Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will resign from office, an unexpected turn for the high-profile Republican.One of Donald Trump’s Maga superstars and staunchest defenders, the Georgia congresswoman’s relentless calls for releasing files related to late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and recent criticism of some of his policies led to a bitter public feud.After the US president labelled her a “traitor”, she said in a video announcing her departure: “I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”Trump, who had threatened to support a Republican challenger to unseat Greene, called her resignation “great news for the country” in an interview with ABC News. While she announced her departure from the House of Representatives, US media reports have indicated Greene has shown an interest in running for state office – either as Georgia governor or for a Senate seat.The president has commented publicly about those ambitions, writing on Truth Social during their public feud that he had previously told her that she shouldn’t run for either of those offices due to poor public polling.Greene has since said she did not plan to run for either of those offices.Before their public falling out, Trump and Greene had been close allies in championing the “America First” agenda.
She joined him on the campaign trail and was one of the Republicans most vocal about Trump’s false claims that he’d won the 2020 presidential election against Joe Biden.Her departure will further close the gap in the Republican-led House of Representatives, where the party only holds a handful of seats more than Democrats. Control of the chamber will be up for grabs in the 2026 midterm elections next November.
