Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slaps down notion that she’s eyeing a presidential run
In a recent announcement, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a controversial figure in the Republican Party from Georgia, declared her intention to resign from Congress early next year, specifically on January 5, 2026. This decision comes amidst swirling rumors about her potential candidacy for the presidency in 2028. However, Greene firmly denied any aspirations for the White House, taking to social media platform X to clarify her stance. She emphasized that running for president entails a grueling process of constant travel, fundraising, and navigating a political landscape that she believes is fundamentally flawed and resistant to real change. Greene articulated her disdain for the “Political Industrial Complex,” claiming it undermines genuine efforts to address America’s pressing issues and asserting that she is not willing to engage in the deal-making often required to attain power.
Greene’s rebuttal of the presidential rumors was particularly pointed, as she accused Time Magazine of fabricating their claims about her potential bid. She stated, “TIME claims ‘sources’ told them I’m running for President in 2028, which means this is a complete lie,” criticizing the publication for lacking credible sources and engaging in what she termed “lying.” This pushback comes in the context of Greene’s recent struggles within the party, especially following President Donald Trump’s public criticisms of her. Despite the tumultuous relationship, Trump expressed a desire to see Greene remain active in politics, even as tensions between them have flared. Greene’s resignation and her denial of presidential ambitions illustrate the complex dynamics at play within the Republican Party, particularly as it navigates the challenges leading up to the 2024 elections and beyond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isHjFE7l5u8
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who recently announced that she will
resign from Congress
early next year, repudiated the notion that she is eyeing a White House bid.
“I’m not running for President and never said I wanted to and have only laughed about it when anyone would mention it,” the congresswoman declared Sunday in a
post
on X.
“Running for President requires traveling all over the country, begging for donations all day everyday to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, arguing political talking points everyday to the point of exhaustion, destroying your health and having no personal life in order to attempt to get enough votes to become President all to go to work into a system that refuses to fix any of America’s problems. The fact that I’d have to go through all that but would be totally blocked from truly fixing anything is exactly why I would never do it,” she explained.
TRUMP REACTS TO MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE RESIGNATION, SAYS HE ‘REFUSED TO RETURN’ HER ‘BARRAGE OF PHONE CALLS’
Greene suggested that securing the presidency requires striking “deals.”
“And most importantly, I’m not the kind of person who is willing to make the deals that must be made in order to be allowed to have the title. Again, I’m not motivated by power and titles. The Political Industrial Complex has destroyed our country and will never allow someone like me or you to rise to power and actually solve the crises that plague all of us. That would go against its business model,” she wrote.
TRUMP SAYS HE’D ‘LOVE TO SEE’ GREENE RETURN TO POLITICS DESPITE RECENT ATTACKS
Time Magazine
claimed in a report that Greene privately told people she has contemplated a 2028 presidential bid, citing two individuals who spoke with Greene about the possibility and three other people familiar with the lawmaker’s thinking, but Greene pushed back against the magazine in her post on X.
“TIME claims ‘sources’ told them I’m running for President in 2028, which means this is a complete lie and they made it up because they can’t even quote the names of the people who they claim said it. That’s not journalism, it’s called lying,” she asserted.
TRUMP CONTINUES HAMMERING MTG AFTER SHE LABELS HIS ATTACKS ‘A DOG WHISTLE TO DANGEROUS RADICALS’
Greene’s resignation announcement came after President
Donald Trump
had been trashing her on social media.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The lawmaker, who has served in the
House of Representatives
since early 2021, said her last day in office will be Jan. 5, 2026.
