{"id":172776,"date":"2025-11-22T14:08:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T14:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/marjorie-taylor-greene-to-resign-from-congress-in-january-amid-fallout-with-trump-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T14:08:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T14:08:49","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-to-resign-from-congress-in-january-amid-fallout-with-trump-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/marjorie-taylor-greene-to-resign-from-congress-in-january-amid-fallout-with-trump-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign from Congress in January amid fallout with Trump – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Decision by Georgia Republican and leading Maga figure to give up House seat comes after dramatic break with Trump, lately over the Epstein files bill
Reaction: Trump calls resignation \u2018great news for the country\u2019<\/a>
From staunch Trump ally to \u2018traitor\u2019: key takeaways of Marjorie Taylor Greene\u2019s career<\/a>
Marjorie Taylor Greene announced<\/a> on Friday evening she will be resigning from office effective 5 January 2026, in the wake of souring relations with President Donald Trump, mostly recently over a vote to force the release of files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
In a four-page statement, the Georgia<\/a> congresswoman said the legislative branch had been \u201csidelined\u201d and accused Republican leaders of refusing to advance conservative priorities such as border security or \u201cAmerica First\u201d policies.
Until recently, Greene had been one of the most vocal and visible supporters of Trump\u2019s Make America Great Again movement, crediting him with inspiring her to run for Congress in 2020. But in recent months, the congresswoman had become a surprising critic of the Trump administration \u2013 taking on the president not just over the release of the Epstein files, but also his administration\u2019s support for Israel, and extending expiring Obamacare subsidies. She began questioning whether Trump was truly an \u201cAmerica first\u201d president.
\u201cNo matter which way the political pendulum swings, Republican or Democrat, nothing ever gets better for the common American man or woman,\u201d Greene said.
\u201cWhen the common American people finally realize and understand that the political industrial complex of both parties is ripping this country apart, that not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington\u2019s machine from gradually destroying our country, and instead the reality is that they, common Americans, the people, possess the real power over Washington, then I\u2019ll be here by their side to rebuild it.
\u201cUntil then I\u2019m going back to the people I love, to live life to the fullest as I always have, and look forward to a new path ahead,\u201d Greene added. <\/strong>
In a phone conversation with an ABC News reporter, Trump was quoted as saying Greene\u2019s resignation was \u201cgreat news\u201d<\/a>. He added that Greene hadn\u2019t given him notice but \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter, you know but I think it\u2019s great. I think she should be happy.\u201d
Previously, Trump has called Greene a \u201ctraitor\u201d and \u201cwacky\u201d and said he would endorse a challenger against her when she ran for re-election next year. In a social media post<\/a> last week, Trump speculated that Greene had turned against him because he advised her not to run for Senate and claimed she was \u201cupset that I don\u2019t return her phone calls\u201d. In response, Greene accused Trump of lying and said she believed it was her persistent calls for his administration to release the Epstein files that \u201csent him over the edge\u201d<\/a>.
Greene did not give House Speaker Mike Johnson advance notice of her resignation, according<\/a> to NBC News. Her departure in January will narrow Johnson\u2019s already razor-thin majority, leaving him less room to maneuver.
Greene explained her decision in a 10-minute social media video posted on X on Friday night.
In her resignation statement, she said: \u201cI have fought harder than almost any other elected Republican to elect Donald Trump<\/a> and Republicans to power \u2026 Through it all I have never changed or went back on my campaign promises \u2026 America First should mean America First and only Americans First, with no other foreign country ever being attached to America First in our halls of government.\u201d
Last week, Greene said she had been contacted by private security firms \u201cwith warnings for my safety\u201d after Trump announced he was withdrawing his support<\/a> for and endorsement of her.
In a post on X, Greene said that \u201ca hotbed of threats against me are being fueled and egged on by the most powerful man in the world\u201d, without referring to Trump by name, adding it was \u201cthe man I supported and helped get elected\u201d.
Greene reiterated these threats in her statement, saying that she has faced \u201cnever ending personal attacks, death threats, lawfare, ridiculous slander and lies about me, that most people could never withstand even for a day\u201d.
Her resignation comes after months of opinions that go against those of the White House and some of her Republican colleagues. Earlier this month, Trump pushed back against criticism from Greene, saying she had \u201clost her way\u201d after she accused him<\/a> of paying too much attention to foreign affairs and not enough to the rising cost of living in the US \u2013 points she also addressed in her Friday statement.
Greene said she had broken with the US president over several issues, including the issuing of H-1B visas to skilled foreign workers, a ban on AI regulation, \u201c50-year mortgage scams\u201d, involvement in foreign wars, and the release of files related to the crimes of Epstein, the late pedophile Trump socialized with for more than 15 years.
\u201cStanding 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,\u201d Greene said.
Greene has been an outspoken opponent of Israel\u2019s war on Gaza, with US support, calling it \u201ca genocide\u201d.
\u201cIf I am cast aside by Maga Inc and replaced by Neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Military Industrial War Complex, foreign leaders, and the elite donor class that can\u2019t even relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well,\u201d Greene said.
Her resignation comes halfway through her third term in the US House of Representatives<\/a>. In her resignation speech, she did not say what she would do next but hinted at a future in politics, saying: \u201cWhen the common American people finally realize and understand that the Political Industrial Complex of both parties is ripping this country apart \u2026 [and] that they, common Americans, The People, possess the real power over Washington, then I\u2019ll be here by their side to rebuild it.\u201d
Political strategist Shermichael Singleton said Greene might be \u201clooking at future plan\u201d.
\u201cIf I were advising her, hey, you might be able to get through this brief moment in time,\u201d Singleton told CNN<\/a>. \u201cBut perhaps she thought otherwise. Maybe she\u2019s looking at future plans. But this is a big shocker.\u201d
Trump won her district in the 2024 presidential race with 68% of the vote; Greene won re-election with 64%. Despite strong support for Trump, voters in Greene\u2019s district seemed to be unaffected by the representative\u2019s scuffle with the president, according to NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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