MTG announces resignation from Congress effective 05 January 2026

[otherone]

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1992299235555840266

Whatever you think of MTG, her trajectory as a member of Congress is far closer to the Founders' vision -- an ordinary apolitical person gets inspired to run, avoids being a creature of DC, stays a few years and returns to normal life -- than the cadre of career professional politicians who do nothing but spend their lives running for office and always plotting how to move up and living almost entirely in DC, far from their "constituents."

Voluntarily relinquishing office is far more noble than spending decades desperately and permanently clinging to power and position even when you're so old you don't know your name or where are you.

Cincinnatus

 

[Occam's Banana]

Ron Paul forums…

God bless our hearts (and Ron Paul).

But no one is coming to save us.

Looks like MTG really is figuring it out. My respect for her increases apace.

https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1992586669204070761

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.

I’m not running for President and never said I wanted to and have only laughed about it when anyone would mention it.

If you fell for those headlines, you’re still being lulled everyday into psychosis by the Political Industrial Complex that always has an agenda when it does something like this.

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.

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.

Instead of swallowing lies that you are spoon fed and parroting attack phrases against me in your comments, you all should open your eyes and focus on real actions and what is actually happening to our country.

Are you happy with $38 trillion in debt and the fact that it will only drastically get higher?

Are you happy that Social Security won’t be able to pay full benefits starting in 2033 and most of us will never receive any benefits at all?

Are you happy that Democrats created our healthcare crisis with Obamacare and tax credits and Republicans refuse to fix it?

Are you happy about paying taxes on literally everything and being one of highest taxed people on Earth?

Are you worried we might be invaded one day and ignoring the fact that our government already allowed us to be invaded not only through our southern border but also by constantly handing out legal visas that steal your jobs?

Are you afraid we might go to war but ignore that fact that our government already sent us to war to fight for foreign countries and cause not our own for decades already?

If you all are still fighting each other about the shiny objects the Political Industrial Complex blinds you with everyday and not paying attention to the damage that has been done, and is still being done, then Americans will never join together to save themselves.

 

[Snowball]

She will be back at some point.

Nothing she can do while "Trump" and his bosses command DC.
Better to make plans and allies out of the limelight.

 

[CCTelander]

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Good.

Just 434 more and we’ll be off to a good start.

 

[unknown]

Trump is trying to eject all of em.

I really hope she changes her mind.

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://x.com/jeffcharlesjr/status/1992732830166585447

So, Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning.

I'll admit, I wouldn't have seen this coming. But when I read her announcement, it made sense to me.

Here are some thoughts: Greene was an ardent MAGA figure. She was with Trump from the beginning.

Yet, when she didn't follow the agenda 100%, she was cast aside.

This shows us that, for many, loyalty to Trump is still more important than principles – even if it involves transparency as the world's most notorious sex trafficker.

In her announcement, Greene wrote, “My sole ambition has always been to hold the Republican Party accountable for its promises to the American people and to prioritize America First,” but she lamented that “the political industrial complex of both parties is ripping this country apart” and that “not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington’s machine from gradually destroying our country."

She's not wrong.

I think many elected officials start out wanting to change how Washington works. They either get forced out, or they resign, or they give in to the temptation to join the machine for power.

Greene’s resignation forces a critical question: if loyalty to the MAGA cause isn’t enough to survive in Congress as a Republican, who truly holds power?

The uniparty is a thing, despite what some might have us believe.

Greene seems to have found this out firsthand.

But what does this mean for us?

After all, there is a reason most of us don't vote. Several polls have shown that one of the top reasons why is that people don't believe voting changes anything – regardless of which party is in power.

For conservatives, especially, they have seen that government continues to grow even when Republicans control the executive and legislative branches.

This isn't going to change anytime soon.

For years, I've highlighted the importance of focusing on local government and community – as have many others.

I think it's time for more of us to start taking this seriously.

The federal government, for all intents and purposes, has become irredeemable. At best, it might be possible to slow it down.

But at the end of the day, we must have local and state leaders willing to push back. At this point, it's the only chance for bringing about a society that actually values liberty.

What do y'all think?

 

[acptulsa]

 

[ClaytonB]

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How MAGA Started: "Y M C A !"

How MAGA's Going: "Marjorie Traitor Browne"

 

[Dr.3D]

What bothers me the most is how Trump is calling people traitors for reminding the troops that they don't need to follow illegal orders.

Is he planning to give some illegal orders?

 

[CCTelander]

What bothers me the most is how Trump is calling people traitors for reminding the troops that they don't need to follow illegal orders.

Is he planning to give some illegal orders?

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Ya think?

 

[nikcers]

What bothers me the most is how Trump is calling people traitors for reminding the troops that they don't need to follow illegal orders.

Is he planning to give some illegal orders?

No what it comes down to is we have a civilian lead military who gives the military commands.

We elect someone to command the military. We don't command the military directly.

These statements were all made by people who understand our command structure.

So what it comes down to is they were saying "don't listen to your commander if you don't want to".

They didn't have to say those words because thats not how communication works.

What matters is how people perceive what you say not the words you say.

Given that some of these people had backgrounds in the CIA they are masters at that kind of stuff.

The military only works if its a machine with a chain of command. Otherwise people get hurt and die.

