WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a once-loyal supporter of President Trump who has just lately grow to be a critic, mentioned Friday she’s resigning from Congress in January.
Greene, in a greater than 10-minute video posted on-line, defined her choice and mentioned she’s “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in.”
She mentioned her final day could be Jan. 5, 2026.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a message searching for remark Friday night time.
Greene’s resignation adopted a public fallout with Trump in current months, because the congresswoman criticized him for his stance on recordsdata associated to Jeffrey Epstein, together with international coverage and well being care.
Trump branded her a “traitor” and a “lunatic” and mentioned he would endorse a challenger towards her when she ran for reelection subsequent 12 months.
Greene had been carefully tied to the Republican president since she launched her political profession in 2020.
In her video, she underscored her longtime loyalty to Trump besides on a couple of points, and mentioned it was “unfair and wrong” that he attacked her for arguing.
“Loyalty should be a two-way street and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest, because our job title is literally ‘representative,’” she mentioned.
Greene swept to workplace on the forefront of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” motion and swiftly grew to become a lightning rod on Capitol Hill for her typically beyond-mainstream views.
As she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories and appeared with white supremacists, Greene was opposed by social gathering leaders however welcomed by Trump. He referred to as her “a real WINNER!”
But over time she proved a deft legislator, having aligned herself with then-GOP chief Kevin McCarthy, who would go on to grow to be Home speaker. She was a trusted voice on the correct flank, till McCarthy was ousted in 2023.
Whereas there was an onslaught of lawmakers from each events heading for the exits forward of subsequent fall’s midterm elections, because the Home struggles by an typically chaotic session, Greene’s introduced retirement will ripple all through the ranks — and lift questions on her subsequent strikes.
