MTG tells her successor not to ‘bow in loyalty’ to White House and GOP
Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has urged her successor not to show blind loyalty to the White House or Republican leadership, emphasizing that the new representative should prioritize serving the people of the district. Greene, who is resigning effective January 5, 2026, responded to a potential candidate’s comment that they would not be “like MTG” by defending her record, including her efforts to push for clarity by signing a discharge petition to release jeffrey Epstein-related files and forcing a house vote to impeach former Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. She criticized the idea of being a “yes man” for Trump or party leaders, especially when it involves ignoring serious allegations or protecting elites. Greene won her seat in 2020 without trump’s endorsement by running on representing her constituents instead of the Washington establishment.Among those running to replace her is Georgia state Sen. Colton Moore, a trump ally. The special election will be held soon after Greene’s resignation, as required by Georgia law.
MTG tells her successor not to ‘bow in loyalty’ to White House and GOP
Outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took another veiled shot at President Donald Trump and Republican leadership on Sunday, saying the next lawmaker in her seat needs to represent “the people.”
Greene is resigning from her seat on Jan. 5, 2026, with a special election being held to replace her shortly after. The congresswoman said she has heard a possible candidate for her seat has said, “I’m not going to be like MTG,” which Greene rebuffed, citing her legislative record.
Greene recalled how she was one of only four Republican lawmakers to sign a discharge petition for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which she attributed to the growing wedge between her and Trump.
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“This is what caused Trump to call me a traitor and I still refused to back down because I will stand with victims of rape against anyone even the very man I helped and fought for to become President. So if you’re saying you won’t be like me, are you saying you will just be a “yes man” to the President even when it comes down to covering up crimes of raping underage girls and protecting the elites?” Greene said on X.
Greene also said she forced a House vote to impeach former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2024 “because [House Speaker Mike] Johnson (R-LA) was not doing it.” She added that her Protect Children’s Innocence Act, passed by the House on Wednesday, only got a floor vote because she’d been “fighting leadership for months” for a vote, questioning if her successor would ever oppose leadership if “you won’t be like me.”
The congresswoman concluded her message by saying she won her race in 2020 without Trump’s endorsement because she ran to represent the people of her district instead of “the Washington Swamp.”
“If you are going to run to replace me, you better run for the people, telling them how YOU will REPRESENT them, NOT how you will bow in loyalty to the WH and Republican leadership. The race is about YOU, not ME, and the job title is Representative of the People, not yourself or the President or the Republican Party,” Greene said.
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One candidate vying for Greene’s seat is Georgia Republican state Sen. Colton Moore, who has pitched himself as a strong ally for Trump. Moore told the Washington Examiner that he appreciates both Greene and Trump “very much,” and it is “extremely sad” that the two fell out as allies.
Georgia law requires the governor to issue a writ of election to the secretary of state within 10 days of a vacancy in Congress, after which that election will be held within 30 days of this written command. As such, the special election for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District will be held within weeks after Greene departs the House next month.
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