- The pro-Trump lawmaker said her home in Rome, Georgia, was “shattered.”
- She said it was “like the eighth time” her home had been attacked
- It happened while her family was inside enjoying the Christmas festivities
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims her home was hit with fake threats on Christmas Day.
The pro-Trump lawmaker said her home in Rome, Georgia, was “battered for the eighth time” on December 25 while her family enjoyed the festivities inside.
“I was just beaten.” This is the 8th time. Here for Christmas with my family,” MTG wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“My local police are the GREATEST and shouldn't have to worry about this. “I appreciate them very much and my family and I celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ in joyful spirit!”
The congresswoman did not elaborate on the nature of the threats, but she has been the victim of what her office called “political attacks” before.
Controversial Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said her home was hit with fake threats on Christmas Day
The pro-Trump lawmaker said her home in Rome, Georgia, was “battered for the eighth time” on December 25 while her family enjoyed the festivities inside
The 49-year-old politician was beaten twice in August this year. On August 23, Rome police said officers “responded to a 911 call indicating that a person had been shot multiple times at an address within the city limits.”
According to the police report, the caller said a man had been shot at MTG's home and that a woman and children might still be inside.
When police officers showed up at her home, she assured them there was no problem and that the call was clearly a hitting incident.
The police report goes on to say that officers “received a second call from the suspect who used a computer-generated voice and stated that he/she was upset about Mrs. Greene's political stance on the rights of transgender youth.”
The next day, her home was targeted again by a prank caller who told police officers they had shot her family and threatened to kill any officers who came to the door.
MTG thanked their local police department in a tweet about the incident. “I was beaten just after 1am last night.
“I cannot thank my local law enforcement enough here in Rome, Floyd County. “More details to come.”
Her office confirmed in a statement to that a “political attack” had taken place on Greene's home.
“I was just beaten.” This is the 8th time. Here for Christmas with my family,” MTG wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter
The 49-year-old politician was beaten twice in August this year. On August 23, Rome police said officers “responded to a 911 call indicating that a person had been shot multiple times at an address within the city limits.”
Since the FBI's unannounced search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in early August, Greene has led Republican criticism of federal law enforcement
The act of “swatting” generally involves making a prank call to emergency services to trick the police into raiding a person's home.
Since the FBI's unannounced search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in early August, Greene has led Republican criticism of federal law enforcement.
In the early morning hours of August 8, the FBI executed a search warrant at the Palm Beach mansion in connection with classified documents sought by the National Archives.
Trump allies like Greene and GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik condemned the raid as a weapon of the Justice Department and called for consequences for Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray.
That sparked criticism from other Republicans, who cited federal warnings of a growing wave of violent threats against law enforcement employees related to the fallout from the FBI raid.
She was also beaten “for the sixth time” in October 2022. MTG said at the time that the callers “wanted to have their victim murdered by the police.”
“But it is also a huge misuse of police resources and time, which is another reason it is a serious crime,” she said.