High-profile Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene quits Congress after Trump feud

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will resign in January, an unexpected turn for the high-profile Republican just days after her public feud with President Donald Trump.

Greene, who became one of Trump’s superstars in American politics, released a video statement on social media announcing that she would leave Congress on January 5, 2026. “I look forward to the new road ahead,” she said in a social media post.

Greene was notorious in mainstream society for his support and promotion of conspiracies and his devout support for the president until their relationship recently soured.

She and Trump had a public feud over the release of documents related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

In a video statement announcing her resignation, Greene listed a list of accomplishments and criticized Trump, who has threatened to endorse a Republican candidate in a bid to unseat her in next year’s election.

“I have too much self-respect and dignity, love my family too much, and don’t want my lovely district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by a president we all fought for just to fight and win an election that Republicans might lose in the midterms.”

Although she announced her resignation from the House of Representatives, US media reports indicate that Greene is interested in running for state office – either as Georgia governor or a Senate seat.

The president has publicly commented on these ambitions, writing in The Truth Society during their public feud that he had previously told her she should not run for either office due to poor public polling.

Before their falling out, Trump and Greene had been longtime allies of Georgia representatives who support an “America First” agenda.

But their relationship soured after Greene became one of the few Republicans to support a petition to release all documents held by the U.S. government related to Epstein.

Trump initially opposed the legislation, but after it became clear Greene and some other Republicans would work with Democrats to pass the bill, he changed his position and asked Republicans to support the bill.

Greene has been one of the loudest voices calling for the release of documents related to Epstein, an issue that once united Trump and his MAGA base but has now become divisive.

Over the past few months, she has appeared on a number of high-profile news shows and criticized Trump and fellow Republicans. She took issue with the president not doing enough to lower costs for constituents and criticized his tariff policy.

Greene questioned whether Trump still adheres to “America First” as he focuses on foreign policy. But most importantly, she criticized him and his administration for refusing to release Epstein documents, which do not require congressional approval. The president can order their release at any time.

Trump responded in a series of social media posts, calling Greene a “traitor” and “weird.” He said she should be ousted and vowed to support challengers to her seat in Congress.

The measure to force the Justice Department to release Epstein documents passed Congress on Tuesday and Trump signed it into law on Wednesday.