Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris will presumably face off in an April 7 runoff special election in former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia district, based on the results available as of Tuesday evening.
Greene resigned from her position representing the 14th Congressional District on Jan. 5 after a public falling out with President Donald Trump over the Epstein files, despite once being close allies.
The special election comes as Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) Republican majority remains extremely slim, as Rep. Kevin Kiley (I-CA) announced that he would still caucus with Republicans, but would leave the party. This leaves only 217 registered Republicans in the House.
Fuller is the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit’s District Attorney and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, according to his campaign website.
&#8220;We have to come together and beat the Democrat, Shawn Harris, in this race, and go and win this thing on April 7th,&#8221; Fuller said in a video on Wednesday morning.
His website also lists an “America First economy” and supporting for mass deportations as someone his top issues.
“And I have Fuller on my side. I know that I got my Fuller. You better win that election,” Trump said during an economy-focused visit to Rome, Georgia, which is in the district, in February.
He was also backed by Johnson, who touted his runoff advancement on Tuesday night.
“Congratulations to Trump-endorsed and our endorsed candidate, [Clay Fuller], for advancing to the [GA-14] April 7 runoff!” Johnson posted.
There are two other vacancies in the House, one in a Republican-leaning seat and another in a Democratic-leaning seat, with those special elections in the coming months.
Harris, a farmer and retired brigadier general, wrote in an X post on Tuesday night that “Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t on the ballot, but the fallout from her feud still is.”
“This race isn’t about loyalty to Trump. It’s about loyalty to the voters of Northwest Georgia,” he wrote. “I’m running to serve the people here at home — not chase anyone in Washington.”
The Democrat has gotten the attention of some high profile Democrats, like former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no such thing as a permanently red state or district, and I believe Shawn Harris has the background and values to bring people together and win,&#8221; Buttigieg said in a February statement. &#8220;Shawn is running because he knows the status quo in Washington isn&#8217;t working for people in the district, and he&#8217;s ready to get to work to lower prescription drug prices, pass a farm bill that works for rural Georgia, and defend Medicare and Medicaid.&#8221;
Former State Sen. Colton Moore and Brian Stover were other key Republicans in the special election, but Fuller ultimately earned the Trump nod in February, with the president writing on Truth Social that Fuller is “strongly supported by the most Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Georgia, and many Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives.”
In November, Greene shared a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-to-resign-from-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> explaining her decision, saying that “loyalty should be a two-way street.”
“I’ve been blessed to represent the 14th District of Georgia for five years. That district is filled with some of the most wonderful, kind-hearted, God fearing, patriotic, hardworking people you will ever meet. Good, regular, common Americans,” the congresswoman said.
“Because my self worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God, who created everything in existence,” Greene added at the time.
The district is deeply Republican, with Greene winning re-election in 2024 with over 64% of the vote compared with Kamala Harris’ roughly 36%. Trump won the district with 68% of the vote, and he won the battleground state of Georgia with just under 51%.
All eyes will remain on the Peach State through November, as the United States Senate race is considered a “toss-up,” according to the Cook Political Report.
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) will face off against either Reps. Mike Collins, Buddy Carter, or former football coach Derek Dooley, depending on who wins the Republican primary on May 19. Trump has yet to endorse a candidate in the race.

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Top Two Candidates Emerge In Runoff For Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Open Congressional Seat

