Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene
delivered a blistering put down to the embattled
FBI Director Kash Patel
during a speech in Texas.​
Greene, who
broke with the president last year
over the Epstein files, took a swipe at Patel while speaking at the
Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity
. ​
The former representative delivered the jab, which drew a wave of laughter from the crowd, as she opened up about
receiving a deluge of death threats
amid her feud with Trump.
​“I did hear from Kash Patel,” she said, claiming that she had reported the death threats to him. “He said ‘on it,’ but I haven’t heard from him since. ​
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Marjorie Taylor Greene made a six-word swipe at FBI Director Kash Patel during a speech in Texas
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YouTube/RonPaulLibertyReport
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After pausing and breaking out into a smile, Greene quipped: “I don’t know what he’s on.”​
The crowd erupted into laughter and applause, as she silently nodded and smiled during the April 25 appearance. ​
Greene said that many of the death threats she received had referred to her as a “traitor,” as
Trump had during a rally
. One message, she claims, contained a threat to “put a bullet” in her son’s head.
Neither White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles nor White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair responded when she forwarded the threats to them, Greene claims. ​
However, Vice President JD Vance was “compassionate and kind,” she said. ​
“Donald Trump proceeded to tell me that it was my fault and that I deserve it,” Greene alleged. ​
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FBI Director Kash Patel has sued The Atlantic after the publication published a story about a string of alleged absences and excessive drinking
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The former representative gave the speech shortly after
Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit
against
The Atlantic.
​
The
publication had reported
that his FBI colleagues had become alarmed by alleged absences and drinking. His
lawsuit
described the article as being “replete with false and obviously fabricated allegations,” although
The Atlantic
told
The Independent
that it stands by its reporting. ​
Last month it was reported that
White House officials have been “openly discussing” who will replace Patel
.
Patel was also
skewered by SNL in a skit
over the weekend, which poked fun at his performance as FBI director.
​“What up? It's K Dot, AKA Kash with the K, AKA the most effective FBI director this country has ever had, Kash Patel!” Aziz Ansari, who was portraying Patel, said.
Still in character, Ansari went on to claim that the FBI had conducted an investigation into the
shooting at the Washington Hilton
during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. He joked that the investigation “could not have been more thorough.”​
“And for those of you saying I'm doing a bad job running the FBI, well, what if I told you this agency is only six weeks away from pinpointing the exact location of Osama bin Laden?” he quipped.
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