The disenchanted Georgia Republican US House Rep. says she’s ‘OUT’…..
This after a back and forth against her solid and VERY PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR the Epstein files release by Congress….
This is NOT Good for House Republican’s further sliming majority….
Trump’s support keeps leaking…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the MAGA loyalist who rose to prominence for her ardent support of President Donald Trump, announced she is resigning from Congress after her public feud with him.
Greene, who was elected to Congress in 2020 from a rural northwestern Georgia district, made the surprise announcement in a Friday evening video address that referenced her falling out with Trump. The president branded her a “traitor” for supporting an effort he opposed to release files from the criminal investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for,” she said in a statement posted on X.
Her resignation reflects increasing divisions within the MAGA movement that propelled Trump to power on a populist agenda that Greene had actively supported.
The lawmaker’s relationship with Trump soured after she joined calls from Democrats to release the Epstein files, criticized the president’s focus on foreign affairs and called for action on the expiring Obamacare subsidies.
“Loyalty should be a two way street and we should be able to vote our conscience and represent our district’s interest because our job title is literally ‘Representative,’” she said….
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Her resignation threatens to further tighten Speaker Mike Johnson’s Republican majority early next year.
The GOP holds a 219-213 advantage following Democrat Mikie Sherrill’s resignation this week after her election as New Jersey governor. That means Johnson can lose no more than two Republicans on a party-line vote.
Republicans are favored but not assured victory in a Dec. 2 special election in Tennessee. A GOP win would pad Johnson’s margin, but a Democratic win would mean Republicans could lose only a single vote after Greene leaves office.
A Jan. 31 special election runoff in Texas and the April 16 election to replace Sherrill will likely add two more Democrats, giving Republicans a bare 218- or 219-vote majority, depending on the outcome of the Tennessee race — at least until a special election is held in Greene’s solid Republican district….
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This “ resignation “ is a little too odd for me to accept at face value.
I mean what did she think was going to happen when she criticized Trump.She,of all people, knew how he would react.Hell everybody knows how he reacts to criticism.
So Trump respond as expected and MTG who has been well known for dishing it out herself is so overcome with some kind of “ remorse “ that she has to resign?
Come on …
There’s more to this story than the above in my view.
What does she have to lose?
Trump IS on his way down….
She’s ahead of the wave….
She probably CAN run for something else…
Or?
Get a Talking Head job and make some more SERIOUS money and nag Trump and MAGA some more….
Maybe she will run for Gov of GA or for Senate as an independent.
She made it clear in her 10 minute statement that she is very angry and feels betrayed by Trump (understandable to a large extent) and will not be quiet about it. She does not have remorse. She made a reference to being a “battered wife.”
I do not think she is running for anything in 26 but could emerge as a Libertarian Presidential contender in 2028. So could Thomas Massie.