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The White House did not publish an official &#8220;Naughty List&#8221; for 2025 — though whether they made one is anyone&#8217;s guess — a handful of lawmakers would have been shoe-ins for inclusion.
These people worked against President Donald Trump and his administration over the past year by holding up votes on Trump&#8217;s nominees and agenda, attacking the president on social media and in the press, and badmouthing him and his team in front of any microphone they could find.
They come from both parties and across the country, unified only in their opposition to the Big Man. Let&#8217;s take a look at which Grinches made the list.
<h4>LaMonica McIver</h4>
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) was one of three New Jersey lawmakers who physically pushed their way into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility in her state. She and the others claimed that ICE agents had gotten &#8220;rough&#8221; with them, but body cam footage belied her account.
McIver was indicted for her trouble, on three counts of &#8220;forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers.&#8221;
<h4>Marjorie Taylor Greene</h4>
President Trump&#8217;s former ally is the most recent lawmaker to incur Trump&#8217;s wrath.
After a series of criticisms from Greene — focused primarily on the Trump administration&#8217;s handling of files related to the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — Trump attacked the Georgia congresswoman in several Truth Social posts. Calling her &#8220;Marjorie Traitor Greene&#8221; in one instance, he cheered her eventual resignation from Congress as &#8220;good for the country.&#8221;
In the days since, Greene has given a handful of interviews — and they&#8217;ve been progressively less flattering to Trump.
<h4>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</h4>
The New York firebrand has been a more-or-less constant thorn in the side of Republicans since she was elected, and 2025 has proved to be no different. With the policies championed in her proposed Green New Deal languishing under the weight of Trump&#8217;s regulatory reform, she has turned to jabbing at members of the administration and those who support it via social media.
One such barb was aimed at former collegiate swimmer — and staunch advocate for women and girls — Riley Gaines, who pointed out the dangers of embracing socialism as AOC has.
&#8220;Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn’t have come in fifth,” Ocasio-Cortez said, referencing the 2022 NCAA championships where Gaines had tied for 5th place with trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas.
Gaines was unperturbed, replying, &#8220;It’s always hilarious when they think they’ve landed a ‘gotcha’ by pointing out I was the 5th-fastest woman *in the nation* yet they conveniently forget the mediocre man who ranked 462nd in the men’s division lol. Misogynistic dunce.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez also took to social media to crow about a poll that showed her besting Vice President JD Vance in a potential 2028 match-up. What she didn&#8217;t mention was that the poll was taken in Canada, where socialism has already taken hold — and where no one can vote for her, anyway.
<h4>Mark Kelly</h4>
Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joined five other members of Congress — all of them veterans of either the Armed Services or the Central Intelligence Agency — to make a video encouraging members of the military to question their orders in real time. Nicknaming them the &#8220;Seditious Six,&#8221; Trump said his administration was prepared to investigate Kelly in particular because, as the only member of the group who retired from the military, he is still subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and can be recalled to be court-martialed for his actions.
<h4>Chuck Schumer</h4>
Senate Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-roast-chuck-schumer-over-shutdown-deal-we-need-new-leadership">Chuck Schumer</a> kept members of his party in line through the longest government shutdown in American history — and despite the fact that he and his party got nothing for their trouble, they still managed to inflict a significant amount of pain on people who either worked for the federal government and were furloughed or were dependent on government assistance.
When the shutdown finally ended, Democrats got none of the things they&#8217;d demanded, and members of Schumer&#8217;s party began to turn on him.
&#8220;Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?&#8221; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said at the time.
<h4>Hakeem Jeffries</h4>
House Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-catches-hakeem-jeffries-in-straight-up-lie-about-government-shutdown?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=CNN+Catches+Hakeem+Jeffries+In+Straight-Up+Lie+About+Government+Shutdown">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY) has almost constantly been at odds with the Trump administration — and his attacks have often been disingenuous at best. After claiming that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had refused to talk to him about bringing the shutdown to an end, Jeffries was forced to admit to CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins that they had, in fact, spoken — and that Johnson had initiated the call.
On another occasion, Jeffries aimed his ire at Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Administrator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hakeem-jeffries-trashes-dr-oz-gets-hit-with-brutal-fact-check?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Hakeem+Jeffries+Trashes+Dr.+Oz%2C+Gets+Hit+With+Brutal+Fact-Check">Mehmet Oz.</a> He mocked the acclaimed cardiothoracic surgeon and claimed that no one should take him &#8220;seriously.&#8221;
Fox News anchor John Roberts laid out the fact check: &#8220;Just a quick fact check for the minority leader: Mehmet Oz: Undergraduate degree — Harvard; MD — UPenn; MBA — Wharton School; He was a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital before taking the leap into TV.&#8221;
Jeffries did praise Trump for issuing a pardon to Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hakeem-jeffries-sides-with-trump-over-pardon-for-texas-democrat">Henry Cuellar</a> (D-Texas), whose indictment was viewed by a number on both sides of the political aisle as politically motivated — but on balance, he more than earned the sombrero memes in which he was featured.
<h4>Chris Van Hollen</h4>
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) was at first of many congressional Democrats who sided with dangerous criminal aliens over American citizens, attacking ICE agents for faithfully enforcing federal immigration laws. But when his party and their media cohorts effectively adopted MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia as their cause du jour, it was Van Hollen who took his activism to absurd new heights.
When the criminal illegal alien was deported and sent to El Salvador — an admitted mistake made by the Trump administration, which could legally have deported him to any country other than El Salvador — it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-border-czar-tears-into-dem-senator-van-hollen-for-el-salvador-trip">Van Hollen</a> who took it upon himself to fly to El Salvador and demand to meet with Abrego Garcia.
<h4>Adam Schiff</h4>
Perhaps the naughtiest of them all, Schiff made the leap from the House to the Senate in January, and although he still hasn&#8217;t delivered the &#8220;evidence&#8221; he swore he had of Trump colluding with Russia, he has poured a fair amount of time and effort into being a bee in the Trump administration&#8217;s bonnet.
Just two days after Trump&#8217;s inauguration, Schiff <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adam-schiff-complains-bondi-isnt-doing-the-job-his-party-is-blocking-her-from-getting?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Adam+Schiff+Complains+Bondi+Isn’t+Doing+The+Job+His+Party+Is+Blocking+Her+From+Getting">complained</a> in an X post that Pam Bondi — then Trump&#8217;s nominee for attorney general — had not given a thorough review to all of the January 6th pardons. He omitted the fact that his party had stalled Bondi&#8217;s confirmation process — and therefore it was ridiculous to expect her to already be doing the job they were preventing her from getting.
In the months since, Schiff&#8217;s statements have been an exercise in lacking self-awareness.
&#8220;That attitude that you can make a president or a party unsuccessful, no matter what damage it might do to the country, because it’s good politics — we have to get past that ruinous idea,” he said on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adam-schiff-claims-lawmakers-shouldnt-use-politics-to-destroy-presidents?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Adam+Schiff+Claims+Lawmakers+Shouldn’t+Use+Politics+To+Destroy+Presidents">recent podcast</a>, omitting his own history of doing exactly that to Trump.
When War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered strikes on narco-terrorists in the Caribbean, Schiff referred to men who survived the initial strike as &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adam-schiff-defends-narcoterrorists-claims-they-were-shipwrecked-survivors?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Adam+Schiff+Defends+Narcoterrorists%2C+Claims+They+Were+‘Shipwrecked+Survivors’">shipwreck survivors</a>&#8221; and declared the strikes illegal. He later complained that Trump had only survived multiple prosecutions because then Attorney General Merrick Garland had not been &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adam-schiff-complains-that-merrick-garland-wasnt-partisan-enough?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Adam+Schiff+Complains+That+Merrick+Garland+Wasn’t+Partisan+Enough">partisan enough</a>.&#8221;
Here&#8217;s hoping these naughty folks enjoy their coal — and learn to be nicer next year!

