U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of Donald Trump’s staunchest allies and a leading figure of the MAGA movement, announced Friday that she will resign from Congress following an acrimonious split with the president.
Her resignation, effective January 5, marks a stunning political reversal that few would have predicted months earlier.
Greene, a Republican from Georgia, said in a 10-minute video posted on social media that she could not continue serving amid escalating tensions with Trump, who had begun backing a primary challenger against her.
She said she refused to be a “battered wife,” describing the relationship as increasingly hostile after she supported the release of government files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an effort Trump opposed.
“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,” she said.
She added that she had no intention of defending Trump in likely impeachment proceedings should Republicans lose their House majority in next year’s midterm elections.
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announces her resignation from her position, in this screen grab from a statement released on social media, November 21, 2025. Marjorie Taylor Greene via X/Handout via REUTERS
Trump, speaking to ABC News, called Greene’s departure “great news for the country.”
The public rupture between the two has raised concerns among some Republicans that Trump’s “America First” coalition could fracture ahead of the 2026 midterms, where Democrats hope to retake Congress.
Greene’s resignation will narrow the GOP majority in the House to 218 seats against the Democrats’ 213, while Republicans retain a 53–47 edge in the Senate.
Greene used her video to criticize both parties for failing to address the rising cost of living, accusing Washington of being “sidelined” since Trump returned to the presidency in January.
She said ordinary Americans were being “cast aside,” pointing to soaring household bills, rent, and grocery prices, as well as corporate investors outbidding families for homes.
The Georgia congresswoman had gradually distanced herself from Trump in recent months. She joined a House push to force the release of the Epstein files, criticized GOP leaders for neglecting healthcare costs during the government shutdown, and condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza as a “genocide.” Trump retaliated sharply, labeling her a “traitor,” a “disgrace,” and ultimately a “ranting lunatic” as he withdrew his support.
Defending her Epstein vote, Greene said, “Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the president of the United States, whom I fought for.”
Republicans reacted with mixed sentiments. Her ally, Representative Thomas Massie, praised her as embodying “what a true representative should be,” while former GOP lawmaker and Trump critic Barbara Comstock applauded Greene for refusing to “take Trump’s abuse.”
Greene won her northwest Georgia district with 64% of the vote in 2024, and many constituents expressed hope this week that the rift with Trump could heal. But Greene made it clear she will not engage in a bruising fight with a Trump-backed challenger or remain in a Congress she expects to fall under Democratic control.
“If I am cast aside by MAGA Inc and replaced by Neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, the Military Industrial War Complex, foreign leaders, and the elite donor class,” she said, “then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well.”
Source: Reuters
Written By Rodney Mbua
