) last month sensationally wrote on Truth Social she was a ‘ranting lunatic’ and a ‘traitor’

Greene was one of Trump’s earliest and most vocal MAGA supporters. She is pictured with him in his box during a gold tournament at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey in July 2022

Greene said Trump’s criticism of her sparked death threats against both her and her son, and that she flagged her concerns with the administration.

‘After president Trump called me a traitor, I got a pipe bomb threat on my house. And then I got several direct death threats on my son,’ she said.

‘The subject line for the direct death threats against my son was his words — Marjorie Traitor Greene. Those are death threats directly fueled by President Trump.’

Trump created the nickname and used it repeatedly on Truth Social during the height of their online sparring. 

Vice President JD Vance allegedly vowed to ‘look into it’, but Trump’s response was allegedly ‘extremely unkind.’

‘I did get a personal response from President Trump that I will keep private, but it wasn’t very nice,’ Greene said.

‘It was extremely unkind.’ 

When Trump was publicly asked about the threats made against Greene, he scoffed and said: ‘Frankly, I don’t think anybody cares about her.’

Greene said Trump’s criticism of her sparked death threats against both her and her son, and that she flagged her concerns with the administration 

Greene said her own experience was proof as to why so few Republicans step out of line with Trump and his agenda.

While it may appear he has united the party behind a common cause, she insisted there’s a far more accurate reason for GOP silence.

‘I think they’re terrified to step out of line and get a nasty Truth Social post on them, yes,’ Greene said. 

A political insider told the Daily Mail Trump was pushed to the brink by Greene’s inference he was ‘abandoning’ or ‘betraying’ the MAGA movement.

‘The president created the MAGA movement,’ a source close to Trump said. ‘You can’t get into a fight over the movement with Trump without expecting blowback.’

No one should have been surprised that the president was willing to ‘punch back ten times as hard’ against Greene’s criticism, the insider said.

‘She was poking the bear for quite a while,’ another MAGA political consultant told the Daily Mail.

Others criticized Greene for ensuring her departure date falls just two days past the five-year service threshold required for lawmakers to qualify for lifetime pension benefits under federal rules.

Stahl (lef) and Greene (right) went head to head during the interview over whether they have both perpetuated toxicity within politics

Greene said she knew the relationship with Trump had deteriorated beyond repair when Trump called her a ‘traitor’ for standing up for Epstein’s victims

According to congressional rules, members are eligible for a federal pension at age 62 after completing at least five years of service. 

While the exact amount Greene will receive will depend on factors including her salary and years in office, the federal pension system is one of the most generous in the country, especially for lawmakers leaving office with name recognition and lucrative prospects in the private-sector.

In her resignation statement, Greene expressed profound frustration with her own party’s inability to get anything done despite controlling the presidency and both houses of Congress in 2025.

‘Almost one year into our majority, the legislature has been mostly sidelined, we endured an eight week shutdown wrongly resulting in the House not working for the entire time, and we are entering campaign season which means all courage leaves and only safe campaign re-election mode is turned on,’ she said.