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Eight Lawmakers (Probably) On The White House’s Naughty List

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The House on Wednesday approved a bill that would prohibit doctors across the country from performing transgender surgeries on minors or giving gender-confused kids puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.
The legislation, introduced by outgoing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), passed 216-211. Under Greene&#8217;s proposal, doctors who provide transgender procedures to children could face steep fines or up to 10 years in prison. 
“One of the most serious responsibilities we have is adults and particularly those of us who are elected and hold power when it comes to legislating and making laws is to protect children. Today, the House is delivering on what the American people voted for,” Greene said from the House floor. “Most Americans agree that kids just need to grow up before they do anything radical, like a mastectomy on a 15-year-old girl, castrate themselves through surgery, or even take dangerous drugs that have lifelong effects.”
Democrat Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Donald Davis (North Carolina), and Vicente Gonzalez (Texas) joined 213 Republicans in backing the measure. Four Republicans, including Reps. Gabe Evans (Colorado), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pennsylvania), Mike Kennedy (Utah), and Mike Lawler (New York) voted against the bill. 
More than three dozen Republicans co-sponsored the proposal, known as the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act.” 
The procedures prohibited in the bill include giving males who identify as girls estrogen and females who identify as boys testosterone. Cross-sex hormones given to children can have profound impacts on fertility, sexual function, and heart health. The law also blocks doctors from giving kids puberty blockers, which can significantly harm bone development. 
It would also ban genital surgeries and the removal of the breasts of girls who identify as boys. 
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American Principles Project President Terry Schilling praised the bill&#8217;s passage. 
“Republicans showed today that they are as committed to protecting children as Democrats are to disfiguring them,” he told The Daily Wire. “Bipartisan supermajorities support commonsense protections for at-risk children, and yet only three Democrats had the moral courage to stand up to a multi-billion-dollar industry that profits off of the misery of American kids. Democrats have been captured by an ideology that is as poisonous as it is profitable.”
The legislation now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have previously introduced similar proposals. In September, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-new-blackburn-bill-would-end-barbaric-transgender-procedures-nationwide">introduced</a> legislation to ban transgender procedures nationwide, a measure the Trump administration quickly endorsed. The bill has not advanced since its introduction and has not yet received a committee hearing or vote.
More than two dozen states have moved to enact similar bans on transgender procedures over the last few years.

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President Donald Trump on Monday accused  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of being a &#8220;jilted&#8221; traitor after the Georgia Republican said Trump&#8217;s policies were not &#8220;America First&#8221; during an interview on &#8220;60 Minutes.&#8221;
Trump said that Greene was no longer MAGA or America First because of her shifting policy views. In recent weeks, Greene has become increasingly critical of Trump. She has also announced plans to step down in January, with over a year left on her term as a congresswoman.
&#8220;The only reason Marjorie &#8216;Traitor&#8217; Brown (Green turns Brown under stress!) went BAD is that she was JILTED by the President of the United States (Certainly not the first time she has been jilted!). Too much work, not enough time, and her ideas are, NOW, really BAD &#8211; She sort of reminds me of a Rotten Apple! Marjorie is not AMERICA FIRST or MAGA, because nobody could have changed her views so fast, and her new views are those of a very dumb person,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115684406134734247">wrote</a> on Truth Social.
During the interview released Sunday, Greene said Trump was too focused on international issues rather than domestic policy.
&#8220;For an ‘America First’ president, the number one focus should have been domestic policy, and it wasn’t. And so, of course, I was critical, because those were my campaign promises,” Greene said. “Once we fix everything here, then fine, we’ll talk to the rest of the world.”
Greene was once a fierce defender of Trump, but recently clashed with the president over the release of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump has said that she became upset with him after he shared polling with her indicating she would perform poorly if she made a bid for the Senate.
Her resignation will lower the already tenuous Republican majority in the House, which currently sits at 220-213.
Trump said that he was upset that CBS News allowed the interview to air.
&#8220;My real problem with the show, however, wasn’t the low IQ traitor, it was that the new ownership of 60 Minutes, Paramount, would allow a show like this to air,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP, who just paid me millions of Dollars for FAKE REPORTING about your favorite President, ME! Since they bought it, 60 Minutes has actually gotten WORSE!&#8221;
Trump added that he deserved an apology from “60 Minutes” host Lesley Stahl over her handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story.

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Trump Blasts ‘Jilted’ Marjorie Taylor Greene After Hostile 60 Minutes Interview

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With the coming resignation of Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency will soon have an open chair. One Republican congressman isn&#8217;t wasting time vying for the seat.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) pulled out his phone, hit record, and announced his bid to chair the DOGE subcommittee Wednesday on X.
&#8220;I sure would love an opportunity, and I know the cards are stacked against me,&#8221; Burchett <a href="https://x.com/timburchett/status/1996228120047735117?s=20">said</a>. &#8220;I don&#8217;t do a lot to endear myself to the leadership, but frankly, they don&#8217;t do a lot to endear themselves to me.&#8221;
The DOGE Subcommittee, part of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is one of two congressional counterparts to President Donald Trump&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency. Burchett currently serves on the committee and thinks he could help lead it into the future.
&#8220;I would get with folks like y&#8217;all out there on the social media and put some pressure on some of these gutless legislators to pass some of this stuff,&#8221; the congressman continued.
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Talking directly to his followers, Burchett said bluntly that he&#8217;s not very good when it comes to having to &#8220;kiss a lot of butt.&#8221;
&#8220;Y&#8217;all know how this game works, gotta raise a lot of money and kiss a lot of butt, and I don&#8217;t do a good job at either one of those.&#8221;
But his no-nonsense approach is why he said he would be an effective leader of the committee designed to eliminate government waste.
&#8220;I think I got the backbone and I guess the guts to go after this spending. I would propose some daggum legislation to do it. I think I know where a lot of it&#8217;s hidden.&#8221;
Burchett took office in 2019 after serving as a state senator and mayor of Knox County. He also serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Foreign Affairs Committees.
Greene said the committee&#8217;s role is to identify and investigate waste and corruption in the federal government.
&#8220;Our subcommittee will provide transparency and truth to the American people through hearings,&#8221; she said when the subcommittee launched. &#8220;The goal of DOGE is to bring accountability and GUT useless government agencies.&#8221;
Greene announced on November 22 that she&#8217;s leaving Congress effective January 5, 2026, after a public fallout with Trump.
Burchett is a strong Trump ally and recently received the president&#8217;s <a href="https://x.com/timburchett/status/1985439493680160796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">endorsement</a> for re-election.
&#8220;He will never let you down,&#8221; Trump said.
If appointed to chair the DOGE subcommittee, Burchett would start after the first of the year.

