Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced Friday she is resigning from Congress subsequent yr, efficient Jan. 5, 2026.
The bombshell improvement comes per week after President Donald Trump withdrew his help for Greene, considered one of his staunchest allies, after she criticized him and his administration for his or her dealing with of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, together with different issues.
In a four-page assertion asserting her resignation posted on X, Greene repeatedly addressed her current falling-out with Trump.
“Standing up for American girls who have been raped at 14, trafficked and utilized by wealthy highly effective males, mustn’t lead to me being referred to as a traitor and threatened by the President of america, whom I fought for,” she mentioned.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., middle, applauds throughout a information convention because the Home prepares to vote on the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act, on the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025.
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“I’ve an excessive amount of self respect and dignity, love my household method an excessive amount of, and don’t want my candy district to endure a hurtful and hateful main in opposition to me by the President all of us fought for, solely to battle and win my election whereas Republicans will probably lose the midterms,” Greene added.
Greene, who has served within the Home since 2021, got here beneath assault from Trump final week, when the president introduced that he was eradicating his endorsement of Greene’s reelection marketing campaign after she broke celebration rank and signed onto a discharge petition forcing a vote to order the Division of Justice to launch its full Epstein information — one other challenge that Greene has come to champion from the marketing campaign path to Capitol Hill in recent times.
In a social media publish Trump referred to as Greene “a ranting Lunatic” who has “gone Far Left.” In an ensuing on-line back-and-forth with Greene over the weekend, he referred to as her “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene” and mentioned he would help a main challenger.
In a video launched Friday alongside her assertion Greene mentioned, “My self-worth will not be outlined by a person, however as a substitute by God.”
In a short cellphone interview with ABC Information Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott on Friday, Trump mentioned Greene’s resignation is “nice information for the nation.” He mentioned he has no plans to talk along with her and needs her nicely.
“I believe it is nice information for the nation. It is nice,” the president advised Scott, including Greene didn’t give him a heads up.
“Nah, it would not matter, you realize? However I believe it is nice,” he mentioned. “I believe she must be completely satisfied.”
U.S. Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) publicizes her resignation from her place, on this display seize from an announcement launched on social media, November 21, 2025.
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The falling-out with Trump was the obvious breaking level for the lawmaker who got here to outline the MAGA motion on Capitol Hill — whether or not it was combating Trump’s second impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol assault or sporting a “Make America Nice Once more” hat at then-President Joe Biden’s State of the Union handle.
She warned in her resignation assertion that if she is “solid apart” by the MAGA motion, “then many widespread People have been solid apart and changed as nicely” — although she didn’t rule out a return to elected workplace sooner or later.
“When the widespread American folks lastly understand and perceive that the Political Industrial Advanced of each events is ripping this nation aside, that not one elected chief like me is ready to cease Washington’s machine from progressively destroying our nation, and as a substitute the fact is that they, widespread People, The Folks, possess the true energy over Washington, then I will be right here by their facet to rebuild it,” she mentioned.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives to a information convention on the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, exterior the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
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Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, who has additionally ceaselessly been at odds with Trump — and led the hassle to compel DOJ to launch the Epstein information — reacted to Greene’s announcement in a publish on social media, saying “I am very unhappy for our nation however so completely satisfied for my good friend Marjorie.”
He added, “Everybody ought to learn her assertion; there’s extra honesty expressed in these 4 pages than most politicians will converse in a lifetime.”
Republicans presently have 219 seats, together with Greene. Home Speaker Mike Johnson is anticipated to select up a 220th seat on Dec. 2 following a particular election in Tennessee. When Greene finally resigns, Johnson’s traditionally slim Republican majority will return to its present break up, 219 to 213.
Johnson’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to ABC Information when requested if GOP leaders got a heads as much as the announcement.
