Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced Friday that she would be resigning from Congress following weeks of clashing with Trump.
Major shockwaves went through the American political world on Friday evening as a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, announced she is resigning from Congress. This announcement comes after Greene and Trump clashed for several weeks.
Greene posted a message sharing this announcement on social media on Friday. In her message, she shared a deep disillusionment with the state of American Politics, saying that “the Political Industrial Complex of both parties is ripping this country apart.”
In recent weeks, Greene broke from Trump’s positions on several issues, including releasing the files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Greene advocated for Congress to pass legislation authored by Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) to compel the Justice Department to release records related to Epstein.
Though Greene had been a longtime ally of Trump, last week, Trump withdrew support from her, calling her “wacky,” and suggested he was open to backing a primary challenger against her.
“If I am 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,” Greene said in her message on Friday.
Some Republicans, including Representative Massie, expressed support for Greene on Friday.
“I’m very sad for our country, but so happy for my friend Marjorie. I’ll miss her tremendously. She embodies what a true Representative should be,” Massie wrote.
John Dennis, who is on the Board of the California Republican Party and is also the Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, said he was shocked and saddened at the news of Greene’s resignation.
“I really admire Marjorie Taylor Greene, it’s a huge loss for the Republican Party, for the president, and for the country, that she is stepping down,” Dennis said.
“We need people like that in Washington. Washington wants to protect its own, and we need people who want to protect the people, and Marjorie Taylor Greene was certainly one of those people,” Dennis continued.
He noted that Greene’s resignation is “not a good day for President Trump” and that “her stepping away from it is maybe sort of a canary in a coal mine, saying that maybe the country is in a really bad place.”
Sonoma State Professor of Political Science David McCuan thinks Greene’s resignation highlights a certain fissure within the Republican Party.
“All of this indicates that what’s going on within the MAGA movement and within the Trump White House are some worries about what is going on with the Epstein scandal, kind of building in the background,” McCuan said.
He also took note of Greene’s comments in her resignation message regarding the personal attacks and death threats she and her family have received. Since Trump rescinded his endorsement of Greene, she indicated that the threats against her increased.
“And you can see what the cost of that can become, and that cost is not just political or professional, it is also personal,” McCuan noted.
He said that voters may be concerned to see Greene fall out of favor with Trump and experience these professional and personal attacks. McCuan said that the way Greene has been treated will strike a chord with voters who are “tired of politics and its crassness.”
Greene’s departure will mean that Republicans hold an even narrower majority in the House moving forward.
Source: NBC Bay Area