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Tim Burchett Makes A Run At DOGE Subcommittee Chair

Tim Burchett Shoots His Shot At Becoming DOGE Subcommittee Chair

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WASHINGTON—Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene caused a stir on Saturday when she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-to-resign-from-congress?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Marjorie+Taylor+Greene+To+Resign+From+Congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> her plans to resign effective January 5. Now, with Republicans struggling to hold on to a barely-there majority, the question is: what will happen to her seat?
A special is slated to happen sometime in February or March. And with just 219 seats, Republicans can&#8217;t afford to lose it. There are <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_current_members_of_the_U.S._Congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently</a> three vacancies in the House: two seats left open by Democrats, one by a Republican, and Greene will with be the fourth when she resigns. The seven-seat margin means Republicans can afford no more than three defections on measures they want to pass without Democrats.
Greene, who rose to prominence as one of President Donald Trump&#8217;s most vocal allies, announced her resignation amid a very public fallout with the president over his resistance to releasing information related to the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In a video <a href="https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1992035608387039359?s=20">announcement</a> posted on Nov. 21, Greene outlined the reasoning behind her decision and addressed her decision to support releasing the Epstein files.
“Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for,” Greene said.
Greene also pointed to other frustrations, saying she believes Americans are being “used” by the &#8220;political industrial complex&#8221; on both sides to “elect whichever side can convince Americans to hate the other side more.”
This week, Greene confirmed she is <a href="https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1992586669204070761?s=20">not</a> running for president, or <a href="https://x.com/mtgreenee/status/1993127035498045564?s=20">joining</a> &#8220;The View,&#8221; as many people online have speculated in recent days since her announcement.
Paulding County Republican Party Executive Committee Chairman Richard J. Hess told The Daily Wire there will be a special election to fill Greene’s unexpired term for 2025.
The timeline, however, is a little tricky.
Hess said the special election to replace the conservative firebrand will likely fall “somewhere between mid-February and March, but ultimately that decision is up to the governor.” Once Greene resigns, the governor will have 10 days to issue the call for a special election, formally known as a “a writ of election,” according to the Secretary of State’s office<a href="https://sos.ga.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/Qualifications_and_Disqualifications_through%20current%20-%20CandHandbk2024_0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> website</a>.
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A spokesman for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told The Daily Wire that once this happens, a special election must be at least 29 days from the call being issued. Hess said their hope is that the special election “doesn’t interfere with the primary or the qualification period, because we’re looking at very tight timelines.”
Hess explained that there will be a special election and “potentially” a runoff election, followed by the regular primary cycle for the seat. Greene’s seat is up for election in November 2026, meaning the winner of this special election would have to run again if they want to retain the seat.
The general primary for the 2026 election is scheduled for May 19 with a potential runoff June 16, according to the Federal Election Commission’s <a href="https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/2026pdates.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>. Georgia is one of the seven states that requires a runoff election if none of the candidates receive a majority of the vote (50%+1), according to the <a href="https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/primary-runoffs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Conference of State Legislatures.</a>
This means the process could take longer if a runoff election is required, depending on how many candidates enter the race and the election results.
“It’s going to be a very hectic, fast-paced period, and we’re just hoping the transition moves as smoothly as possible,” Hess said.
Georgia’s 14th Congressional District is a solidly Republican district in the state’s northwest corner. In the 2024 race, Greene <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia%27s_14th_Congressional_District" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> secured around 64% of the vote, compared to 35% for her Democratic challenger, Shawn Harris.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Resigning. Here’s What Happens Now.

