Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will resign from office in January, an unexpected turn for high-profile Republicans days after a public dispute with President Donald Trump.
Greene, who became one of Trump’s Maga superstars in American politics, posted a video statement on social media announcing that she would leave Congress on January 5, 2026.
“I look forward to a new path ahead,” he said in a social media post.
The announcement came just days after she and President Donald Trump had vehement disagreements over the release of Justice Department files related to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
In a video statement, Greene ticked off a list of accomplishments and criticized the president, who threatened to endorse a Republican candidate to unseat her in next year’s election.
“I have too much self-respect and dignity, I love my family too much, and I don’t want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful, hateful primary against me from the president we all fought for, just to fight and win my election while the Republicans will probably lose the midterms.”
While announcing her departure from the House of Representatives, reports in the US media indicated that Greene has shown interest in running for state office, either as governor of Georgia or for a seat in the Senate.
The president has commented publicly on those ambitions, writing in Truth Social during their public dispute that he had previously told her she should not run for any of those offices because of poor public polls.
