Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leaving Congress after feud with Trump

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced Friday that she will resign from Congress after her falling out with President Trump.

“I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026,” Greene said in a lengthy statement.

U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking at a rally.
Marjorie Taylor-Greene will be stepping down halfway through her term.REUTERS

Greene’s shock announcement comes exactly a week after Trump withdrew his “support and endorsement” of the congresswoman amid her demands that the administration release documents related to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump fumed that despite his “Record Achievements for our Country,” all Greene does is “COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!”

The president referred to Greene as “wacky” and a “lunatic” in last week’s Truth Social post.

Greene cited Trump’s call for a Republican to step up and challenge her in a primary ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as part of the reason she decided to step down.

Former US President Donald Trump and US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene at a campaign event.e
Once close allies, Trump has referred to Greene as a ‘lunatic.’AFP via Getty Images

“I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms,” Greene said.

“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” the Georgia Republican continued. “I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”

Greene’s departure will narrow the GOP’s slim majority in the House, where 219 Republicans and 213 Democrats are currently seated.

Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking with a Christmas tree in the background.
Greene will officially step down on January 5, 2026.X/@mtgreenee

A House GOP aide described Greene’s plans to resign to The Post as a “vindictive” move to deliberately “f—k” over the majority.

“MTG left before Pelosi did,” the aide snarked, referring to 85-year-old Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s decision not to seek re-election and retire from office in January of 2027.

Greene, who had previously been a staunch supporter of the president, has broken with Trump on several issues in recent weeks — including by voicing support for an extension of Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies set to expire Dec. 31 and pushing for the Justice Department to release the so-called Epstein files.

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
The GOP’s slim majority in the House decreases with now 219 Republicans and 213 Democrats seated in Congress.Pool/ABACA/Shutterstock

Greene was one of only four House Republicans to sign onto a petition to force a vote on a resolution compelling the release of documents related to the disgraced financier.

Trump, who has described the Epstein case as a Democrat-led “hoax,” later signaled that he would sign the resolution, and it passed with near-unanimous support from both chambers of Congress.

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