Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Surprise Resignation from Congress

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will resign from her post as representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional district in 2026.

Greene made the surprise announcement in a lengthy video statement posted to her X account on Friday, Nov. 21, adding that her resignation will be effective January 5, 2026. In the video, Greene slammed the political gridlock and partisanship that she says has impeded her ability to achieve her legislative goals.

The congresswoman also shared personal reasons for her resignation, saying that she has “too much self respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms.”

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Greene criticized her fellow Republicans for their participation in the longest government shutdown in American history, and touted her conservative voting record on issues like gun rights and abortion, border security, and “COVID tyrannical insanity.”

The resignation comes exactly one week after President Donald Trump announced that he would withdraw his support of Greene, who he described as a “ranting lunatic.”

Greene has intensified her criticisms of her fellow Republicans and Trump in recent months. In June, she broke with her party to oppose artificial intelligence (AI) provisions in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” and admitted she never read the legislation. She also opposed Trump’s decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear sites that same month.

“I’m sick of funding foreign aid and foreign countries and foreign everything,” Greene wrote in a statement to her X account on June 22. “I want to fund American interests and issues.”