{"id":585895,"date":"2025-11-22T02:34:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585895\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T02:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T02:34:11","slug":"maga-star-marjorie-taylor-greene-to-quit-congress-amid-public-spat-with-trump-firstpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585895\/","title":{"rendered":"Maga star Marjorie Taylor Greene to quit Congress amid public spat with Trump \u2013 Firstpost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Republican congresswoman from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, announced on Friday that she will resign from her office in January amid a public feud with US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Republican congresswoman from Georgia,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/united-states\/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-her-safety-at-risk-as-she-clashes-with-trump-over-epstein-files-13951136.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/united-states\/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-her-safety-at-risk-as-she-clashes-with-trump-over-epstein-files-13951136.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a>, announced on Friday that she will resign from her office in January amid a public feud with US President<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/sports\/kai-trump-finishes-last-lgpa-debut-donald-trump-granddaughter-13950598.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/sports\/kai-trump-finishes-last-lgpa-debut-donald-trump-granddaughter-13950598.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>. Greene, who was one of the staunchest allies of Trump, released a video statement announcing that she would leave the American Congress on January 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to a new path ahead,\u201d she said in a social media post. The announcement from the Maga politician came just days after she and Trump had sparred over the release of Justice Department files related to late sex offender<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/explainers\/tracing-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epsteins-long-complicated-relationship-13950423.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/explainers\/tracing-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epsteins-long-complicated-relationship-13950423.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>. In her video statement, Greene ticked off a list of achievements and criticised the president, who threatened to back her Republican candidate to unseat her in next year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My message to Georgia\u2019s 14th district and America.<br \/>Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tSoHCeAjn1\">pic.twitter.com\/tSoHCeAjn1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marjorie Taylor Greene \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@mtgreenee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1992035608387039359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have too much self-respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have 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,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>What lies ahead<\/p>\n<p>While she announced her departure from the House of Representatives, reports in the US media suggested that Greene has shown an interest in running for state office &#8211; either as Georgia governor or for a Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Trump has publicly commented about those ambitions. During his public feud, the American leader wrote that he had previously told her that she shouldn\u2019t run for either of those offices due to poor public polling.<\/p>\n<p>Before their public fallout, Greene had been a<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/trump-withdraws-endorsement-of-marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-her-ranting-lunatic-13950871.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/trump-withdraws-endorsement-of-marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-her-ranting-lunatic-13950871.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longtime ally of Trump<\/a>, championing the \u201cAmerica First\u201d agenda. Their relationship soured after Greene became one of a handful of Republicans to back a petition for the release of all files held by the US government related to Epstein. Initially, Trump was against the legislation but changed his course, asking Republicans to support it.<\/p>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n<p>Greene also questioned whether Trump was still putting \u201c<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/opinion\/indian-students-america-trump-visa-crackdown-2025-13940887.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/opinion\/indian-students-america-trump-visa-crackdown-2025-13940887.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America First<\/a>\u201d, given his focus on foreign policy. She kept on calling out his administration\u2019s refusal to release the Epstein documents, which did not require an<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/united-states\/trump-signs-bill-to-release-epstein-files-doj-us-congress-bill-what-comes-next-13952292.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/united-states\/trump-signs-bill-to-release-epstein-files-doj-us-congress-bill-what-comes-next-13952292.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">act of Congress<\/a>. The president could have ordered their release at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded to the criticisms in a series of social media posts, calling Greene a \u201ctraitor\u201d and \u201cwacky\u201d. He said she should be unseated and vowed to back a challenger for her place in Congress.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Republican congresswoman from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Greene, announced on Friday that she will resign from her office in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5311],"tags":[126030,557,153815,8179,125730,184738,184739,184745,32,2307,20441,184730,3714,184715,4178,184736,2204,184740,184733,184725,184750,184751,184752,184749,184734,184729,184723,184741,78522,184716,184719,184754,184724,184726,184746,184718,184732,184717,184722,184728,184731,184720,184721,184755,184753,184742,6202,184757,184756,23219,184747,20778,184743,184744,184727,1757,184760,184758,184759,184761,184748,49,96445,978,727,659,6709,2176,184735,184737],"class_list":{"0":"post-585895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-born","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-capitol-hill","11":"tag-congress","12":"tag-d-c","13":"tag-did-marjorie-taylor-greene-resign","14":"tag-did-mtg-resign","15":"tag-digital-world-acquisition-corp","16":"tag-donald-trump","17":"tag-georgia","18":"tag-greene","19":"tag-greene-resignation","20":"tag-house","21":"tag-how-rich-is-marjorie-taylor-greene","22":"tag-inc","23":"tag-is-mtg-resigning","24":"tag-jeffrey-epstein","25":"tag-majorie-taylor-green","26":"tag-majorie-taylor-greene","27":"tag-marjorie-greene","28":"tag-marjorie-greene-and-trump-fallout","29":"tag-marjorie-greene-on-epstein-files-release","30":"tag-marjorie-greene-quits-us-congress","31":"tag-marjorie-greene-vs-trump","32":"tag-marjorie-is-marjorie-taylor-greene-resigning","33":"tag-marjorie-taylor","34":"tag-marjorie-taylor-green","35":"tag-marjorie-taylor-green-resigning","36":"tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","37":"tag-marjorie-taylor-greene-net-worth","38":"tag-marjorie-taylor-greene-news","39":"tag-marjorie-taylor-greene-resignation","40":"tag-marjorie-taylor-greene-resigning","41":"tag-marjorie-taylor-greene-resigns","42":"tag-milledgeville","43":"tag-mtg","44":"tag-mtg-congress","45":"tag-mtg-net-worth","46":"tag-mtg-resign","47":"tag-mtg-resignation","48":"tag-mtg-resigned","49":"tag-mtg-resigning","50":"tag-mtg-resigns","51":"tag-mtg-taylor-commercial-business","52":"tag-mtg-wealth-2025","53":"tag-perry-greene","54":"tag-president-donald-trump","55":"tag-public-fallout","56":"tag-republican-us-representative","57":"tag-resignation","58":"tag-resignationfinancial","59":"tag-rich","60":"tag-spac","61":"tag-taylor-commercial","62":"tag-taylor-greene","63":"tag-trump","64":"tag-trump-ally-resigns","65":"tag-trump-epstein","66":"tag-trump-epstein-link","67":"tag-trump-epstein-scandal","68":"tag-u-s-rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-resigns","69":"tag-united-states","70":"tag-university-of-georgia","71":"tag-us","72":"tag-us-news","73":"tag-usa","74":"tag-washington","75":"tag-washington-dc","76":"tag-why-is-marjorie-taylor-greene-resigning","77":"tag-why-is-mtg-resigning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}