Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said on Friday night that she will resign from her congressional seat on January 5. This unexpected announcement came days after she had a public clash with Trump. Greene and Trump had been at odds for weeks over foreign policy and healthcare subsidies, and the rift reached a peak on November 14 when she pushed for a House vote to require the Department of Justice to release more files related to Epstein. Later that week, Trump called Greene a "traitor" and said he would support candidates challenging her in the 2026 midterm elections. Greene, a long-time supporter of MAGA, emphasized in her statement that her conservative voting record in Congress was highly aligned with Trump's agenda. However, she complained that Congress had become inefficient due to issues like government shutdowns, and that the Republican Party "has been in control of the majority for almost a year, but the legislature has been largely sidelined." Greene said the House should have focused on issues such as healthcare, rather than being shut down for eight weeks. She said colleagues had just returned to Congress, but would soon be back into the campaign season and leave Washington again. Greene said she "has too much pride and dignity," and loves her district very much, and did not want to endure the "harmful, hate-filled primary attack by the president, which we once fought together." She also said that during her time in Congress, she had endured "a constant stream of personal attacks, death threats, legal disputes, absurd defamation and lies."
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