Ex-Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene warned the MAGA movement she once belonged to, contending that their reaction to the Epstein files release might harm Republicans in the midterm elections.

“Every MAGA influencer and others who are ridiculing the gravity of women who were trafficked and assaulted as teens and young adults appear like cultish buffoons,” she said Sunday. “You’ll need luck attracting female voters to the GOP in the midterms, you callous jerks.”

Greene failed to identify any particular people in the MAGA movement she was addressing, and offered no instances of the supposed “mocking.”

The ex-Georgia Representative—once a loyal Republican supporter of President Donald Trump, driven by a dispute over the Epstein files release—commented that “the GOP already struggles with female voters.”

In the 2024 presidential election, 46% of female voters chose Republicans, versus 53% who selected Democrats, representing a 2% increase in Republican support from 2020, per the . Though not a precise measure of future voting plans, a carried out Feb. 6-9 revealed that 32% of American women approve of Trump’s presidential performance, versus from the prior year.

Greene’s online post came after comparable comments she delivered on the podcast, published Friday evening. During that interview, Greene recalled her conflict with Trump last year when she and fellow Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie allied with Democrats to push the Justice Department to publish all documents concerning the deceased convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.

“If you hope to win the midterms, why not quit name-calling and making awful, absurd accusations, and stop bullying,” Greene stated, maintaining that numerous MAGA movement members had hurled abuse, including lethal threats, at her for advocating the files’ release.

“Observe what the [political] right has turned into, and it has transformed because our movement’s leader intimidates others, and we must be truthful about that,” she continued, directly blaming Trump.

Describing the public consequences after breaking with the President—who labeled her a “traitor” and “disgrace” to the GOP—Greene stated she informed top Trump Administration officials, including VP J.D. Vance, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Trump himself, about threats on her life and her son’s following the dispute.

“President Trump’s responses were startling and deeply wounding. He essentially faulted me,” she alleged, noting that being branded a traitor by Trump was likewise “astonishing.”

“And it wasn’t betraying the nation. He meant betraying him personally,” she contended.

Greene discussed Trump’s reversal in November when he signed legislation commanding the Justice Department to publish the documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, after he had earlier brushed off the issue as a “”

“He [Trump] worked most aggressively to block these files’ release, and the sole reason he signed our House-passed bill was because he was forced to. It turned into a huge political issue,” Greene said, claiming that “the greatest political error in Donald Trump’s career was and opposing its publication.”

TIME has reached out to the White House for a response.

Though the dispute over releasing the Epstein files substantially terminated Greene and Trump’s previous partnership, it wasn’t the sole reason for their split.

Greene, formerly known for sporting her MAGA hat and advocating Trump’s White House return, of prominent matters last year, openly challenging—or separating herself from—some of his fundamental positions.

Additionally, over the weekend, Greene attacked the Justice Department, asking why her name appeared in issued by Attorney General Pam Bondi that cataloged prominent individuals referenced in the Epstein files. (Being named in the files doesn’t imply misconduct.)

The people named in the letter include those who “are or were government officials or politically exposed persons” and appear in the files at least once. The list spans from individuals who had contact with Epstein and his associates to those mentioned in news stories cited in the files. The letter also named deceased stars such as and , who were merely referenced in communications.

“Why are articles about my defiance of Covid overreach and other Epstein-unrelated news stories concerning me included in the Epstein files? What sort of records are the FBI and DOJ maintaining on us?” she asked.

The ex-Congresswoman’s name appears in multiple documents published by the Justice Department, which all seem to be news summaries circulated within the FBI. , an FBI daily news summary from November 2025, features a headline about the conflict between Greene and the President. It also contains a story on the Epstein files release.

on public affairs contains a headline describing Greene’s condemnation of Covid policies at the Capitol during the pandemic in November 2020. This summary also features a headline about an FBI arrest warrant for Epstein from 2008.

Greene joins numerous legislators in criticizing Bondi, who claims all Epstein files have been published.

During a Sunday appearance on ABC News’ This Week, Rep. Massie challenged this claim, that key documents remain unpublished.

“The issue is that the legislation Ro Khanna (the California Democratic Representative) and I drafted requires them to publish internal memos, notes, and emails regarding their choices to prosecute or not, to investigate or not,” he stated.