MTG retires from Congress and predicts 'Republicans will likely lose the midterms'
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has announced she will not seek another term in the U.S. House of Representatives, just a week after President Donald Trump un-endorsed her.
In a lengthy statement posted to her X account, Greene lamented that the "Political Industrial Complex of both Political Parties" that encourages Americans to "hate the other side" has made it so "nothing ever gets better for the common American man or woman." She also maintained that while she remains a stalwart Trump supporter and a member of the MAGA movement, Republican leadership "sidelined" the House and refuses to address the looming crisis of expiring Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits. Greene has been consistently criticizing Republicans for their failure to extend the ACA credits, saying her adult children being notified that their monthly premiums will be doubling in 2026.
The Georgia Republican mostly toed the line between criticizing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and GOP leaders while praising Trump and maintaining her commitment to far-right causes. However, her retirement announcement contains elements of bitterness directed at the president, who called her a "ranting lunatic" in a Truth Social post last week.
"I 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," she wrote. "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."
"It's all so absurd and completely unserious," she continued. "I refuse to be a 'battered wife' hoping it all goes away and gets better."
Greene also wrote in her announcement that she only disagreed with Trump on H-1B visas for foreign workers, deregulation of artificial intelligence, his call for 50-year mortgages (which Greene called "scams"), "all involvement in foreign wars" and releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Georgia congresswoman also appeared to reference Trump when writing: "Loyalty should be a two-way street."
"[M]y true convictions remain unchanged because my self-worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God who created everything in existence," she wrote.
Click here to read Greene's full announcement.
