U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recently became the latest target of President Donald Trump’s ire, said she will resign from Congress after the new year.
Greene, a Rome Republican, will leave with roughly a year left to serve in her third term in office. She has not said what she will do next, although she has a massive social media platform and her split with Trump made her an even bigger national sensation.
Greene announced her resignation in a 10-minute video posted on social media, followed by a written statement. She said she would not stand by and allow Trump to dump millions of dollars supporting a primary opponent running against her.
Greene said the likely result would be that she would win reelection and then have to defend Trump in the next Congress when Democrats are likely to win the majority.
“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” she said in the video. “I refuse to be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
Greene outlined her conservative, populist, “America First, America Only” agenda in the video, criticized establishment Republicans and outlined the ways she had shown loyalty to Trump over the years. She said that she disagreed with the president in only a few areas, such as on foreign policy and her support for releasing files related to the investigation of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
She said both parties had failed the American people, and she was no longer interested in playing the game as a member of the U.S. House unable to “stop Washington’s machine from gradually destroying our country.”
Instead, Greene said, common Americans possess the real power, and once they realize it, “I’ll be here by their side to rebuild it.”
During the government shutdown, Greene joined Democrats in calling for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year and criticized Republicans for not addressing health care costs.
But it was when she refused to back down from joining Democrats in forcing a vote to release the Epstein files that Trump decided he had enough, labeling her a “lunatic” and a “traitor.”
In her resignation video, Greene said that Trump’s comments and threats hurt because she had spent years acting as one of his strongest supporters in Congress.
“While, yes, hurtful, my heart remains filled with joy, my life is filled with happiness, and my true convictions remain unchanged because my self worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God who created everything in existence,” she said.
The normally media-friendly Greene had been quiet since Trump’s comments attacking her, declining interviews all week. The House is currently in recess for the Thanksgiving holiday.
A spokesperson for Greene did not respond to a text message seeking comment about her announcement.
Trump told ABC News late Friday that Greene hadn’t given him a heads-up but that he felt her decision to step down was a good one.
“I think it’s great news for the country,” he said.
Greene and Trump last appeared publicly together in June, when the congresswoman attended a private White House birthday reception, then sat in the president’s box during a military parade in his honor.
Greene earlier this year said she had decided not to run for Georgia governor or the U.S. Senate in 2026. But her resignation leaves open the possibility that she could run for president in 2028.
“I’ll be resigning from office with my last day being Jan. 5, 2026, and I look forward to seeing many of you again sometime in the future,” she said in the video.
Among the potential candidates to replace Greene in the deeply conservative 14th Congressional District are Georgia Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte and state Sen. Colton Moore, a Trump ally who was expelled from the GOP Senate caucus.
Staff writer Greg Bluestein contributed to this report.
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