Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has announced that she will be retiring from Congress at the start of next year.
Greene, who has served in the House of Representatives since 2021, announced she will be leaving the lower chamber, effective Jan. 5, 2026. The Georgia legislator has publicly feuded with President Donald Trump over the past several weeks as she spoke out about her concern over the rising cost of healthcare and over her support for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
“I’ve always represented the common American, man and woman as a member of the House of Representatives, which is why I’ve always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in,” Greene said in an announcement post.
Greene called out her sparring with Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson in her resignation statement. In regards to her recent public divorce from Trump, she defended her position on demanding the release of the full Epstein Files, something she championed alongside other prominent GOP Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and Nancy Mace (R-SC).
“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,” Greene said.
She pointed to her disagreements with Johnson over healthcare policies as Democrats push to extend Obamacare subsidies and how the House “should have been in session working everyday to fix this disaster” during the recent government shutdown.
Greene said her “only goal and desire has ever been to hold the Republican Party accountable for the promises it makes to the American people and put America First.”
“If 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’t even relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well,” Greene said.
Despite her defense of breaking with Trump and Johnson, she flexed her conservative voting record in Congress, standing up for first amendment freedoms and the right to bear arms, and emphasizing her pro-life and anti-foreign war record.
“I ran for Congress in 2020 and have fought every single day believing that Make America Great Again meant America First. I have one of the most conservative voting records in Congress,” Greene said.
Greene’s Friday night bombshell garnered immediate reactions from her allies across the political spectrum, notably those with whom she worked on the Epstein Files bill.
Massie said: “I’m very sad for our country but so happy for my friend Marjorie. I’ll miss her tremendously. She embodies what a true Representative should be. Everyone should read her statement; there’s more honesty expressed in these four pages than most politicians will speak in a lifetime.”
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) hinted that Greene could be a contender for a 2028 presidential run.
“MTG is likely to be a formidable 2028 candidate. Her stances on Epstein, on regulating AI, and anti-war are more in touch with MAGA voters than JD Vance,” Khanna told NBC News.
Greene’s resignation would bring Republicans down to 218 seats in the House, while Democrats sit at 213 seats. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) resigned from her seat this week. Greene’s departure would be the fourth vacancy, two Republican seats and two Democrats.
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“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. “And in turn, be expected to defend the president against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me.”
She did not reveal any plans for her political future, but said she is “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.”
