Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Friday evening that she is resigning from Congress, following a contentious split with President Trump.
Her departure follows weeks of escalating tensions with the president after she repeatedly called for the immediate public release of the Jeffrey Epstein client list and related files. The dispute prompted Trump to criticize her and withdraw his endorsement in several posts on Truth Social.
“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 in the video.
“If I am cast aside by the president and the MAGA political machine and replaced by Neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Military Industrial War Complex, foreign leaders and the elite donor class that can never, ever relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well,” she added.
“I have fought harder than almost any other elected Republican to elect Donald Trump and Republicans to power, traveling the country for years, spending millions of my own money, missing precious time with my family that I can never get back,” Greene wrote in her resignation letter.
“Meanwhile most of the Establishment Republicans, who secretly hate him and who stabbed him in the back and never defended him against anything, have all been welcomed in after the election,” she noted further.
One House Republican told Axios that Greene had not given any indication that she was planning to abruptly resign, calling her decision “shocking.”
“But she’s not wrong,” the lawmaker, a right-wing populist like Greene, told Axios. “I agree with her sentiments. I … have thought of doing the same.”
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) posted on X: “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.”
In her video, Greene referenced the Epstein files, which Congress voted last week to release and which Trump signed.
“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.
Greene has faced both criticism and support for her position on Epstein from various segments of the right. She has also become a focal point for adopting a strong “America First” approach regarding funding Israel.
In addition, she appeared to take a shot at Trump over the issue of loyalty, which is incredibly important to him.
“Loyalty should be a two-way street and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest, because our job title is literally ‘representative,’” she added.
“Until then, I’m 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. I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026,” she continued.
While speaking to CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, Greene remarked that being called a “traitor” by the president was “the most painful thing” and could have jeopardized her safety.
“The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a traitor,” Greene said. “And that is… that is so extremely wrong. And those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger.”
