Marjorie Taylor Greene Posts Sympathy for Jan. 6 Rioters After Last Day in Congress: ‘Your Government Can Break You’

Marjorie Taylor Greene is no longer a member of the United States Congress.

Greene, who represented Georgia’s 14th District beginning in 2021, announced in November that she would resign. Her departure became official on Jan. 5.

On Jan. 6, Greene posted a lengthy message marking the five-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot—an event that occurred during her first week in office—focusing largely on the people arrested in connection with the attack.

“I’ll never forget going into the DC Gulag in Nov 2021 and seeing the J6’ers who were being held over 22 hours a day in solitary confinement even though they had not been convicted and were pretrial,” she wrote. “They were broken men, words can’t describe it.”

Greene, 51, said one of the men held up a hand-drawn American flag and she joined them in singing the national anthem. “Their melodic voices which combined their deep sadness and their unwavering patriotic conviction is a sound I’ll never forget.”

“Your government can break you. It can shatter your life… It is your right to hold your government accountable to you, the American people.”

Greene first revealed her resignation plans in a video statement posted to her X account on Nov. 21, after months of increasingly public rifts with President Donald Trump and other Republicans.

In June 2025, she broke with her party to oppose artificial intelligence provisions in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” saying she had not fully read the legislation and did not realize those provisions were included.

She also opposed Trump’s decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites and was among the loudest voices in Congress calling for the release of the Epstein files.

On Nov. 14, Trump posted a lengthy message on Truth Social saying he would withdraw his “support and endorsement” of Greene, who has been rumored to be considering a future Senate run.

In her resignation announcement, Greene described the treatment she said she received from Trump and fellow Republicans as “unfair” and “wrong.”

“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,” she 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. It’s all so absurd and completely unserious. I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”

Greene did not explain why she believes Trump could face an impeachment trial.

Before the split, Greene was one of the most prominent—and polarizing—MAGA-aligned Republicans in the House.

Not long after she entered Congress, 11 House Republicans joined Democrats in a 230–199 vote to strip her of committee assignments amid controversy over her past statements, support for conspiracy theories, and conduct toward colleagues.

During her tenure, she drew repeated backlash for actions and remarks, including displaying nude images of Hunter Biden during a House hearing, publicly insulting Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, and amplifying school shooting conspiracy theories online—at one point confronting Parkland survivor David Hogg in person.

She also gained national attention for disrupting President Joe Biden’s State of the Union addresses, including shouting “liar!” during his 2023 speech.

Greene refused to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and accumulated nearly $50,000 in fines for appearing maskless on the House floor. Her personal X account (then Twitter) was also banned for posts spreading misinformation about COVID and vaccines.

She was also a vocal opponent of transgender rights, including displaying a sign outside her office that critics described as transphobic in response to a colleague—former Illinois Rep. Marie Newman—who displayed a trans pride flag.

After announcing her resignation, Greene also shared personal news. On Dec. 15, journalist Brian Glenn wrote on X that he and Greene had gotten engaged. The two met in 2022 and began dating in 2023 after each filed for divorce from previous spouses.

“People don’t see the side of Marjorie that I do,” Glenn told The Washington Post in a Dec. 10 profile. “When you take her out of politics, she’s sweet. She’s sweet!”

Glenn also told the Post he planned to leave his role as Real America’s Voice White House correspondent when Greene returned to Georgia.

“I’m not doing this fly-back-and-forth thing — not doing it, it’s not worth it,” he said.

“I’ll do whatever content from there — either contribute to the network or do something else as well, another show or something,” he added, saying the organization is building him a studio in Georgia.