Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced on Friday that she will resign from Congress, a stunning development that comes one week after President Trump un-endorsed his one-time ally. “I have too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms,” she said in a statement posted to the social platform X. She added that her last day will be on Jan. 5, 2026. Greene talked about her fallout with Trump in a lengthy statement announcing her decision, noting her fierce loyalty to the president early in her career that helped make her a national political star. “I will never forget the day I had to leave my mother’s side as my father had brain surgery to remove cancerous tumors in order to fly to Washington DC to defend President Trump and vote NO against the Democrat’s second impeachment in 2021,” Greene said. “My poor father and my poor mother, it was way too much.” Over the last several months, Greene sharply departed from the president on issues from foreign policy to, most recently and notably, helping to force a vote to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Loyalty should be a two way street,” she said. Greene blamed Trump’s scorn for her on the Epstein files issue. “Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked by and used by rich and powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for,” Greene said. Updated at 8:48 p.m. EST