Marjorie Taylor Greene is Leaving Congress
The conspiratorial Congresswoman is leaving office after a fight with Trump over the Epstein files.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the infamous right-wing conspiracy theorist turned Congresswoman, is resigning. In a shock announcement on Twitter, the Georgia congresswoman said she would not run for reelection and would leave office on January 5th, 2025. The move by Greene represents a stark departure from the Trumpist camp she once aligned with and could be another sign of growing discontent and division within the Republican Party.
Conspiratorial Congresswoman
Rep. Greene first came to prominence in 2020 after winning an election in Georgia’s 14th district. Her opponent dropped out of the race in September of that year due to personal reasons and marriage troubles. Greene went on to be one of the most controversial and openly bigoted members of Congress in modern history. She endorsed Islamophobic and antisemitic conspiracies, including the idea that George Soros, a Jewish philanthropist and Holocaust survivor, collaborated with the Nazis. It is worth noting that Soros was 14 when World War 2 ended. Greene’s conspiracy mongering went further than that, endorsing the QAnon conspiracy that a satanic cabal of pedophiles controls the government, which heavily influenced her approach to the Epstein files.
Despite this, Greene was elected for a second term in 2022, winning over 65 percent of the vote. Green was one of the most influential figures within the GOP, raising an estimated $2.17 million in October of last year. It is worth noting that around that same time, Rep. Greene had bizarre statements claiming that an unidentified group controlled the weather. Such a claim was not only offensive because of the nebulous “they” that Rep. Greene was referencing, but also because she made these comments amid Hurricane Helene’s devastating rampage that killed over 200 people. Needless to say, Congresswoman Greene has been a source of immense tension and controversy.
The Trumpist Schism
With recent revelations regarding Trump and Epstein, including the revelation that Trump sent Epstein a lewd letter, more Americans have pushed for the release of the files. Despite intense pressure to release the files, Trump had opposed their release until recently, signing the resolution compelling the DOJ to release the files they have on Epstein. During her time in Congress, Greene has consistently pushed for the release of the files, as she mentioned in her statement.
In her bid to release the Epstein files, Greene opened herself to repeated insults from the President, who referred to her as Marjorie Taylor “Brown,” an apparent reference to dying grass, and called her “wacky.” On Friday, President Trump announced he would support a primary challenge to Greene, effectively guaranteeing Greene would be ostracized by the party at large. The result of such separation from the party is clear. There was no place left for her in Trump’s movement.
Conclusion
Greene, despite being willing and ready to spread lies, conspiracy theories, and propaganda for Trump, but the moment she stepped out of line, she was forced out. It didn’t matter that she stood by him even after his lies led to an attack on the Capitol; she stepped out of line.
This doesn’t make Greene a martyr, and it certainly doesn’t make her moral. She is directly responsible for normalizing some of the worst propaganda and conspiracism this nation has faced over the years, as I have noted repeatedly, but she couldn’t ignore Epstein, and that was too much for Trump. If there is any justice in the world, Greene will not be rehabilitated and will instead be remembered as the fringe figure and propagandist she is. She got swallowed by the faux revolution she helped start, and she should be remembered as such.
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