- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will leave Congress on Jan. 5, 2026, saying she is disillusioned with both parties and Congress.
- Greene cited clashes with President Trump — including his attacks over her Epstein-files push and his support for a potential primary challenger — as one reason for stepping down early.
- Her resignation slightly narrows the GOP’s already thin House majority and will trigger a 2026 special election in her reliably Republican Georgia district.
After refuting rumors about a 2028 run for president, it seems Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., really is done with politics.
In a video posted to X on Friday night, Greene announced that her final day in Congress will be Jan. 5, 2026 — one year before the end of her third term in office.
Greene listed several reasons for being done with the House of Representatives. First, regardless of which party is in power, “nothing ever gets better” for common Americans, she said. The debt increases, small business get swallowed, taxes fund foreign wars, and American jobs get outsourced to other countries.
It didn’t help that her bills never made their way to the House floor for a vote, she added.
Greene had planned to run for reelection next November in the 2026 midterms. She said she is leaving Congress early partly because she didn’t want her district to endure a “hateful” primary, after President Donald Trump said he would support an opponent to run against her.
“Republicans will likely lose the midterms and in turn be expected to defend the president against impeachment, after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me,” Greene said in her video.
The Georgia representative also referenced her months-long push for Congress to release the Epstein files and her subsequent criticism from the president.
“Standing up for American women who were raped at 14 years old, trafficked and used by rich, powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor by the president of the United States, who I fought for,” she said.
Trump calls Greene a ‘traitor’ and ‘bad’ following the announcement
Early Saturday morning, Trump posted to Truth Social, “Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown, because of PLUMMETING Poll Numbers, and not wanting to face a Primary Challenger with a strong Trump Endorsement (where she would have no chance of winning!), has decided to call it ‘quits.’”
Trump then condemned Greene’s friendship with Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, another Republican who has opposed the president, and added that Greene “went BAD” because the president “refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls.”
“Nevertheless, I will always appreciate Marjorie, and thank her for her service to our Country! President DJT,” he concluded.
Following Trump’s post, Massie chimed in on X. “I’m sad to see one of my best friends Marjorie Taylor Greene leave Congress. She was one of the brave few who fought with me to release the Epstein files. The threats against us have been insane,” he said.
Where does her resignation leave the House?
The House of Representatives currently stands at a 219-213 Republican majority with three vacancies. With Greene’s resignation, the GOP will hold a five seat majority.
Greene’s district, which covers the northwest section of the state, is not likely to flip blue in the midterms, but the lead-up to a special election could produce short-term uncertainty for Republicans in the House.
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s spokesman, Greg Steele, said he believes Greene’s resignation “doesn’t change anything,” in regard to Republicans in the House, per The New York Times. “We know it’s a tight majority, and we’re going to do everything we can to grow it in two weeks and then next year and beyond,” he said.
In the 2024 elections, Greene won the district with 64% of the vote, and Trump was able to flip the state red, in no small part because of his performance in that area of the state.
Though he has not announced specific dates yet, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp will likely announce a special election to fill Greene’s seat to be held some time during the spring of 2026.