In the twilight of what has been one of the most tumultuous congressional careers in recent memory, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) appears poised to go out not with a bang, but with a bewildering cascade of contradictions. Once a MAGA firebrand and one of former President Trump’s most vocal defenders, Greene is now careening toward a quiet resignation — and, if reports are to be believed, a final act of political sabotage aimed at Speaker Mike Johnson.
According to MS NOW, Greene has been canvassing Republican colleagues behind the scenes, attempting to gather the nine signatures needed to trigger a motion to vacate the chair — the same parliamentary maneuver that ended Kevin McCarthy’s speakership. Though few believe her effort has the momentum to succeed, the fact that Greene is even entertaining the idea is the latest twist in a dramatic unraveling.
Once a reliable fixture in Trumpworld, Greene’s estrangement from the former president has been both public and personal. Trump reportedly cut ties after she inundated him with calls — sometimes three times a day — and, in the words of the former president, “turned on him” when those calls stopped. His rescinded endorsement sealed the break.
Since then, Greene has embarked on a whirlwind transformation that’s baffled her base and alienated her allies. She appeared on The View, apologizing for her previously combative rhetoric toward Democrats. She posed with Code Pink, the left-wing anti-war group. She blamed Republican leadership for shutdown failures, despite the impasse being orchestrated largely by Democratic spending demands — including funding for NPR and healthcare benefits for illegal immigrants.
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She also threw her weight behind the release of the Epstein Files, a move that momentarily earned media attention until it turned out that the revelations skewed far more damaging to Democrats and their liberal allies than to Trump — after which the story seemingly vanished from mainstream coverage.
Now, as whispers of her planned resignation next month grow louder, the timing raises eyebrows. Sources suggest she’s aiming to depart just as her congressional pension vests, a move that would underscore a level of calculation behind her exit, even as her political compass spins erratically.
And what of her parting gift to Washington? If she does attempt to unseat Speaker Johnson, it would be a longshot play with little support and zero strategic upside. Johnson, after all, just received public praise from Trump at the White House Christmas ball — a symbolic gesture that cements the Speaker’s standing, at least for now, within the post-McCarthy GOP.
In her final days on Capitol Hill, Marjorie Taylor Greene seems less like the unrelenting populist warrior her base once celebrated, and more like a cautionary tale in self-destruction — a once-powerful voice silenced not by scandal or defeat, but by a steady erosion of trust from all corners.
