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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene announced that she was resigning from her position as the representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional district
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Her resignation is effective January 5, 2026
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After her announcement, President Donald Trump reacted to the news, telling ABC, “I think it’s great news for the country”
President Donald Trump thinks Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation is “great news.”
On Friday, November 21, Greene announced that she will step down from her post as representative for Georgia’s 14th congressional district in 2026.
Shortly after, the president addressed Greene’s resignation on a call with ABC, saying “I think it’s great news for the country. It’s great.”
When asked by reporter Rachel Scott if Trump had “any heads up” about Greene’s decision to resign, Trump replied, “Nah, it doesn’t matter, you know but I think it’s great. I think she should be happy.”
In Greene’s statement, the Congresswoman said her resignation will be effective January 5, 2026. She also criticized the political gridlock and partisanship she says have hindered her ability to achieve her legislative goals.
Greene continued to criticize her fellow Republicans for their participation in the longest government shutdown in American history, touting her conservative voting record on issues such as gun rights and abortion, border security, and “COVID tyrannical insanity.”
The congresswoman added that she did not want to be asked to defend Trump, who announced exactly one week ago that he would withdraw his endorsement of Greene.
“I have too much self-respect and dignity, I love my family too much, and I don’t want my sweet district to endure a primary that hurts and hates me from the President we all fought for, just to fight and win my election while the Republicans will probably lose the midterms,” Greene said.
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Video of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation
The announcement of her resignation comes amid months of public tension between Greene and Trump, fueled by the congressman’s increasingly critical rhetoric. On November 10, Greene criticized his current focus on foreign policy amid the President’s White House meeting with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the president of Syria’s interim government.
“She’s lost her way, I think. But I want to consider the presidency as a global situation, not locally,” Trump told reporters that same day.
Trump also referred to Greene as a “traitor,” on November 16, when asked if he was aware that Greene was receiving “death threats.” “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Greene. I don’t think her life is in danger, I don’t think so,” Trump told a group of reporters. “Frankly, I don’t think anyone cares about it.”
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Donald Trump on October 28, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan
In June, Greene broke with her party to oppose the artificial intelligence (AI) provisions in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” admitting she had 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.”
More recently, Greene has repeatedly pushed for the release of the Epstein files, despite the president’s previous opposition to the documents being made public. Trump said on November 19 that he had signed legislation ordering the release of the files. No timeline for that release has been announced yet.
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