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President Donald Trump on Friday night said it was &#8220;great news&#8221; that former ally GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) announced her coming resignation from Congress.
Trump and Greene recently had a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-goes-nuclear-on-two-former-allies-says-hell-back-primary-challengers?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=8&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Goes+Nuclear+On+Two+Former+Allies%2C+Says+He’ll+Back+Primary+Challengers">falling out</a>, which culminated in Trump saying he&#8217;d back a primary challenge against Greene.
&#8220;Just spoke with Pres. Trump on the phone. He said [Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene] resigning is &#8216;great news from the country,'&#8221; ABC News reporter Rachel Scott posted to X.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s great news for the country. It&#8217;s great,&#8221; the president said.
Asked if Greene gave him a &#8220;heads up&#8221; about her resignation, Trump responded, &#8220;Nah, it doesn&#8217;t matter, you know but I think it&#8217;s great. I think she should be happy.&#8221;
Trump also told Scott that the rift between the pair only exists &#8220;between me and her, not her and me.&#8221;
&#8220;He said as of now, he has no plans to speak to her and wishes her well,&#8221; Scott added.
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More on <a href="https://twitter.com/mtgreenee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mtgreenee</a>
When I asked about the president about the rift between the two of them the president replied, &#8220;only between me and her, not her and me.&#8221;
He said as of now, he has no plans to speak to her and wishes her well.
— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) <a href="https://twitter.com/rachelvscott/status/1992067610440278063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
Trump doubled-down on his take on Saturday morning, writing on Truth Social, &#8220;Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown, because of PLUMMETING Poll Numbers, and not wanting to face a Primary Challenger with a strong Trump Endorsement (where she would have no chance of winning!), has decided to call it ‘quits.’&#8221;
&#8220;Her relationship with the WORST Republican Congressman in decades, Tom Massie of Kentucky, also known as Rand Paul Jr. because he votes against the Republican Party (and really good legislation!), did not help her,&#8221; the president continued. &#8220;For some reason, primarily that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went BAD. Nevertheless, I will always appreciate Marjorie, and thank her for her service to our Country!&#8221;
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Greene <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-to-resign-from-congress?author=Cameron+Arcand&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Marjorie+Taylor+Greene+To+Resign+From+Congress">announced her resignation</a> on Friday night in a video message on X, accompanied by a written statement.
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“I’ve been blessed to represent the 14th District of Georgia for five years,&#8221; Greene said in her video. &#8220;That district is filled with some of the most wonderful, kind-hearted, God fearing, patriotic, hardworking people you will ever meet. Good, regular, common Americans.&#8221;
The Georgia representative added that &#8220;loyalty should be a two-way street&#8221; and, referring to the president, said her &#8220;self worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God, who created everything in existence.&#8221;
Greene will officially step down on January 5.
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My official statement. <a href="https://t.co/x48zEugmPV">pic.twitter.com/x48zEugmPV</a>
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1992037226415554642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
MTG&#8217;s resignation announcement comes just one week after Trump said he was done supporting the rep. Greene has recently <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/17/mtg-republicans-trump-america-first">accused</a> Trump of being “America Last” for meeting with foreign leaders and has routinely criticized Republican leadership. She’s also suggested Trump has made missteps concerning the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein documents.
Trump said last week that the congresswoman started to publicly criticize him after he sent her a poll showing she’d fare poorly if she made a run for the Senate or governorship in Georgia, adding that she’s also upset that he doesn’t have time to return her phone calls anymore.
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‘Great News For The Country’: Trump Reacts To Marjorie Taylor Greene Resignation

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will resign from Congress after a public falling out with President Donald Trump, despite once being close allies.
“I’ve been blessed to represent the 14th District of Georgia for five years. That district is filled with some of the most wonderful, kind-hearted, God fearing, patriotic, hardworking people you will ever meet. Good, regular, common Americans,” the congresswoman, who recently made a hotly-debated appearance on “The View,” stated in a video posted to X on Friday night.
“Loyalty should be a two-way street,” she added.
“Because my self worth is not defined by a man, but instead by God, who created everything in existence,” she continued.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
My official statement. <a href="https://t.co/x48zEugmPV">pic.twitter.com/x48zEugmPV</a>
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) <a href="https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1992037226415554642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Greene will officially step down on January 5. She was first elected during the 2020 election and was one of the most vocal opponents of then-President Joe Biden and supporters of Trump. In recent weeks, Greene grew critical of the president and congressional leadership on numerous issues, including the Epstein files and how to best handle Obamacare, including during the government shutdown.
“I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of &#8216;Congresswoman&#8217; Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia,” Trump said in a November 14 Truth Social post, adding that “all [he sees] ‘Wacky’ Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN!”
Trump said Greene&#8217;s heel-turn started when he showed her a poll in which it appeared she didn&#8217;t have a shot at winning a gubernatorial or Senate race in Georgia.
“She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day. I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support,” he added at the time.
The decision from the congresswoman will trigger a special election, which Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) will choose a date for. The race will include also include both primaries and a general election in the deep red district, and those elections might happen ahead of the standard 2026 primaries in May, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/marjorie-taylor-green-congress-resigns-trump-maga-5f42d4893343babc8e87da1491a0de2b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>.
This is a developing story. Come back for updates.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene To Resign From Congress

Speaking at a press conference alongside alleged survivors of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene implied President Trump was a “traitor.”
On Sunday, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562684567737579">wrote</a>, “Wacky Marjorie ‘Traitor’ Brown (Remember, Green turns to Brown where there is ROT involved!) is working overtime to try and portray herself as a victim when, in actuality, she is the cause of all of her own problems. The fact is, nobody cares about this Traitor to our Country!”
Greene on Tuesday turned the &#8220;traitor&#8221; label around on the president.
“I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for five, no, actually six years for,” Greene responded at the press conference. “And I gave him my loyalty for free. I won my first election without his endorsement, beating eight men in a primary, and I&#8217;ve never owed him anything. But I fought for him for the policies and for America First. And he called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition.&#8221;
&#8220;Let me tell you what a traitor is. A traitor is an American that serves foreign countries and themselves. A patriot is an American that serves the United States of America and Americans like the women standing behind me.”
She followed with an incipient threat of what would happen after the Epstein files were released, declaring, “And I want to tell you, that this only became possible today because the American people, whom we serve as representatives here in Congress, demanded that this vote happen and they put more pressure on every single elected politician in this city that has ever been put on them. And today you are going to see, probably a unanimous vote in the House to release the Epstein files, but the fight, the real fight will happen after that.”
Prior to Trump’s post on Truth Social on Sunday, he had posted this <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115551127714537339">statement</a> about Greene’s recent attacks on him: “It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she wasn’t about to get!). She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day. I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support. She has gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors.”
On The View, Greene <a href="applewebdata://500B2869-FDB0-4ADE-8A34-AF707DA1DA12/v">stated</a>, “When I talk about weak Republican men, I’m pretty much talking, oftentimes, about the leadership in the House and the Senate.” Co-host Sunny Hostin was so impressed by Greene’s attacks on the GOP that she said, “You’re on the Left now.”

