"For months, the White House had been pressuring congressional Republicans to hold the line against a bill that would require the release of Justice Department files connected to late pedophile-and Trump pal-Jeffrey Epstein. But Trump couldn't get every GOP member to do his bidding. Four Republican representatives -Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace, and Marjorie Taylor Greene-stubbornly joined with every House Democrat to support the bill's passage."
"Unlike most Republican lawmakers, Greene had no real political identity before Trump. She entered Congress in 2020 as an especially enthusiastic cheerleader for the MAGA revolution, going so far as to defend the January 6 attack on the Capitol as a movement to "overthrow tyrants." She also hyped QAnon conspiracy theories that portrayed Trump as the victim of "deep state" conspiracy. All of this made her seem more Trumpian than Trump, a true harbinger of the future of the GOP as a MAGA-dominated party."
Donald Trump abandoned efforts to block release of Justice Department files tied to Jeffrey Epstein after several Republican representatives joined Democrats to pass the bill. The White House had pressured congressional Republicans to prevent disclosure before Trump conceded. Trump then targeted Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose defection he viewed as especially damaging. Greene entered Congress in 2020 as a fervent MAGA supporter, defended January 6 as an effort to "overthrow tyrants," and amplified QAnon narratives casting Trump as a "deep state" victim. Her provocative style and social-media prominence elevated her national profile.
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