Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning from Congress
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress after her acrimonious split with President Trump, the Georgia Republican announced in a post on Friday evening.
Why it matters: Greene was one of Trump's earliest allies and among his most loyal supporters in Congress. But she broke with Republicans over health care costs and foreign policy, and her relationship with Trump dissolved over her push to release the "Epstein files."
- "If I am cast aside by the president and the MAGA political machine and replaced by Neocons, Big Pharma, Big Tech, Military Industrial War, Complex, foreign leaders and the elite donor class that can never, ever relate to real Americans, then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well," Greene said in a video posted on X.
- Greene was first elected to Congress in 2020, representing Georgia's 14th district. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
The big picture: Greene has taken positions in recent weeks that have puzzled Republicans, and irritated Trump.
- She's said her party has "no plan" when it comes to health care.
- She was one of four Republican to sign a discharge petition to release the Epstein files, against Trump's wishes.
- In an interview with Axios in October, she slammed Trump's second-term agenda as "America Last."
Between the lines: Trump claimed that tensions began after he showed Greene polling suggesting she could not win a statewide race, even with his endorsement, which he said he was not going to give.
- Trump's political operation in recent days had been fielding interest from potential MTG challengers.
- One name that had been mentioned in pro-Trump circles is Clayton Fuller, a northwest Georgia district attorney who ran unsuccessfully against Greene in 2020.
What she said: "I have fought harder than almost any other elected Republican to elect Donald Trump and Republicans to power, traveling the country for years, spending millions of my own money, missing precious time with my family that I can never get back," Greene wrote in her resignation letter.
- "Meanwhile most of the Establishment Republicans, who secretly hate him and who stabbed him in the back and never defended him against anything, have all been welcomed in after the election," she added.
The bottom line: Trump has been privately expressing frustration with Greene for months, and has been asking allies what happened to the congresswoman.
Editor's note: This is a breaking news story and has been updated.
Axios' Alex Isenstadt contributed reporting
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