Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced that she will resign from her position, an unexpected turn of events for the high-profile Republican.
The Georgia congresswoman, a MAGA superstar and one of Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters, has been embroiled in a bitter public controversy over her continued demand for the release of files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and her recent criticism of some of his policies.
“I refuse to be a ‘suffering wife,’” she said in a video announcing her departure after the US president called her a “traitor.”
Trump, who had threatened to support a Republican challenger to replace Greene, called her resignation “good news for the country” in an interview with ABC News.
“For some reason, mainly because I refused to answer her never-ending phone calls, Marjorie got upset,” she later wrote on Truth Social.
“However, I will always admire Marjorie and thank her for her service to our country!” Green said in a video statement posted on social media that she would leave the U.S. Congress on January 5, 2026.
She said she “didn’t want my beloved district to have to go through the painful and hateful primary election that we all fought for, by the president against me, only for me to run and win, while the Republicans would lose the midterm elections.”
She was one of the most vocal advocates for the release of Epstein-related documents, an issue that once united Trump and his base but has since become divisive.
Trump argued for months that this issue was created by his political opponents to distract from his administration’s accomplishments.
In her resignation letter, Greene stated, “Being raped at the age of 14 and trafficked and exploited by wealthy, powerful men should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, for whom I fought.”
Over the past few months, she has appeared on several high-profile news shows and criticized Trump and fellow Republicans.
She objected to the president’s inability to do enough to reduce the cost of living for voters and criticized his policy of imposing tariffs on imports. But most importantly, she criticized his administration for not releasing documents related to Epstein.
Trump responded in a series of social media posts last week, calling Greene a “traitor” and “crazy.” He said she should be removed and vowed to support a challenger for her seat in Congress.
Days after their feud escalated, with several Republicans demanding her release, Trump reversed course and said he would support her publication. This week, he signed a bill that forces the US Justice Department to release the documents within 30 days.
Greene was elected to Congress in 2020, making headlines for her support and promotion of QAnon conspiracies, which claim school shootings and the 9/11 terrorist attacks were fabricated. She subsequently apologized and attempted to distance herself from those comments.
In a video announcing her resignation, Greene listed her political accomplishments. She wrote in her resignation letter that Trump’s comments were “hurtful.”
Although she has announced her departure from the House of Representatives, US media reports indicate that Greene has expressed interest in running for state office—either as governor of Georgia or for a Senate seat.
The president has spoken publicly about those desires and, during their public feud, wrote on Truth Social that he had previously told her she should not run for either office due to poor public polling.
Greene has stated that she has no plans to run for either position.
Before their public feud, Trump and Greene were close allies in supporting the “America First” agenda. She joined him on the campaign trail and was one of the most vocal Republicans against Trump’s false claim that he won the 2020 presidential election against Joe Biden.
His departure will further narrow the gap in the Republican-led House of Representatives, where the party has just a handful of seats more than Democrats.
