Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is resigning from Congress

Tia Mitchell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Nov 21, 2025

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who recently became the latest target of President Donald Trump’s ire, said she will resign from Congress after the new year.

Greene, a Georgia Republican, will leave with roughly a year left to serve in her third term in office. She has not said what she will do next, although she has a massive social media platform and her split with Trump made her an even bigger national sensation.

Greene announced her resignation in a 10-minute video posted on social media followed by a written statement. She said she would not stand by and allow Trump to dump millions of dollars supporting a primary opponent running against her.

Greene said the likely result would be that she would win reelection and then have to defend Trump in the next Congress when Democrats are likely to win the majority.

“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” she said in the video. “I refuse to be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.”

Greene outlined her conservative, populist, “America First, America Only” agenda in the video, criticized establishment Republicans and outlined the ways she had shown loyalty to Trump over the years. She said that she disagreed with president in only a few areas, such as on foreign policy and her support for releasing files related to the investigation of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

During the government shutdown, Greene joined Democrats calling for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year and criticized Republicans for not addressing health care costs.

But it was when she refused to back down from joining Democrats in forcing a vote to release the Epstein files that Trump decided he had enough, labeling her a “lunatic” and a “traitor.”

The normally media-friendly Greene had been quiet since Trump’s comments attacking her, declining interviews all week. The House is currently in recess for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Greene earlier this year said she had decided not to run for Georgia governor or the U.S. Senate in 2026. But her resignation leaves open the possibility that she could run for president in 2028.

“I’ll be resigning from office with my last day being Jan. 5, 2026, and I look forward to seeing many of you again sometime in the future,” she said in the video.

Among the potential candidates to replace Greene in the deeply conservative 14th Congressional District are Georgia Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte and state Sen. Colton Moore, a Trump ally who was expelled from the GOP Senate caucus.

(Greg Bluestein contributed to this report.)