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U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) arrives at the Manhattan Courthouse on the day of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s scheduled court appearance following his indictment by a Manhattan grand jury following a investigation into money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, in New York, U.S., April 4, 2023.
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Republican Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos both fled the scene of growing protests outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is due for arraignment on Tuesday.
Greene and Santos joined pro-Trump protesters near the New York City courthouse hours before the scheduled court appearance. Greene was listed as the headliner for a 10:30 a.m. rally hosted by the New York Young Republican Club.
But minutes after their separate arrival, after reporters and counter-protesters surrounded lawmakers, both fled the scene. Santos left before the official start time of the protest.
In Greene’s case, protesters with whistles and drums drowned her out shortly after she reached the rally.
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Right-wing provocateur Greene, in an interview with Right Side Broadcasting, said they left the area after being “mobbed” by protesters.
“We’ve been swarmed. Incredibly swarmed,” Greene told Right Side Broadcasting in an interview after leaving the protests.
Representative George Santos, a New York Republican, speaks to members of the media outside the Criminal Court in New York, U.S., Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
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She also said she would conduct interviews Tuesday from a car while in New York. She later plans to go to Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club in Florida, where the former president plans to respond on camera to the indictment brought against him by a New York grand jury.
Greene told Right Side Broadcasting she spoke with Trump on Monday. She said the former president is “completely committed to fighting this injustice” and seemed to compare him to Jesus.
“President Trump joins some of the most incredible people in history arrested today. Nelson Mandela was arrested, served time in prison. Jesus. Jesus was arrested and murdered by the Roman government,” he said. she declared.
Greene previously tweeted that she looked forward to “seeing everyone in New York this morning at 10:30 a.m. at Collect Pond Park to protest the political persecution of President Donald J. Trump.” Santos, who has been caught repeatedly lying about his resume, recently tweeted that “the armed justice system is going after conservatives with political bias.”
Representatives for Greene and Santos did not return requests for comment.
Santos tweeted in apparent defense of his decision to flee the protest.
The congressman wrote: “Say what you want, I showed and you?”