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Trump stews and Dems gloat over feud with Marjorie Taylor Greene

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President Donald Trump escalated his feud with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Saturday, as Democrats delighted over the latest relationship to turn sour in MAGA world.

“Lightweight Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!), betrayed the entire Republican Party when she turned Left, performed poorly on the pathetic View, and became the RINO that we all know she always was,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday.

Trump said he severed ties with Greene on Friday, withdrawing his endorsement of the GOP firebrand and longtime ally in a series of social media posts and reposts in which he accused her of pulling away only after he convinced her not to run for Georgia’s Senate seat.

Greene — who the president also described as “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Green,” Saturday morning — has repeatedly bucked the party line in recent months. She’s lambasted the administration’s handling of the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, criticized Trump’s focus on foreign affairs over domestic policy, lashed out at his tariffs and in July accused Israel of committing a “genocide” amid its war against Hamas in Gaza.

Democrats have cheered on the breakup between the two onetime allies, looking to further drive a wedge between the president and his base. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) — who has had several public brawls with Greene — said on Friday that this is a moment where Greene should “phone a friend,” adding that “I’m here for you girl… I told you not to trust him… all he cares about is HIMself.”

“The GWORLS are fighting!” she added.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) posted a meme in response to one of Greene’s posts, with her face superimposed on the body of X-Men superhero Wolverine, gazing mournfully at a picture of her and Trump sharing a close embrace.
Greene was at one time one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, with the president regularly praising her and promoting her political career. But this weekend’s blowup was preceded by months of simmering tension between the two, with the biggest divergence coming over Epstein.

Greene was one of just four Republicans to sign onto a discharge petition to force a House vote on the full release of the files related to the late financier, who died by suicide in a New York prison in 2019.

And she’s called on the White House to be more transparent.

Trump has instead accused Democrats of drumming up drama over the files and fabricating a connection between him and Epstein. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing associated with Epstein, his onetime friend, and long said that the pair had a falling out many years before Epstein’s death.

“The Democrats are doing everything in their withering power to push the Epstein Hoax again, despite the DOJ releasing 50,000 pages of documents, in order to deflect from all of their bad policies and losses, especially the SHUTDOWN EMBARRASSMENT, where their party is in total disarray, and has no idea what to do,” he wrote on Friday. “Some Weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish.”

Greene was unrepentant in a post on X on Saturday, and said the president’s tirade wouldn’t stop her from advocating for Epstein’s victims.

“I never thought that fighting to release the Epstein files, defending women who were victims of rape, and fighting to expose the web of rich powerful elites would have caused this, but here we are,” she wrote.

In a separate post, she said she forgave Trump, and “will pray for him to return to his original MAGA promises.”

Greene has long been a foil for Democrats, who have regularly lambasted her since her election in 2020 as a pro-Trump MAGA loyalist. But over the last several months they’ve repeatedly sought to elevate her criticism of the president. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Friday night that Greene is “crushing” Trump, adding a go-to line from the president, “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) reposted Greene’s text exchange Saturday morning, writing on X, “If Trump is working so hard to keep the Epstein files from coming out, how bad are they?”

Trump reposted five posts referencing Greene’s break on Friday evening, including one that said Greene “chose” her side when she “joined Democrats,” adding that she “wants to better your political future in 2028 instead of helping President Trump fix this country which is why we voted for him again. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.”

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Mitch McConnell is still in the hospital after medical episode, his office says

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Sen. Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized, his office said in a statement Thursday — without offering details about a recent medical episode that has renewed concern about the health of the former Republican majority leader.

McConnell “continues his recovery in the hospital” and “continues to improve,” his office said.

“Senator McConnell appreciates the outpouring of support he’s receiving while he continues his recovery in the hospital,” the statement said. “The Senator continues to improve, and is working closely with his staff on Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session.”

The statement did not explain why he was hospitalized last month.

The update comes after multiple outlets reported details of a first responder dispatch call indicating emergency medical personnel responded to McConnell’s home last month to treat an unconscious person who had experienced “cardiac arrest.”

Blue Light News has not independently verified the dispatch call.

The 84-year-old senator, who is retiring at the end of this term, has experienced multiple medical incidents in recent years. On two occasions in 2023, he froze while speaking with reporters. He has also suffered multiple falls and temporarily used a wheelchair, a move his office described at the time as a precautionary measure.

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House Ethics says it doesn’t have information to share on lawmaker sexual misconduct settlements

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The House adopted a resolution Tuesday requiring the House Ethics Committee to release information on taxpayer funds used to pay out sexual misconduct settlements with lawmakers — but the committee now says it has no information it can share.

In a statement Thursday, the committee reiterated it does not manage sexual harassment lawsuits or their settlements; taxpayers have not footed the bill for those payments since 2018.

Since that time, according to the statement, “the Committee has not been notified of any awards or settlements relating to allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse, or other sexual misconduct by a Member.”

Instead, the bipartisan Ethics Committee said it was up to the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to publicly release a list of each member who has received settlements for sexual misconduct allegations, as mandated by the resolution championed by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).

The committee, in the Thursday statement, said it “fully supports the release of information about sexual misconduct settlements and calls on OCWR to abide by [the resolution] and make publicly available information about Member sexual misconduct matters resulting in payment of taxpayer funds.”

Massie, in a text message Thursday, said “OCWR can release it.”

The OCWR did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The bipartisan Ethics Committee has been under pressure in recent months to show it takes allegations of sexual misconduct against colleagues seriously. Two former House members — Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) — were forced to resign earlier this year amid serious accusations against them.

The renewed reckoning has prompted new questions about whether the House is up to the task of policing its own. The resolution earlier this week was adopted nearly unanimously, with just one member, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), voting “present.”

House Ethics Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) said in an interview earlier this week that while he would support Massie’s resolution, the relevant “information was already out in the public domain.”

Meredith Lee Hill contributed to this report.

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AOC endorses El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) endorsed Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign for Michigan’s open Senate seat on Thursday, a decision that comes as progressives look to capitalize off a series of recent high-profile primary victories in New York, Colorado and elsewhere.

Her endorsement could provide El-Sayed with a critical boost just over a month before the state’s Aug. 4 primary. The former public health official is locked in a heated contest against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow for the right to take on Republican Mike Rogers in the general election.

It also comes as El-Sayed has risen to the top of the pack in recent public polling.

Virtually any Democratic path to flipping the Senate in this year’s midterms would see the party hold the open Michigan Senate seat, with two-term Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) retiring at the end of his term.

The race has emerged as perhaps the largest battleground over the ideological future of the party. El-Sayed, who unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2018, has collected endorsements from progressives, while Stevens has the tacit backing of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, with AIPAC also boosting her candidacy.

El-Sayed, Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with The New York Times, is her party’s best chance.

“Despite our ideological differences and whatever disagreements there are in the party, every single one of us sees this moment as existential,” she said. “And I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning. And I think that Abdul gives us that right now.”

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