Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leaves Congress with anti-Trump bang

Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News on Jan 5, 2026

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is set to leave Congress with an anti-Trump bang.

The MAGA firebrand-turned-critic of President Donald Trump officially served her last day in the House of Representatives on Monday after blasting the U.S. attack on Venezuela, which she framed as a betrayal of his promise to keep the nation out of foreign military entanglements.

“This is the same Washington playbook that we are so sick and tired of that doesn’t serve the American people, but actually serves the big corporations, the banks and the oil executives,” she told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

On Monday, Greene offered a cryptic comment on her future by reporting that she ate at a burger joint in Rome, Ga., beneath a billboard that honored slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“Stand up. Speak out. Stay bold,” she wrote on X along with a photo of the billboard.

Greene, who announced her resignation a few weeks ago, has also broken with Trump over his opposition to releasing all the files related to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein as well his failure to avert skyrocketing health insurance premiums for millions of Americans.

Greene, 51, hasn’t said if she may run for any other political office. Some have speculated she could run for Georgia governor or even president in 2028.

Her abrupt resignation leaves Republicans with a narrow six-vote edge in the House of Representatives, with two special elections pending in deep-blue Democratic districts.

The GOP is almost certain to retain Greene’s deep-red district in a special election. But leaving the seat vacant could give Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson headaches in the meantime, especially if any other Republicans follow her to the Capitol Hill exits.

Greene’s split with Trump amounts to one of the most surprising plot twists of his second term.

The far right-wing lawmaker was one of his most outspoken loyalists since she first won election in 2020.

But Greene started taking a more independent tack in Trump’s second term.

Greene described Israel’s war in Gaza as a “genocide” against Palestinians, and generally urged Trump to spend less time and political capital on foreign conflicts.

Their budding feud dramatically worsened when she joined Democrats in demanding the release of the Epstein files, an effort that Trump derided as a liberal “hoax.”

The effort became an embarrassing black eye for Trump when both the Republican-controlled House and Senate voted nearly unanimously in favor of the move.

Greene also criticized Republican leadership over the recent federal government shutdown, saying the GOP needed a plan to deal with expiring health insurance subsidies that will affect more than 20 million Americans.

As Greene’s criticism escalated, Trump branded Greene as a “traitor” to the MAGA movement in November. A week later, she announced her resignation, effective Monday.

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