Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will resign from Congress in January

Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced Friday she is resigning from Congress subsequent 12 months, efficient Jan. 5, 2026.

The bombshell improvement comes per week after President Donald Trump withdrew his help for Greene, one among his staunchest allies, after she criticized him and his administration for his or her dealing with of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, together with different issues.

In a four-page assertion asserting her resignation posted on X, Greene repeatedly addressed her latest falling-out with Trump. 

“Standing up for American girls who had been raped at 14, trafficked and utilized by wealthy highly effective males, mustn’t end in me being known as a traitor and threatened by the President of america, whom I fought for,” she mentioned. 

“I’ve an excessive amount of self respect and dignity, love my household means an excessive amount of, and are not looking for my candy district to endure a hurtful and hateful major in opposition to me by the President all of us fought for, solely to struggle and win my election whereas Republicans will doubtless lose the midterms,” Greene added.

Greene, who has served within the Home since 2021, got here underneath assault from Trump final week, when the president introduced that he was eradicating his endorsement of Greene’s reelection marketing campaign after she broke celebration rank and signed onto a discharge petition forcing a vote to order the Division of Justice to launch its full Epstein information — one other difficulty that Greene has come to champion from the marketing campaign path to Capitol Hill lately.

In a social media publish Trump known as Greene “a ranting Lunatic” who has “gone Far Left.” In an ensuing on-line back-and-forth with Greene over the weekend, he known as her “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene” and mentioned he would help a major challenger.

In a video launched Friday alongside her assertion Greene mentioned, “My self-worth isn’t outlined by a person, however as a substitute by God.”

In a quick cellphone interview with ABC Information Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott on Friday, Trump mentioned Greene’s resignation is “nice information for the nation.” He mentioned he has no plans to talk along with her and desires her effectively.

“I feel it is nice information for the nation. It is nice,” the president informed Scott, including Greene didn’t give him a heads up.

“Nah, it would not matter, you realize? However I feel it is nice,” he mentioned. “I feel she ought to be pleased.”

The falling-out with Trump was the obvious breaking level for the lawmaker who got here to outline the MAGA motion on Capitol Hill — whether or not it was combating Trump’s second impeachment following the Jan. 6 Capitol assault or carrying a “Make America Nice Once more” hat at then-President Joe Biden’s State of the Union deal with.

She warned in her resignation assertion that if she is “forged apart” by the MAGA motion, “then many widespread Individuals have been forged apart and changed as effectively” — although she didn’t rule out a return to elected workplace sooner or later.

“When the widespread American individuals lastly understand and perceive that the Political Industrial Complicated of each events is ripping this nation aside, that not one elected chief like me is ready to cease Washington’s machine from step by step destroying our nation, and as a substitute the fact is that they, widespread Individuals, The Individuals, possess the true energy over Washington, then I will be right here by their aspect to rebuild it,” she mentioned.

Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, who has additionally regularly been at odds with Trump — and led the hassle to compel DOJ to launch the Epstein information — reacted to Greene’s announcement in a publish on social media, saying “I am very unhappy for our nation however so pleased for my pal Marjorie.” 

He added, “Everybody ought to learn her assertion; there’s extra honesty expressed in these 4 pages than most politicians will converse in a lifetime.”

Republicans presently have 219 seats, together with Greene. Home Speaker Mike Johnson is anticipated to select up a 220th seat on Dec. 2 following a particular election in Tennessee. When Greene in the end resigns, Johnson’s traditionally slim Republican majority will return to its present break up, 219 to 213.

Johnson’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to ABC Information when requested if GOP leaders got a heads as much as the announcement.