One week after President Donald Trump withdrew his support for the once steadfast ally, US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a prominent member of the far right, announced on Friday that she was leaving her position in Congress.
The 51 year old Republican representative from Georgia, who was elected in 2020, claimed in an internet video that she has "always been despised in Washington DC and never fit in."
Greene stated that she did not want her family and supporters to put up with "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."
"I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026," she stated. Greene had previously served as a spokesperson for Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) campaign, but on November 7, the president declared that he would no longer support "Wacky' Marjorie."
The following morning, he continued by disparaging Greene as a "lightweight" and even a "traitor" to the Republican Party in numerous posts on his Truth Social platform.
The former significant political ally of Trump later claimed that she was the recipient of numerous threats. Strong Democratic wins in this month's off year elections and Trump's friendly White House meeting with leftist mayor elect Zohran Mamdani earlier Friday were the reasons behind Greene's unexpected action, which was the most obvious indication to date of a widening rift in the MAGA community.
Trump's reversal on the subject of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whose network of contacts apparently included several American elites, has caused the movement to become especially divided.
"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," Greene stated.
