Marjorie Taylor Greene says she has Trump’s ‘full support’ after speaking to former president by phone

Georgia congresswoman says she will ‘never apologise’ amid multiple controversies

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she has the “full support” of former US president Donald Trump, after they spoke on the phone.

Ms Greene, who has become surrounded by controversies in recent days, said on Saturday that she was “so grateful for his support” following their conversation.

It comes amid accusations that she previously indicated support for the execution of House speaker Nancy Pelosi on social media in 2018, and was seen in a video in 2019 describing people with Down’s syndrome as “stupid”, among other controversial remarks and conspiracies.

Those claims have led to widespread criticism from congressional Democrats, some of whom have called for her to be expelled from the Republican caucus and Congress. 

On Saturday, she wrote in a series of tweets that she will “never apologise” nor “back down” amid condemnation of her past behaviour on social media, as well as her support for the QAnon conspiracy that wrongly alleges a satanist cabal of paedophiles worked against Mr Trump.

The congresswoman rose to the House of Representatives in November 2020 with his support for her campaign, and Saturday’s phone call with Ms Greene was the latest sign the former president was in touch with - at least - some congressional Republicans. 

That list has also included Republican minority House leader Kevin McCarthy, who met with the former president face-to-face this week in Florida, while Democrats called for him to forcefully condemn Ms Greene for her previous comments. 

Ms Green on Tuesday moved to defend herself from recent reports, and wrote in a tweet that “Over the years, I’ve had teams of people manage my pages. Many posts have been liked. Many posts have been shared. Some did not represent my views”.

She added on Saturday that she “will never back down and will stand up against the never ending blood thirsty mob,” among other baseless conspiracies and misrepresentation of her Democrat opponents.   

Among other controversies surrounding Ms Green this week alone, are her remarks to Parkland School shooting survivor David Hogg, who she was seen in a resurfaced video verbally harassing. It soon went viral, and led to Mr Hogg calling for disciplinary action against her.

She was also said to have “berated” her Democratic colleague Cori Bush in a congressional building in recent days, causing Ms Bush to move her office away from the Republican represenative and her staff. 

Responding to the move, Ms Greene alleged that the Black female member of Congress was part of a Black Lives Matter "terrorist mob".

And on Saturday, continued to rage against congressional Democrats - going as far as to say that they wrongly blamed Ms Greene and other Republicans "for violence we had nothing to do with and have condemned all along.” in reference to the attack on the Capitol on 6 January by Mr Trump’s supporters.

The rioters, however, were said to have believed claims by Ms Greene and Mr Trump that November’s presidential election was “stolen” and “rigged”.