Epstein Survivors News Conference

Marjorie Taylor Greene Suggests Trump Is A ‘Traitor’ To United States

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A trio of anti-Trump members of Congress will <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5609061-epstein-survivors-house-press-conference/">host</a> alleged survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday.
Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Ro Khanna (D-CA), all of whom are inveterate opponents of the president, are hosts.
According to NewsNation, the press conference will “discuss next steps for Rep. Khanna and Rep. Massie’s bipartisan bill, the Epstein Files Transparency Act.”
On Sunday night, President Trump noted on Truth Social that he encourages the release of all the Epstein files, writing:
“As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat ‘Shutdown.’&#8221;
“The Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Abigail Jackson stated. “The Democrat Party did nothing about Epstein for years; they are only pretending to care about these victims now as they attempt to score political points against President Trump.”
In February 2025, Massie was the <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republicans-set-vote-trumps-tax-cut-agenda-2025-02-25/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">sole Republican</a> in the House to vote no on a budget blueprint that would advance Trump’s tax-cut and border/big-spending agenda (a “$4.5 trillion” plan) in a 217-215 vote. In March, Massie <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/03/11/trump-massie-spending-bill?utm_source=chatgpt.com">opposed</a> a House stopgap spending bill/continuing resolution aimed at avoiding a government shutdown, which Trump supported. In June, Massie <a href="https://time.com/7294985/iran-israel-trump-us-war-powers-congress-massie-khanna-kaine/">co-sponsored</a> a war-powers resolution aimed at limiting the president’s authority to strike Iran without Congressional approval, against the Trump administration’s foreign-policy position. In June, he also he was one of only two Republicans to vote against the so-called “Great, Big, Beautiful Bill” (or similar bill) advanced by Republicans.
On November 28, 2023, the U.S. House passed a resolution “reaffirming the State of Israel’s right to exist.” Massie <a href="https://www.jns.org/on-israels-right-to-exist-massie-votes-no-tlaib-present/?utm">cast the lone</a> “nay” vote. In late May 2025, as Israel was at war with Hamas and Iran, Massie said the U.S. should “end all U.S. military aid to Israel now.”
“Third Rate Congressman Thomas Massie, a Weak and Pathetic RINO from the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, a place I love, and won big SIX TIMES, must be thrown out of office, ASAP!” Trump wrote on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115487538389910575">Truth Social</a> earlier this month.
After Trump launched a strike on Iran’s nuclear sites last May, Greene slammed him, saying, “We are entering a nuclear war—the World War, the World War III, because the entire world is going to erupt.” In October, she <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-condemns-argentina-beef-plan-trump-10928902">said</a> his plan to import Argentine beef to lower prices was “a punch in the gut to all of our American cattle ranchers.” She also <a href="https://x.com/OfTheBraveUSA/status/1977076561951260769">attacked</a> the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Trump, noting Greene’s opposition, wrote last week, “It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she wasn’t about to get!). She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.”
Khanna has <a href="https://khanna.house.gov/media/in-the-news/rep-ro-khanna-says-trump-following-nixons-playbook-attempt-interfere-federal">accused</a> Trump of “following Richard Nixon’s playbook to interfere with” the Federal Reserve. He <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/7/ro_khanna">criticized</a> DOGE, saying, “It has really been disappointing and concerning to see the overreach and the unconstitutional actions.” He has mocked Trump’s foreign policy, declaring, “I think he is in the wrong century.”

