Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says she will resign her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, ending her tenure as the representative for the state’s 14th Congressional District.
In a video posted to X on Friday, Nov. 21, Greene called her decision unexpected but final, saying her resignation will take effect on January 5, 2026. She framed the move as a response to what she described as deepening gridlock in Washington and growing hostility within her own party, which she said has made it harder to pursue the agenda she ran on.
Greene said she feels she has been treated unfairly by fellow Republicans and argued that she should not be expected to stand behind President Donald Trump after what she considers a targeted effort against her political future.
“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.”
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Greene did not explain why she believes Trump could face impeachment.
She also criticized House Republicans for their role in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, while pointing to her conservative record on gun rights, abortion, border security, and what she called “COVID tyrannical insanity.”
Her resignation comes one week after Trump publicly withdrew his endorsement of Greene and labeled her a “ranting lunatic.”
The split between Greene and Trump has been building for months. In June, she broke with her party to oppose artificial intelligence provisions in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” acknowledging at the time that she had not read the legislation. She also objected to Trump’s decision that month to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites.
“I’m sick of funding foreign aid and foreign countries and foreign everything,” Greene wrote on X on June 22. “I want to fund American interests and issues.”
More recently, Greene repeatedly called for the Epstein files to be released, even though Trump had previously opposed making them public. On Nov. 19, Trump said he signed legislation ordering their release, though no timeline has been announced.
