The dispute between U.S. President Donald Trump and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has fueled concerns that Trump's Make America Great Again base could fracture a year before Americans go to the polls for midterm elections, when Democrats hope to regain control of Congress.

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Republican voters in Georgia's 14th district are expressing concern after Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene broke with former President Donald Trump over the release of Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump withdrew his endorsement of Greene following her support for the files' release, signaling he may back a challenger in the next election.

Despite the rift, local party leaders and political analysts believe Greene remains popular and well-resourced in her district, making her difficult to unseat. The controversy has also impacted Trump's approval ratings, with recent polling showing a decline in support among Republicans and widespread public skepticism about government transparency in the Epstein case.

Trump break with Marjorie Taylor Greene jolts MAGA voters

This meeting of Republicans in Lafayette, Georgia, is deep within the district that elected U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. Her recent break with President Donald Trump over the Epstein files was the elephant in the room at the gathering, and local party chair Jackie Harling chose to address the issue head-on. We love President Trump, and we love our Congresswoman. And there seems to be a little bit of trouble brewing. People took turns voicing their worries about the deepening rift and its potential impact on the MAGA movement. It's not pretty, and it hurts my feelings. It hurts my heart to watch our Congresswoman knowing firsthand how hard she works for us. Fears of a fracture within the Make America Great Again movement are coming a year before midterm elections, when Democrats hope to regain control of Congress. Trump and his staff lobbied hard for months to prevent further release of files from the investigation by the Justice Department into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was, for a time, friends with Trump. He reversed his stance only after a House petition gathered enough support to force a vote on the matter, but not before Trump withdrew his endorsement of Greene. 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. I won my first election without his endorsement, beating eight men in a primary. And I've never owed him anything. Trump signaled he'd support a Republican challenger for her in elections next year, but Harling says she's not sure that would play out in Trump's favor. I don't think going on The View makes you a Democrat. I don't think that saying some positive words about Nancy Pelosi makes you a Democrat. I don't, I don't. You know, we're Southern women. Sometimes we say nice things when we really want to say not nice things. And I don't think that, I don't, I have not been presented with anything that Marjorie has done that makes me question my faith in her. The break between Trump and a MAGA loyalist like Greene is rare. But Kerwin Swint, a political science professor at Georgia's Kennesaw State University, agrees that Greene is likely to survive politically. I think if you look at the timeline of when all this happened, it began around May or June. And that's around the time that my sources tell me Trump, President Trump told her, you know, look, you're not going to get elected to the Senate in Georgia. You're not going to get elected governor in Georgia. You need to stand down. In her district, a lot of Republicans in the 14th district worship the ground she walks on. You know, they think she's a fighter. She's a hero for them, you know, for the populist movement, America first. Also, she's got a huge bank account, campaign bank account. She's got incredible name ID. And so it would be hard for any Republican to beat her, I think. Not impossible, but hard. The clash over Epstein has had a wider impact on Trump's public approval. It fell to the lowest point of his second term so far in the most recent Reuters Ipsos poll. That poll found just 44% of Republicans thought Trump was handling the situation well, and 70% of Americans overall believed the government was hiding information about people involved in Epstein's sex crimes.

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Trump approved 28-point plan to end Russia-Ukraine war

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President Donald Trump now appears to support the release of all Jeffrey Epstein files as the House of Representatives readies for a vote on the matter. CBS News' Natalie Brand reports.

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