Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will resign from Congress in January, the Republican firebrand announced on Friday, following her high-profile public falling out with Donald Trump over the Epstein files.
“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 wrote in a statement.
“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” she added. “I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
Her final day in office will be January 5, she added, well before the 2026 midterm elections begin.
The Independent has contacted the White House for comment.
Greene, once of the president’s closest allies and biggest supporters in Congress, has been locked in a heated public spat with Trump in recent days over a variety of issues ranging from healthcare to affordability. None have provoked Trump’s ire, however, like her stance on the Epstein scandal.
Earlier this month, she accused Trump of a “huge miscalculation” by not doing more to release the government’s remaining Epstein files, prompting Trump to brand the Georgia Republican a “ranting lunatic” and announced he would support a primary challenge against her.
Greene was also one of a small group of Republicans in the House who allowed a proposal to move forward to force the government to release more Epstein files. This paved the way for an outpouring of pressure that culminated in Trump this week signing a bill to free up the files, after months of resistance and attacking GOP supporters of the effort as “stupid.”
The entire process marked a rare rebellion from within the party against Trump, who has typically been able to set the agenda for his supporters in Congress.
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