“I will be resigning from office with my last day being January 5, 2026,” Greene said in a lengthy statement.
Greene’s shock announcement comes exactly a week after Trump withdrew his “support and endorsement” of the congresswoman amid her demands that the administration release documents related to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The president referred to Greene as “wacky” and a “lunatic” in last week’s Truth Social post.
Greene cited Trump’s call for a Republican to step up and challenge her in a primary ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as part of the reason she decided to step down.
“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,” Greene said.
“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” the Georgia Republican continued. “I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”
Greene’s departure will narrow the GOP’s slim majority in the House, where 219 Republicans and 213 Democrats are currently seated.
A House GOP aide described Greene’s plans to resign to The Post as a “vindictive” move to deliberately “f—k” over the majority.
“MTG left before Pelosi did,” the aide snarked, referring to 85-year-old Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s decision not to seek re-election and retire from office in January of 2027.
Greene, who had previously been a staunch supporter of the president, has broken with Trump on several issues in recent weeks — including by voicing support for an extension of Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies set to expire Dec. 31 and pushing for the Justice Department to release the so-called Epstein files.
Greene was one of only four House Republicans to sign onto a petition to force a vote on a resolution compelling the release of documents related to the disgraced financier.
Trump, who has described the Epstein case as a Democrat-led “hoax,” later signaled that he would sign the resolution, and it passed with near-unanimous support from both chambers of Congress.
“Through it all, I never changed or went back on my campaign promises and only disagreed in a few areas like my stance against [H-1B visa holders] replacing American jobs, AI state moratoriums, debt for life 50 year mortgage scams, standing strongly against all involvement in foreign wars, and demanding the release of the Epstein files,” Greene wrote. “Other than that my voting record has been solidly with my party and the President.
“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.’”