Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress

[crimsonaudio]

Didn't know where else to put this.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.

apnews.com

 

[selmaborntidefan]

And now we know where the newfound “courage” came from, and it was every bit as phony as it always is with almost every politician.

 

[Huckleberry]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1992035608387039359

MTG: My message to Georgia’s 14th district and America. Thank you.



TLDL: She went from fiercely loyal to feeling betrayed, discarded, and personally targeted by Trump, and that sense of betrayal is a major reason she is resigning. And it is incredible that she actually described herself as a battered wife in relation to Trump, which shows how deeply she feels he turned on her and how futile it would be to expect things to change.

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The transcript if you don't want to listen for ten minutes:

 

[CrimsonJazz]

So MTG is a hero to the left and Fetterman is a hero to the right. You know, until they start casting votes again….or those Jewish space lasers start hitting their mark, whichever happens first.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

The most charitable explanation l can give and that l hope is closer to the truth is this:

“I’m 51 years old now and my life is (by most odds) nearly 2/3 over. I have things l want to do and life is too short to waste another minute in this career field worried about a morbidly obese toddler with oppositional defiant disorder. Or anyone else. I regret some of the things I’ve said and done and this isn’t what l thought it would be, and l refuse to waste another minute being told how to vote and what to say and threatened with my job if l don’t.”

 

[Tidewater]

I am reminded of one of the closing scenes of the film Lawrence of Arabia:
When Lawrence leaves to go home, Prince Feisal says to General Allenby, "Arens is a sword with two edges. We are equally glad to be rid of him, are we not?

 

[bamacpa]

If I could take just the last couple months of her service, I might think this is a loss, But I can't. The cynic in me says more news about her is to come.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

So when will the announcement come that she is running for governor?

 

[CrimsonJazz]

So when will the announcement come that she is running for governor?

She wanted to run for the senate, but polling never put her within 20 points.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

So instead of a national divorce, she's now divorcing her party, right?

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Her net worth has jumped from 700k when she was elected in 2020 to over 20 million now. A well played grift.

She ain’t the only one, whether blue or red, becoming a millionaire while serving in congress should be illegal.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Her net worth has jumped from 700k when she was elected in 2020 to over 20 million now. A well played grift.

She ain’t the only one, whether blue or red, becoming a millionaire while serving in congress should be illegal.

Only after I run and win.

 

[Bamaro]

Since she's resigning in January and not serving out the last year of her term I would assume she has a lucrative offer from a company/lobbying firm.

 

[Tidewater]

Her net worth has jumped from 700k when she was elected in 2020 to over 20 million now. A well played grift.

She ain’t the only one, whether blue or red, becoming a millionaire while serving in congress should be illegal.

She must be a shrewd investor

 

[92tide]

Since she's resigning in January and not serving out the last year of her term I would assume she has a lucrative offer from a company/lobbying firm.

I think she stayed in just long enough to be eligible for retirement

 

[CrimsonNagus]

I think she stayed in just long enough to be eligible for retirement

Yep. 5 years. She gets her pension and can enroll in the FEBH health plans.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I think she stayed in just long enough to be eligible for retirement

While I think there's some truth to this, she doesn't get it until she's 60 and it's $725/month. She makes $174K now and has plenty of access to legislative information that multiplies that many times over.

I don't dismiss it entirely, I just think too much has been made of "oh, she stayed to be eligible for a pittance of $725/month." I can understand that as she got close to the date, but nobody saw this happening a year ago, and I don't for one second buy, "Well, she went to Congress to get that $725 pre-tax a month money when she's 60."


(Side note: Gerald Ford nowadays is generally considered a decent and honorable guy compared with what we've seen but when he was running in 1976, his finances were investigated by special counsel in the wake of Watergate. The special counsel didn't find anything wrong, but he also found that the Ford's somehow managed to subsist on $5-$13 per day, a difficult task even half a century ago for a House Minority Leader.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

She must be a shrewd investor

Well, that's what I was told about First Lady of Arkansas Hillary's cattle futures when she came to DC.

I use that story not even to impugn the Hildabeast but to tweak Pro-Trump-kin Village with, "She knows more about handling money than the guy whose name is on the building he doesn't even own." (It's kind of a fun way to sock both of them).

 

[selmaborntidefan]

 

[92tide]

While I think there's some truth to this, she doesn't get it until she's 60 and it's $725/month. She makes $174K now and has plenty of access to legislative information that multiplies that many times over.

I don't dismiss it entirely, I just think too much has been made of "oh, she stayed to be eligible for a pittance of $725/month." I can understand that as she got close to the date, but nobody saw this happening a year ago, and I don't for one second buy, "Well, she went to Congress to get that $725 pre-tax a month money when she's 60."


(Side note: Gerald Ford nowadays is generally considered a decent and honorable guy compared with what we've seen but when he was running in 1976, his finances were investigated by special counsel in the wake of Watergate. The special counsel didn't find anything wrong, but he also found that the Ford's somehow managed to subsist on $5-$13 per day, a difficult task even half a century ago for a House Minority Leader.

i don't think she went in thinking this. i think that as she decided to quit, she picked a date that would make her eligible.

the monthly pension may not be much, but i imagine their healthcare is pretty sweet.