U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks, at a marketing campaign occasion for Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump, on the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Middle in Savannah, Georgia, U.S. September 24, 2024.
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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia introduced on Friday night time that she’s going to resign her seat within the Home of Representatives, along with her final day in workplace being Jan. 5.
Greene’s announcement, in a video and assertion posted on X, adopted a dramatic break with President Donald Trump, which she cited as taking part in a task in her resolution to depart Congress in the course of her third time period.
Inexperienced, 51, had been a number one supporter of Trump and a distinguished determine in his Make America Nice Once more, or MAGA, motion, whereas sparking controversy for selling conspiracy theories and utilizing excessive rhetoric.
However she was not too long ago harshly criticized by Trump, who known as her a “traitor” and a “lunatic,” for, amongst different issues, backing a invoice to compel the Division of Justice to launch investigative recordsdata in regards to the infamous intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Greene, who represents Georgia’s 14th District, additionally has criticized the Republican president for what prioritizing assembly with international leaders on the expense of listening to the wants of People.
Trump final week mentioned that he was withdrawing his help and endorsement of Greene and mentioned that he would absolutely help “the best individual” in the event that they challenged her within the Republican main subsequent yr.
In her assertion on Friday night time, Greene wrote, “I’ve an excessive amount of self respect and dignity, love my household an excessive amount of, and don’t need my candy district to must endure a hurtful and hateful main in opposition to me by the President all of us fought for, solely to battle and win my election whereas Republicans will doubtless lose the midterms.”
“And in flip, be anticipated to defend the President in opposition to impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of tens of millions of {dollars} in opposition to me and tried to destroy me,” Greene mentioned.
“It is all so absurd and fully unserious,” she wrote. “I refuse to be a ‘battered spouse’ hoping all of it goes away and will get higher.”
Greene wrote that she had “fought more durable than nearly every other elected Republican to elect Donald Trump and Republicans to energy,” and that she had left her mom’s aspect as her father had mind surgical procedure to vote in opposition to Trump’s second impeachment by the Home in 2021.
She mentioned that her voting file “has been solidly with my get together and the President,” with the exceptions of “a couple of areas” comparable to her stance in opposition to H1B visa recipients changing American jobs, U.S. involvement in international wars, “and demanding the discharge of the Epstein recordsdata.”
“Loyalty ought to be a two approach avenue and we should always have the ability to vote our conscience and signify our district’s curiosity as a result of our job title is actually, ‘Consultant,'” she wrote.
“Standing up for American girls who have been raped at 14, trafficked and utilized by wealthy highly effective males, shouldn’t lead to me being known as a traitor and threatened by the President of america of America, whom I fought for.”
US Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) speaks alongside former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump at a marketing campaign occasion in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024.
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CNBC has requested remark from the White Home about her assertion and resignation.
Greene’s resignation from her seat may set the stage for her to hunt to switch Trump within the White Home within the 2028 election, and probably turn out to be the subsequent chief of the MAGA motion as soon as he exits political life.
However Greene’s assertion conceded that her resignation may finish not solely her congressional profession but additionally her position in MAGA.
“If I’m forged apart by MAGA Inc and changed by Neocons, Huge Pharma, Huge Tech, Navy Industrial Warfare Complicated, international leaders, and the elite donor class that may’t even relate to actual People, then many frequent People have been forged apart and changed as nicely.”
Greene’s resignation will whittle away the Republican caucus’s already extraordinarily slim majority within the Home.
At present, there are 219 Republican Home members and 213 Democratic members.