House To Vote On Release Of Epstein Files

Anti-Trump Lawmakers To Host Alleged Epstein Survivors

Ro Khanna

Thomas Massie

Over the weekend, the long-simmering feud between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and the president of the United States finally boiled over.
Greene — the Jewish space laser lady — has been attempting to run her own knockoff version of MAGA. She&#8217;s been out retailing it to &#8220;The View.&#8221; She&#8217;s been out retailing it to CNN and MSNBC.
She&#8217;s become the hot new thing in the legacy media. They now have “strange new respect” for Marjorie Taylor Greene because she has decided that she is going to attack Trump full-time.
President Trump put out a statement on Saturday slamming Greene for trying to undermine his administration. He wrote on Truth Social: 
<blockquote>Lightweight Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!), betrayed the entire Republican Party when she turned Left, performed poorly on the pathetic View, and became the RINO that we all know she always was.</blockquote>
That followed Greene’s repeated attacks on President Trump, particularly over Jeffrey Epstein. 
On Friday, Greene <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-blasts-government-over-epstein-working-harder-to-protect-pedophiles-than-victims/">suggested</a> on CBS that the president of the United States was attempting to protect pedophiles, saying: 
<blockquote>The American people deserve to see transparency from their government. The Rich, powerful people should not be protected. That is completely wrong. And it&#8217;s a message to victims everywhere. Victims of rape, human trafficking, and children who are trapped in terrible situations that the government will not protect the predators, that we will work hard to protect the victims.</blockquote>
It is ridiculous to suggest the president of the United States is trying to protect predators. This line has been retailed by a wide variety of people who are supposedly allies of President Trump who have turned on him, using the Epstein files as a way of getting at him.
Thus, the president withdrew his support for Marjorie Taylor Greene and suggested that he might back her opponent in the primary.
Greene wouldn’t be known if it had not been for the president of the United States touting her, treating her as an ally and building her up. She got very angry because she wanted to run for Senate in Georgia and he pointed out to her she was going to lose by 20 points to Jon Ossoff if she ran for Senate in Georgia.
This ticked her off. So President Trump finally lost it on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115551127714537339">Truth Social</a>, writing: 
<blockquote>I am withdrawing my support and Endorsement of “Congresswoman” Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the Great State of Georgia. &#8230; all I see ‘Wacky’ Marjorie do is COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN! It seemed to all begin when I sent her a Poll stating that she should not run for Senator, or Governor, she was at 12%, and didn’t have a chance (unless, of course, she had my Endorsement — which she wasn’t about to get!). She has told many people that she is upset that I don’t return her phone calls anymore, but with 219 Congressmen/women, 53 U.S. Senators, 24 Cabinet Members, almost 200 Countries, and an otherwise normal life to lead, I can’t take a ranting Lunatic’s call every day.
I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support,” he continued. “She has gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors.</blockquote>
Greene was excited about this because she&#8217;s attempting again to run an anti-Trump campaign inside the Republican Party.
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She <a href="https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1989518703507963940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1989518703507963940%7Ctwgr%5E03448d1ad5006003a5ba80f2ee8c4fbcf3b68dd7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fmtg-shares-messy-breakup-texts-with-trump-over-epstein%2F">responded</a> by saying, “President Trump just attacked me and lied about me.&#8221;
Always playing the victim.
<blockquote>I haven&#8217;t called him at all, but I did send these text messages today,” she stated. “Apparently, this is what sent him over the edge. The Epstein files. And of course, he&#8217;s coming hard after me to make an example to scare all the other Republicans before next week&#8217;s vote to release the Epstein files. It&#8217;s astonishing, really, how hard he&#8217;s fighting to stop the Epstein files from coming out that he actually goes to this level. But really, most Americans wish you would fight this hard to help the forgotten men and women of America who are fed up with foreign wars and foreign causes, are going broke trying to feed their families, and are losing hope of ever achieving the American dream.</blockquote>
What she is saying, that the president is trying to cover up the Epstein files, is not true. The president made absolutely clear on Sunday that that was not the case. He put out a post on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115562626931599548">Truth Social</a> that read:
<blockquote>As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat “Shutdown.” The Department of Justice has already turned over tens of thousands of pages to the Public on ‘Epstein,’ are looking at various Democrat operatives (Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, etc.) and their relationship to Epstein, and the House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE!</blockquote>
Over the weekend, talking with CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash, Greene slammed President Trump for calling her a traitor, even though she has spent the last several months beating up on President Trump over and over and over.
“The most hurtful thing he said, which is absolutely untrue, is he called me a traitor,” she said. “And that is so extremely wrong. And those are the types of words used that can radicalize people against me and put my life in danger.”
The new line that&#8217;s being retailed by people like Marjorie Taylor Greene is that criticism of her puts her life in danger.
Greene&#8217;s idea is that President Trump has not only betrayed MAGA because of Epstein, but also has betrayed MAGA — because she has a different definition of MAGA.
And this brings us to what&#8217;s really going on under the surface: Marjorie Taylor Greene started caring about the Epstein files in a serious way with regard to President Trump about the same time she got angry at the president&#8217;s foreign policy with regard to the Middle East.
She, Thomas Massie, and a wide variety of commentators seemed to get very exercised about President Trump and the Epstein files by claiming that President Trump is in thrall to Israel, and that the Epstein files is somehow indicate some sort of Mossad agency operation.
What made them mad is that President Trump is not anti-Israel in the same way they are.
I&#8217;m in favor of all Jeffrey Epstein files being released. I believe the president didn&#8217;t want all of them released because he was tired of talking about it, and because his own FBI had told him there was nothing there.
But the evidence-free nature of this supposed conspiracy is the reason it&#8217;s being trafficked by people like Marjorie Taylor Greene. She thinks President Trump is somehow controlled by the Israelis.
The Israeli government would likely have been on board with the idea of toppling the Iranian regime. The president, however, was not, and that was that. The people making arguments like Greene’s are the same people who suggested that bombing the Fordow nuclear reactor was somehow going to lead to World War III and full-scale American involvement in Middle East warfare.
Which, of course, never happened.
This is the reason why they&#8217;re focused on Epstein. Let&#8217;s be clear about this — it is not because of Epstein. The Epstein files have been out there. None of these people were screaming bloody murder about the Epstein files when Joe Biden was president of the United States.
President Trump comes on the scene, doesn&#8217;t do the foreign policy they want, and suddenly they start screaming at the top of their lungs about the Epstein files.
This is all part of an attempt to turn MAGA into something it isn&#8217;t.
Let&#8217;s be clear about what MAGA is: President Trump, period. End of story.
All attempts to reduce MAGA to some ideological form or fashion are bound to fail because President Trump is sui generis: He contains multitudes. Which means that many people who voted for President Trump disagree with him on a lot of issues.
I have disagreed with the president of the United States quite frequently on matters ranging from foreign policy to domestic policy. 
But only the president defines what MAGA is. He has always defined what MAGA is.
There&#8217;s a new movement afoot to try and cobble together pieces of Trump&#8217;s coalition and move forward into something different, but to claim the mantle of Trumpism without Trump is a bizarre and ridiculous move.

MTG Revolts Against MAGA. Trump Has Had Enough.

