Marjorie Taylor Greene goes scorched earth on Trump after Democrat wins state rep seat for Mar-a-Lago district

Former Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene lashed out at President Donald Trump after a Democrat won a closely-watched Florida statehouse race.

Democrat Emily Gregory defeated Trump-endorsed Republican Jon Maples in a special election Tuesday for Florida’s House District 87, which includes the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The seat was previously held by a Republican who won the district by a wide margin in 2024.

Reacting to Gregory’s victory, Greene called out Trump and suggested the Republican Party would see additional losses in future elections this year and in 2028.

“Turning your back on your campaign promises, and many disgusting behaviors like calling one of your top allies ‘traitor’ for releasing the Epstein files and refusing to go along with MIGA, apparently has consequences,” she wrote on X Wednesday morning. “26 is gone but keep putting Americans last and 28 will be too.”

Trump has repeatedly called Greene a “traitor” ever since their public falling out last year over a number of issues, including the release of the so-called Epstein files. The feud culminated in Greene resigning from Congress.

When asked about her post, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told The Independent that Greene “quit on her constituents and the America First movement in the middle of her term.”

“President Trump is fighting every single day to Make America Great Again – we don’t have time for quitters,” Ingle added.

Greene shared another post Wednesday afternoon highlighting how Democrats have flipped several state legislature seats in special elections over the past year.

“I’d also like to remind everyone that when I led the party on the campaign trail fighting for America First in ‘22 and ‘24, all the GOP did was win win win,” she wrote. “But after Trump called me a traitor and said he would destroy me for releasing the Epstein files, I refuse to fight for Trump and the Republican Party that defends the Epstein class, wages pointless foreign wars, and pursues America LAST.”

Greene isn’t the only one who sees Gregory’s victory as a sign of what may come in future elections.

“If Democrats can win in Trump’s own backyard, we can win anywhere,” Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said Tuesday in a statement. “From now until November, Democrats are all gas and no brakes as we compete across every corner of Florida and the nation.”

The DNC also called Gregory’s win an “earth-shattering victory for Florida Democrats,” given that the president won the district by a healthy margin in 2024.

Gregory, a first-time lawmaker with a public health background, told CNN she focused her campaign on every-day issues, rather than the president.

“I think my opponent put it front and center, and I focused on the issues that matter most to Florida families,” she said Tuesday. “Everyone is feeling the affordability crisis and the last thing that Florida families needed when they’re struggling is $4 gas.”