Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced Friday she is resigning from Congress subsequent yr, efficient Jan. 5, 2026.
The bombshell growth comes per week after President Donald Trump withdrew his support for Greene, one among 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 saying her resignation posted on X, Greene repeatedly addressed her latest falling-out with Trump.
“Standing up for American ladies who had been raped at 14, trafficked and utilized by wealthy highly effective males, mustn’t end in me being known as a traitor and threatened by the President of america, whom I fought for,” she mentioned.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., heart, 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 manner an excessive amount of, and are not looking for 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 doubtless lose the midterms,” Greene added.
Greene, who has served within the Home since 2021, came under attack from Trump final week, when the president introduced that he was eradicating his endorsement of Greene’s reelection marketing campaign after she broke social gathering rank and signed onto a discharge petition forcing a vote to order the Division of Justice to launch its full Epstein recordsdata — one other subject that Greene has come to champion from the marketing campaign path to Capitol Hill in recent times.
In a social media publish Trump known as Greene “a ranting Lunatic” who has “gone Far Left.” In an ensuing on-line back-and-forth with Greene over the weekend, he known as her “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene” and mentioned he would assist a main challenger.
In a video launched Friday alongside her assertion Greene mentioned, “My self-worth shouldn’t be outlined by a person, however as an alternative by God.”
In a quick telephone 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 desires her nicely.
“I believe it is nice information for the nation. It is nice,” the president instructed Scott, including Greene didn’t give him a heads up.
“Nah, it does not matter, you realize? However I believe it is nice,” he mentioned. “I believe she ought to be pleased.”
U.S. Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) proclaims her resignation from her place, on this display screen 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 preventing Trump’s second impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol assault or carrying 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 frequent Individuals have been solid apart and changed as nicely” — although she didn’t rule out a return to elected workplace sooner or later.
“When the frequent American folks lastly understand and perceive that the Political Industrial Complicated of each events is ripping this nation aside, that not one elected chief like me is ready to cease Washington’s machine from step by step destroying our nation, and as an alternative the fact is that they, frequent Individuals, The Folks, possess the actual energy over Washington, then I will be right here by their aspect 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 continuously been at odds with Trump — and led the hassle to compel DOJ to launch the Epstein recordsdata — reacted to Greene’s announcement in a publish on social media, saying “I am very unhappy for our nation however so pleased 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 in the end 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.
