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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., announced late Friday she will resign her seat in Congress, one week after President Donald Trump publicly pulled his endorsement of the outspoken Georgia lawmaker.
In a lengthy statement posted to X, Greene cited her growing disillusionment with Washington politics, blasting what she called a corrupt “Political Industrial Complex” that she said uses Americans as “pawns in an endless game of division.”
“Americans are used by the Political Industrial Complex of both political parties, election cycle after election cycle, in order to elect whichever side can convince Americans to hate the other side more,” Greene wrote. “And the results are always the same — nothing ever gets better for the common American man or woman.”
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Greene said she had “never fit in” in Washington and was leaving Congress to “fight for the people of this country in a different way.”
“I believe in term limits and do not think Congress should be a lifelong career or an assisted living facility,” Greene wrote. “My only goal and desire has ever been to hold the Republican Party accountable for the promises it makes to the American people and put America First, and I have fought against Democrat’s damaging policies like the Green New Deal, wide open deadly unsafe border policies, and the trans agenda on children and against women.”
Greene criticized her own party’s leadership for what she called a “sidelined” majority more focused on “safe campaign re-election mode” than governing.
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She accused GOP leaders of ignoring her legislative efforts, including bills to make English the official language of America, criminalize gender-transition procedures for minors, and eliminate H-1B visas that she said replace American jobs.
“My bills … just sit collecting dust,” she said. “That’s how it is for most members of Congress’s bills, the Speaker never brings them to the floor for a vote.”
Her announcement comes amid political fallout following Trump’s decision last week to withdraw his endorsement, calling Greene “Wacky” and “a ranting lunatic.”
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Greene, once one of President Trump’s fiercest defenders, acknowledged that his recent public break was “hurtful” but said her faith and convictions remain intact.
“My heart remains filled with joy, my life is filled with happiness, and my true convictions remain unchanged because my self worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God who created everything in existence,” she wrote.
“I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026,” she wrote. “I’m going back to the people I love.”
With Greene’s resignation, a special election will be triggered in Georgia’s 14th district, which the Cook Political Report rates as “Solid R.”
The Office of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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