Former Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia to leave Congress

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal and vocal supporter but now turned critic of President Donald Trump, will leave Congress in January following her resignation on Friday.

In a 10-minute-long video posted online, Greene explained her decision, saying she’s “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in.” She said her last day would be 5 January 2026.

Her resignation followed a public fallout with Trump in recent months, as the congresswoman criticised him for his stance on files related to Jeffrey Epstein, along with foreign policy and health care.

Earlier this week, Trump branded her a “traitor” and “wacky” and said he would endorse a challenger against her when she ran for reelection next year.

In her video, Greene said it was “unfair and wrong” that he attacked her for disagreeing.

“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.

Greene was one of the most visible supporters of Trump

Greene was one of the most vocal and visible supporters of Trump’s Make America Great Again politics, and she embraced some of his unapologetic political style.

Her break with Trump was a notable fissure in his grip over conservatives, particularly his most ardent base.

But her decision to step down in the face of his opposition put her on the same track as many of the more moderate establishment Republicans before her who went crosswise with Trump.

Greene had been closely tied to the Republican president since she launched her political career five years ago.

The congresswoman swept to office at the forefront of Trump's MAGA movement and swiftly became a lightning rod on Capitol Hill for her often beyond-mainstream views.

She was once a sympathiser with QAnon, an online network that believes a global cabal of Satan-worshipping cannibals, including US government leaders, operates a child sex trafficking ring.

As she embraced the QAnon conspiracy theory and appeared with white supremacists, Greene was opposed by party leaders but welcomed by Trump. He called her “a real WINNER!”

But even before her election, she had a predilection for strong speech and conspiracy theories, once implying that the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting was a planned attack to garner support for new gun regulations.

And in 2018, she speculated that a "so-called" jet had struck the Pentagon in the 9/11 attacks and supported the notion that the US government was responsible for the attack.

She eventually distanced herself from QAnon, saying she got “sucked into some of the things I had seen on the internet.”