The purported endorsement comes after the former president met with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she had spoken with former President Donald Trump, claiming she had his backing in a tweet Saturday morning.
“I’m so grateful for his support and more importantly the people of this country are absolutely 100% loyal to him because he is 100% loyal to the people and America First,” Greene (R-Ga.) wrote in the tweet.
But it’s unclear why or when the purported conversation took place and neither side was immediately willing to discuss it or confirm it.
A spokesperson for Trump declined to comment or elaborate on the former president’s call with the Georgia Republican. The spokesman for Greene’s House office, Nick Dyer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Greene’s claim of Trump’s endorsement comes as the Republican Party faces pressure to punish the freshman lawmaker for her embrace of conspiracy theories and her history of extremist and racist rhetoric. It catches the GOP at a fraught moment, with its trajectory uncertain as party leaders reckon with Trump’s legacy and their newfound lack of power in Washington.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said that she had spoken with former President Trump, claiming she had his backing in a tweet https://t.co/HvtC22ocmi
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