So you either lead in the military, follow orders in the military, or you get out of the way so someone else can execute the orders.

 

[Snowball]

She is doing the right thing, and she is also correct to say that the GOP will lose the House majority, so all her time would just be a waste
even if she got through a primary.

Even if Trump reaches out to her and asks her to stay, she should bail. Go for Georgia Governor or Senate and then POTUS.

F the House.

 

[Dr.3D]

No what it comes down to is we have a civilian lead military who gives the military commands.

We elect someone to command the military. We don't command the military directly.

These statements were all made by people who understand our command structure.

So what it comes down to is they were saying "don't listen to your commander if you don't want to".

They didn't have to say those words because thats not how communication works.

What matters is how people perceive what you say not the words you say.

Given that some of these people had backgrounds in the CIA they are masters at that kind of stuff.

The military only works if its a machine with a chain of command. Otherwise people get hurt and die.

So you either lead in the military, follow orders in the military, or you get out of the way so someone else can execute the orders.

In the military, if you follow illegal orders, you can be brought to a court martial where they will find you guilty.

There are orders that would be illegal for someone in the military to follow.

It's a good thing the folks in the military have been warned again, not to follow an illegal order.

 

[nikcers]

In the military, if you follow illegal orders, you can be brought to a court martial where they will find you guilty.

There are orders that would be illegal for someone in the military to follow.

It's a good thing the folks in the military have been warned again, not to follow an illegal order.

I havent seen anything like that.

That might be what it looks like in the movies.

What you might consider an illegal order isn't what a judge will consider illegal.

There's simply a fine line between whats illegal and legal and no way for you to understand that when operations are "need to know".

When you don't follow your orders you get someone killed or hurt and they send you to military prison and you get dishonorably discharged and your career is over and good luck getting another job outside of the military.

You get labeled a traitor to your community and your country.

 

[Occam's Banana]

[S]he should bail. Go for Georgia Governor or Senate and then POTUS.

F the House.

That is pretty much entirely contrary to her stated reasons for leaving [bold emphasis added]:

I’m not running for President and never said I wanted to and have only laughed about it when anyone would mention it.

If you fell for those headlines, you’re still being lulled everyday into psychosis by the Political Industrial Complex that always has an agenda when it does something like this.

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.

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.

[...]

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.

POTUS and the Senate are not going to save us, any more than the House is.

(And I doubt there's much any governors could do without their states' legislatures growing spines and being willing to back them up.)

 

[Dr.3D]

I havent seen anything like that.

That might be what it looks like in the movies.

What you might consider an illegal order isn't what a judge will consider illegal.

There's simply a fine line between whats illegal and legal and no way for you to understand that when operations are "need to know".

When you don't follow your orders you get someone killed or hurt and they send you to military prison and you get dishonorably discharged and your career is over and good luck getting another job outside of the military.

You get labeled a traitor to your community and your country.

How long were you in the military?

I know from personal experience.

 

[nikcers]

How long were you in the military?

I know from personal experience.

I live in a city that has historically been dominated by the military.

You know someone who didn't follow orders because he thought they were illegal? Because I do.

They went to military prison and were dishonorably discharged and they were labeled a traitor by their community and their country and they were unable to get a job afterwards.

Anyone who even tried to help that person try to live were treated like traitor.

The punishment for betraying the country is worse than being hanged.

 

[CaptUSA]

I live in a city that has historically been dominated by the military.

He was talking about the American military - not Tel Aviv.

 

[nikcers]

He was talking about the American military - not Tel Aviv.

We sometimes jokingly call it "Korea" because its dominated so much by the military but its definitely in the USA.

When you betray the country you basically become "stateless" or an enemy of the state and the state is everyone who is dependent on the machines that run the state which is everyone.

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1992972604521562595

A few other GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term.

Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:

“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all — appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file. The arrogance of this White House team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. They don’t even allow little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies. Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms.

“More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”



https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1993002240051929540

Fact check true but it’s worse than people inside the bubble know when you talk to real Americans outside the wicked snow globe of Washington DC.

Myself and many of my colleagues came courageously roaring into 2025 with legislation that matched the 2024 electoral mandate only to be totally sidelined by Johnson under full obedience of the WH.

Executive orders are temporary, Q memes have not and obliterated the deep state, and my colleagues constantly trying to pass loyalty tests instead of demanding what is right won’t help Americans pay their rent or stop corporations from buying up homes, buy their groceries, provide good paying jobs and stop foreigners with visas from stealing their jobs, stop American tax dollars from funding foreign wars and causes, or rebuild the value of the dollar.

Passing effective legislation that gets signed into law is permanent and actually solves Americans problems.

Now that House members are switching gears into campaign mode and will be fighting for their lives, our legislative majority has been mostly wasted. Our best shot was the first 6-9 months. And when Republicans likely lose the midterms it will become total and complete political war and gridlock once again.

The Uniparty always wins no matter which way the political pendulum swings leaving the American people empty handed.

What is the convincing message for 2026 and likely 2028?

It will be the American people asking candidates, “what tangible thing have you done for me and how did it or will it make my life better?”

And then actually trying to get them to vote after both parties have failed them.

Serious changes are needed and words are unconvincing.