WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., considered one of Donald Trump’s closest allies on Capitol Hill, mentioned Friday she is going to journey to New York subsequent week to protest the previous president’s indictment and urged different supporters to hitch her.
“I’m going to New York on Tuesday. We MUST protest the unconstitutional WITCH HUNT!” Greene tweeted to her 663,000 followers.
The Tuesday protests would come on the identical day Trump’s attorneys have mentioned the previous president and 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner is predicted to be arraigned in courtroom. A Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump on Thursday for making alleged hush-money funds to girls who claimed to have had relationships with him.
Greene’s name for protests is a reversal for the conservative firebrand and Trump loyalist, who lower than two weeks in the past pushed again on Trump’s personal name for his backers to “Protest, take our nation again!”
She took to Twitter then to say that Trump supporters “don’t must protest concerning the Communists Democrat’s planning to arrest Pres Trump and the political weaponization of our authorities and election interference.”
A day later, Greene advised reporters she had no plans to journey to New York to protest and urged others to hitch her at a Trump marketing campaign rally in Texas that week.
“I’m not going to New York. I’m going to go to Waco, Texas, and I’m going to hitch up with a bunch of those who assist President Trump,” Greene mentioned in Orlando.
“As a result of Save America rallies are like a fantastic, huge love fest. We’re all simply saying how a lot we love America and President Trump. I don’t must protest.”
It’s unclear why she modified her place about protesting in New York Metropolis, although she repeatedly speaks to Trump by cellphone and is a frequent customer to Mar-a-Lago. A Greene spokesman didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Up to now, no different GOP lawmakers have mentioned they’re planning to hitch Greene at protests in New York, although safety had already begun ramping up in response to Trump’s indictment. The New York Police Division ordered each member of the power to report in full uniform starting Friday morning, in response to a police memo. That features 36,000 officers and 19,000 civilian workers.
Greene’s remarks come as Trump has been reaching out to GOP allies on the Hill to seek the advice of with them concerning the subsequent steps of their public protection of his pending indictment. Trump has been checking in and engaged with these he’s hoping will actively assist his protection.
Trump spoke with each Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. Gaetz confirmed on Fox Information that he spoke with Trump and described the previous president as “resolute and centered.” In the meantime, Graham pled with Fox viewers to donate to Trump’s marketing campaign to assist along with his authorized protection.
Trump has actively cheered on the efforts by the GOP-controlled Home Oversight, Judiciary and Administration committees, that are probing Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg’s investigation in Trump’s hush-money funds.
Earlier than delivering a Lincoln Day tackle in Gettysburg on Thursday night time, Greene mentioned in a message despatched to reporters that Bragg “made a really harmful, and in my view, unlawful mistake” and that Trump would beat the fees.
“I’ve at all times stood by President Trump and I’ll stand alongside him on this combat as a result of the reality each single Republican in America wants to grasp [is] that they’re not simply coming after President Trump. They’re coming after each single considered one of us,” Greene mentioned.
“And proper now President Trump is the one one standing in the best way and he’s the primary one they wish to take down.”
Ryan Nobles, Julie Tsirkin and Jonathan Allen contributed.
