Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Voters Admire Her Courage. Will It Matter?

Marjorie Taylor Greene arrived in her district five years ago as an outsider who defeated a long list of unprepared Republicans with her acid-mouthed devotion to the then-former President Donald Trump and his conspiracies.

Last week, with her surprise announcement that she is leaving the job a year early, she demonstrated a unique ability to counterpunch. The political implications of Greene’s resignation drew a mixed reaction from the members of her district I spoke with, but her candor drew praise from both sides of the aisle.

In a 10-minute video prepared for her announcement, Greene blamed Trump for forcing her out of Congress and stoking threats against her and her family by calling her a “traitor.” She predicted that she could defeat his hand-selected primary challenger, but — drawing an analogy to a “battered wife” — also implied that she would then be in a position of having to defend a man who had castigated her.