Ben Shapiro

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A looming House vote on the Epstein files launches a political knife fight on the Right, a bipartisan cohort of Congressmen call out Chinese tech on American military bases, and the Trump administration brings its immigration blitz to North Carolina.
It’s Monday, November 17, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251117-member-exclusive">video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump Rips Greene</h2>
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Topline: President Donald Trump dramatically withdrew his backing of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over the weekend amid a national debate over the Epstein files.
A few years ago, Greene was considered one of the president&#8217;s closest allies in Congress, including during the Biden era. Over the past few weeks, Greene has broken prominently with the president on some policies, including how best to handle healthcare and foreign policy. 
Last week appeared to be the final straw for the president, when he referred to the Georgia congresswoman as Marjorie “Traitor” Greene. Trump essentially said Greene was acting out of line because of her desire to run for the U.S. Senate or Georgia governor.
“I understand that wonderful, Conservative people are thinking about primarying Marjorie in her District of Georgia, that they too are fed up with her and her antics and, if the right person runs, they will have my Complete and Unyielding Support,” Trump said in a social media <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115551127714537339">post</a>. “She has gone Far Left, even doing The View, with their Low IQ Republican hating Anchors. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Greene media blitz: Greene has appeared on the Left-leaning talk show The View and has given interviews to CNN and other outlets, where she has criticized the administration and other Republicans.
In a Sunday morning appearance on CNN, Greene <a href="https://x.com/CNNSOTU/status/1990068687055851867">apologized</a> for “taking part in toxic politics” when asked why she never spoke out against Trump’s rhetorical style for attacking people until those attacks were directed at her.
Epstein files: Greene has pointed to the administration’s handling of the Epstein files as one of the main reasons that she and the president seem to have had a falling out. Notably, the president has disagreed with this assessment, citing policy differences.
The Epstein files are under debate in Congress right now, as a petition signed by Greene, a few other Republicans, and House Democrats seeks to force a vote on Tuesday to release more evidence. The bill is expected to pass, potentially with more GOP votes than signed on to the petition to get the vote.
For some time, Trump has called the Epstein files a “hoax” and said the supposed files have been weaponized by the Democrats to distract from his agenda. But on Sunday night, Trump reversed course and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/politics/trump-epstein-files-release-vote.html">called on</a> House Republicans to back the bill that would compel the DOJ to release the files. 
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Chinese Espionage</h2>
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Topline: U.S. lawmakers in both parties are ramping up warnings of Chinese spying efforts on U.S. military bases and personnel. 
In recent years, Chinese companies were found to have gobbled up farmland near roughly 20 military installations nationwide, prompting warnings from the Pentagon that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) could use that land to film weapons and troop movements, intercept communications, and hack into software.
Congress recently passed new laws requiring federal approval for foreign land purchases within 100 miles of most military sites. But it appears Beijing is circumventing those laws and continuing to purchase land.
Whiteman under watch? In the last few days, the Daily Caller <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/10/exclusive-us-nuclear-bomber-fleet-shares-fence-trailer-park-linked-chinese-intel-miles-guo/">reported</a> on a trailer park in Missouri that’s owned by a married couple living in Canada with ties to a Chinese business tycoon. That trailer park directly borders Whiteman Air Force Base, home to the U.S. military’s only nuclear-capable stealth bomber fleet. The land shares a fence with the base and sits just a mile from the runway, offering unobscured views of stealth bombers taking off and landing.
The Canadian couple are Chinese immigrants with direct business ties to Miles Guo, a “disgraced Chinese tycoon and self-described former CCP intelligence affiliate.”
As one former CIA operations officer said, “This trailer park would hypothetically give Xi Jinping a range of options to wreak havoc.” According to Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO), the commander of this base had <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/11/former-military-base-commander-allegedly-knew-nothing-of-nearby-trailer-park-linked-to-ccp/">no idea</a> his next-door neighbors were potential Chinese spies. 
Chinese spy tech: Last week, 23 lawmakers from both parties, led by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), sent a letter to the White House urging an investigation into TP-Link, a major online retailer that sells Wi-Fi routers, home security cameras, baby monitors, etc.
Ernst says those devices are easily accessed by the CCP and, most concerning, “are sold through the Army, Air Force, and Navy Exchanges, placing these devices in proximity to U.S. military installations and providing a vehicle for Beijing to spy on America.”
TP-Link strongly denies any wrongdoing, saying its data for American users is housed on the Amazon cloud in Virginia, and that “TP-Link does not enable foreign surveillance of U.S. networks or users.”
Lawmakers say even if Chinese businesses aren’t intentionally taking part in espionage against the United States, they can often be used for those purposes by the CCP. Beijing passed new laws in recent years that require “any organization or citizen [to] support, assist and cooperate with state intelligence work.”
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Operation Charlotte’s Web</h2>
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Topline: Federal immigration agents flooded Charlotte, North Carolina, over the weekend in the next major operation under President Trump’s immigration enforcement surge.
Charlotte’s Web: Immigration officials from ICE and the Border Patrol launched Operation Charlotte’s Web over the weekend, continuing Trump&#8217;s immigration crackdown across major American cities. According to administration officials, immigration operations continue to focus on dangerous illegal aliens. Quite a few non-violent aliens tend to be swept up in immigration raids, as well. 
Democrat backlash: This operation has caused predictable backlash among local Democratic politicians and activists.
“We have a little man sitting in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, who really believes that Hitler was the greatest man ever on earth,” <a href="https://grabien.com/story?id=556130">said</a> Corine Mack, the president of the Charlotte chapter of the NAACP. “He&#8217;s trying to create a 1940 Germany right here in the United States. And like then, many people said, &#8216;Well, it’s them, not me.&#8217; Until it eventually was them. We can no longer be silent.”
Catholic bishops join resistance: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops waded into the immigration debate, slamming President Trump’s enforcement policies. 
“We are disturbed when we see among our people a climate of fear and anxiety around questions of profiling and immigration enforcement,” the bishops <a href="https://x.com/ArchbishpSample/status/1989041086808133664">said</a> in a video statement. “We are saddened by the state of contemporary debate and the vilification of immigrants. We are concerned about the conditions in detention centers and the lack of access to pastoral care.”
The bishops’ message drew pushback from border czar Tom Homan.
“Secure border saves lives and, you know, one of the reasons no one talks about why we have the most secure border in the history of this nation. [It’s] because of exactly what ICE is doing,” <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1989387853697265891">said</a> Homan on Friday. “I&#8217;ll say it as a Catholic, I think they need to spend time fixing the Catholic Church, in my opinion.”

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