Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is slapping down reports that she is considering a 2028 presidential run, calling the speculation “a complete lie.”
The Georgia Republican, who announced Friday that she will resign from Congress before the end of her term, dismissed a Time magazine report suggesting that she is eyeing the White House.
“They can’t even quote the names of the people who they claim said it,” Ms. Greene posted on X. “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,” she posted.
Ms. Greene said that if people fall for the report, they are “being lulled every day into psychosis by the Political Industrial Complex that always has an agenda when it does something like this.”
Ms. Greene announced Friday she is resigning from Congress because the loyalty she’s given to President Trump and the Republican Party has not been returned. She said she will not be a “battered wife.”
“I love my family way too much, and I do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president that we all fought for — only to fight and win my election, while Republicans will likely lose the midterms and in turn, be expected to defend the president against impeachment after he hatefully dumped tens of millions of dollars against me and tried to destroy me,” she said in a video.
The announcement came after a public falling out with Mr. Trump over Ms. Greene’s vocal support for releasing the government files related to the late convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
She has also criticized Mr. Trump and Republicans for not doing more to address rising costs, including health care costs, to help Americans make ends meet.
Ms. Greene said that running for president is not worth it because the system “refuses to fix any of America’s problems.”
“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,” she said.
