Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., suggested during a recent interview that President Donald Trump’s eulogy for the late Charlie Kirk in September proved to her that he “does not have any faith,” and that her decision to leave Congress was in part because of her faith-based pivot.
In a lengthy profile in The New York Times Magazine published Monday, Greene said Charlie Kirk’s assassination moved her to reconsider her own Christian faith and convinced her she was contributing to a toxic political culture.
“After Charlie died, I realized that I’m part of this toxic culture. I really started looking at my faith. I wanted to be more like Christ,” said Greene, whose resignation from Congress is effective Jan. 5, a year before the end of her term.
Trump, who prompted concern among some Christian supporters last summer for appearing to suggest he could earn his salvation by inking peace deals, praised Kirk during his memorial in Glendale, Arizona, as “a missionary with a noble spirit and a great, great purpose.” But Trump admitted that he does not yet exhibit the grace toward his enemies that Kirk did.
“He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them,” Trump said. “That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent. And I don’t want the best for them.”
Greene contrasted Trump’s eulogy for Kirk with that of his wife, Erika, who famously forgave her husband’s killer during her eulogy.
“That was absolutely the worst statement,” Greene told the NYT regarding Trump’s speech. “It just shows where his heart is. And that’s the difference, with her having a sincere Christian faith, and proves that he does not have any faith.”
Greene said post-Kirk, she grew weary of Trump’s pugilistic approach to politics.
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong,” she said. “You just keep pummeling your enemies, no matter what. And as a Christian, I don’t believe in doing that. I agree with Erika Kirk, who did the hardest thing possible and said it out loud.”
Greene told the NYT that her dramatic falling out with Trump and the MAGA movement she once championed hinged on Epstein.
First elected in 2020, Greene was one of Trump’s staunchest allies, even as he faced his second impeachment in 2021 and was slapped with 34 felony charges in 2023. She announced her imminent resignation from Congress last month after Trump attacked her when she helped lead the charge in pushing Congress to force the U.S. Department of Justice to release all of its Epstein-related files by Dec. 19.
Greene struck a tone of disillusionment in her resignation statement at the time, citing the president’s attacks and his potential support for her primary challenger as key reasons for her decision.
During a Nov. 18 press conference on Capitol Hill, hours before the Epstein bill passed in Congress, Greene implied she felt betrayed when Trump pulled his endorsement of her the week before, calling her “Wacky Marjorie,” a “ranting lunatic,” and a “traitor” who had gone “Far Left.”
“I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for five — no, actually, six — years for, and I gave him my loyalty for free,” Greene said at the time.
“I won my first election without his endorsement, beating eight men in a primary, and I’ve never owed him anything. But I fought for him, for the policies and for America first, and he called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition,” she continued.
“Let me tell you what a traitor is: a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries and themselves. A patriot is an American that serves the United States of America and Americans like the women standing behind me,” she added, referring to the alleged Epstein victims who also attended the press conference.
Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news tips to jon.brown@christianpost.com
