Greene blames – Marjorie Taylor Greene said after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) lost his Republican primary to Trump-backed Ed Gallrein that “releasing the Epstein files was our demise.” Greene also pointed to the discharge petition that helped trigger the Epstein Files Transpare
For Marjorie Taylor Greene, the blame was immediate and blunt after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was knocked out in his Republican primary.
On Tuesday. Greene said in a social media post that the fallout from the effort to release government materials connected to Jeffrey Epstein ended up “our demise. ” after Massie lost to Trump-backed candidate Ed Gallrein. The language wasn’t careful, either. Greene wrote: “I am proud and thankful to have served in the U.S. House of Representatives with my friend Thomas Massie. a giant among weak pathetic men.” Then she added: “Releasing the Epstein files was our demise.”.
She framed the defeat as proof of what she called the power of those she believes fought back against the Epstein files disclosures. Greene wrote that “everyone knows the truth. ” saying that “you are ruled by the Epstein class that cares nothing about you” and that “your elected leaders are bought and controlled by a foreign lobby.” In her telling. the political price came fast: “Tonight the future of the Republican Party was destroyed.”.
Greene did not stop at lament. She said. “The Real America First Movement will rise led by the younger generations. ” and she pointed to a widening rupture inside the party. She also asked for a kind of endurance test. writing: “Let us pray that we have a country left by the time these creatures are gone.”.
Massie had previously said the discharge petition tied to the Epstein disclosures came with personal consequences for several lawmakers. During a discussion with Tucker Carlson this month about the discharge petition—an effort that Greene’s post referenced as connected to the Epstein Files Transparency Act being signed into law—Massie named three Republican colleagues he said “suffered” most after splitting from Trump over the Epstein files.
“There’s three women – Nancy Mace. Marjorie Taylor Greene. and Lauren Boebert – who signed their names on that discharge petition and all suffered. ” Massie said. He added that “Marjorie practically gave up her political career over this. She and her children got death threats over this. Not from the left, from the right.”.
Massie linked the political retaliation he described to actions by Trump, as well. He claimed Trump “vetoed a bill that would’ve brought water to a large portion of Colorado” as revenge after Boebert backed the petition to release all government documents related to the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Massie’s argument rested on his claim that Trump had been a close friend of Epstein for several years.
Now, the defeat has reshaped who remains in Congress from that original group of signers. After Massie’s Tuesday defeat and Greene’s resignation in January, just two out of four of the Republicans who signed the Epstein files discharge petition—Boebert and Mace—will soon remain in Congress.
Trump’s pressure campaign against members who have broken with him over Massie is already showing up in the same orbit of names. Trump attacked Boebert in a Truth Social post on Saturday, threatening to support a primary challenger if she keeps backing the line associated with Massie.
“Boebert is campaigning for the Worst ‘Republican’ Congressman in the History of our Country. Thomas Massie. of the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky. and anybody who can be that dumb deserves a good Primary fight!” Trump threatened. He added: “Even though I long ago endorsed Boebert. if the right person came along. it would be my Honor to withdraw that Endorsement. and endorse a good and proper alternative. Just let me know, or announce your Candidacy, and I will be there for you!”.
The episode ties together the party’s internal fights with the Epstein disclosures—starting with Massie’s push through a discharge petition. continuing through the Epstein Files Transparency Act being signed into law. and now colliding with the political consequences that Greene says followed immediately when the fight made enemies.
In the end, the question isn’t just who won a primary. It’s who lost power, and how hard the fight over the Epstein files has already cost some of the lawmakers who led it.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Thomas Massie Ed Gallrein Epstein Files Transparency Act discharge petition Nancy Mace Lauren Boebert Jeffrey Epstein Tucker Carlson Truth Social primary election