‘This is nuts!’: Internet explodes over Marjorie Taylor Greene's sudden resignation

The internet erupted Friday after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced she will resign from Congress effective Jan. 5 following escalating tensions with President Donald Trump and increasingly frequent breaks from the Republican Party.

The resignation followed weeks of public infighting with the MAGA leader and a sudden attempt by Greene to revamp her public image and apologize for past remarks. Online, the announcement was widely described as both shocking and bizarre – and in many corners, a cause for celebration.

“Good riddance and goodbye,” MAGA influencer Laura Loomer wrote in one of a series of seething social media posts targeting the Georgia Republican. “I hate when women pretend like they are done so you will chase them and beg them to stay. It’s such female behavior. MTG wants Trump to chase her. When someone leaves, open the door for them and then change the locks so they can’t return. Goodbye!”

Loomer later called Greene “a terrible person," told her followers that she gets “a lot of joy in watching my enemies fall," and predicted Greene would run for president in 2028.

RealClearNews White House reporter Philip Melanchthon Wegmann, wrote: “Trump runs his most loyal ally, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, out of office the same day he bears hugs a democratic socialist, Mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani.”

Independent journalist Aaron Rupar piled on: “Trump feuding with Marjorie Taylor Greene but being in love with Zohran Mamdani was not on my November 2025 bingo card.”

Writer Charlotte Clymer voiced confusion felt across the political spectrum: “I don't pretend to know exactly what's going on with Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation, but I sure…know we're not getting the full story. None of this makes sense.” In a follow-up post, she called the move “bizarre” and part of “one of the weirdest days of this era.”

Clymer also noted a detail others flagged: Greene’s resignation date may be timed to qualify her for a congressional pension.

“A House Member has to win three consecutive terms and serve at least five years,” the veteran and progressive activist added. “January 3rd marks her fifth year in Congress. She can't start collecting until she's 62, but that does qualify her for a pension. From what I can tell, that's about $15k annually in today's dollars.”

Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D-PA) joked: “Trump glazed Mamdani so hard Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress.” While former federal prosecutor Ron Filipkowski wrote: “So the new version of MAGA is that Marjorie Taylor Greene is a traitor, Rand Paul is a RINO, and Zohran Mamdani is great. Got it.”

Writer and social media commentator Brian Krassenstein perhaps summed it up best with his X post: “This is nuts!”