Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign from Congress in January

[ad_1] 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, certainly 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 saying her resignation posted on X, Greene repeatedly addressed her latest 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 known as a traitor and threatened by the President of the USA, whom I fought for," she stated.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., middle, applauds throughout a information convention because the Home prepares to vote on the Epstein Information 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 approach an excessive amount of, and don't need my candy district to endure a hurtful and hateful major towards me by the President all of us fought for, solely to battle and win my election whereas Republicans will possible lose the midterms," Greene added.

Greene, who has served within the Home since 2021, got here underneath assault 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 information -- one other subject that Greene has come to champion from the marketing campaign path to Capitol Hill lately.

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 stated he would help a major challenger.

In a video launched Friday alongside her assertion Greene stated, "My self-worth isn't outlined by a person, however as a substitute by God."

In a quick cellphone interview with ABC Information Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott on Friday, Trump stated Greene's resignation is "nice information for the nation." He stated he has no plans to talk along with her and desires her properly.

"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 would not matter, you already know? However I believe it is nice," he stated. "I believe she needs to be blissful.”

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 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 tackle.

She warned in her resignation assertion that if she is "forged apart" by the MAGA motion, "then many widespread People have been forged apart and changed as properly" -- although she didn't rule out a return to elected workplace sooner or later.

"When the widespread American folks lastly notice 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 steadily destroying our nation, and as a substitute the truth is that they, widespread People, The Folks, possess the true energy over Washington, then I will be right here by their aspect to rebuild it," she stated.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives to a information convention on the Epstein Information 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 steadily 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 blissful for my pal Marjorie."

He added, "Everybody ought to learn her assertion; there’s extra honesty expressed in these 4 pages than most politicians will communicate in a lifetime."

Republicans at present have 219 seats, together with Greene. Home Speaker Mike Johnson is anticipated to choose 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 cut up, 219 to 213.