Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tore into President Trump on Monday after he cast doubt on the results of last week’s midterm elections, asking why he never prosecuted anyone over his claims about the 2020 election.
Six days after Democrats won control of the House and Senate, Trump questioned on Truth Social whether the election was honest and asked how the polls could have been so wrong. Trump suggested voting machines had something to do with the results, but did not present evidence.
Greene, who once enthusiastically backed Trump’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen, shared Trump’s post and used an expletive to describe his claims. She asked his supporters whether he had ever prosecuted anyone from the 2020 election, then answered her own question with an all-caps “NO.”
Greene pointed out that Trump controls the Justice Department as president and questioned why no one has been charged. She noted the same voting machines he is now complaining about were used in 2020.
She said Trump’s failure to prosecute anyone should anger supporters who lost money, relationships or even went to prison fighting the 2020 results on his behalf.
Greene argued the real story of the midterms is that roughly 14 million Trump and Republican voters stayed home because they could no longer support Trump or the party. She said the polls were not wrong and declared the Democratic victory was entirely on Trump, accusing him of trying to deflect responsibility.
Greene arrived in Washington in January 2021 and joined the effort to object to certifying Joe Biden’s win. She later fell out with Trump over the Iran war.
The pushback came from both sides of the aisle. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called Trump’s remarks a pathetic return to election denialism. Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., rejected Trump’s claims about early-voting ballot dumps, saying he lost because American citizens rejected his agenda.
Some of Greene’s own followers questioned why she was only now speaking out after years of promoting claims about the 2020 election.
