U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, a Rome Republican, announced her plans to resign from Congress Friday evening in an unexpected video message.
Greene, who was first elected in Georgia’s 14th congressional district in 2020, said in a lengthy and pointed video statement posted on social media her last day in Congress will be Jan. 5, 2026.
Once a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, Trump publicly broke ties with Greene after she expressed disagreement with him on a number of issues, the biggest of which was the release of the Epstein files.
My message to Georgia’s 14th district and America.
Thank you. pic.twitter.com/tSoHCeAjn1— Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@mtgreenee) November 22, 2025
Greene expressed disillusionment with the political system and Trump, predicting that if she were to stay in office, she would face and defeat a Trump-funded opponent while Republicans would lose the midterms nationwide.
“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. If I’m cast aside by the president and the MAGA political machine and replaced by neocons, big pharma, big tech, military industrial war complex, foreign leaders and the elite donor class that can never, ever relate to real Americans then many common Americans have been cast aside and replaced as well.”
“There is no plan to save the world or a 4-D chess game being played,” she added. “When common American people realize and understand that the political industrial complex of both parties is ripping this country apart, that not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington’s machine from gradually destroying our country and instead the reality is that they, common Americans, the people, possess the real power over Washington, then I’ll be here by their side to rebuild it.”
The Constitution calls on a state’s governor to declare a special election when a vacancy happens in the House of Representatives.
Greene was reportedly considering a run for higher office, including as Georgia governor or for Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff’s seat, both of which are up next year, but bowed out of consideration after being discouraged by Trump.
Republican strategist Brian Robinson said that it’s unclear what Greene will do next, but that “she has the profile and the talent to make a splash whatever she does.”
“Her video message laid out a clear and detailed vision that could serve as a roadmap to a political future,” he said in a statement.
Greene said in her speech that her goal was to hold the Republican party accountable and put “America first.”
“I look forward to seeing many of you again sometime in the future,” she said and signed off with a smile.
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