Marjorie Taylor Greene Reveals She Left Her Cancer-Stricken Father’s Bedside to Vote Against Trump’s Impeachment

Mar­jorie Tay­lor Greene has revealed that she once left her can­cer-strick­en father’s side as he under­went brain surgery — all so she could fly to Wash­ing­ton, D.C., to vote against Don­ald Trump’s sec­ond impeach­ment. The Geor­gia con­gress­woman made the shock­ing admis­sion while announc­ing her res­ig­na­tion from Con­gress in a fiery social-media post that took direct aim at her for­mer ally.

In the lengthy state­ment, Greene — who had long brand­ed her­self one of Trump’s fiercest defend­ers — said she would step down next year, call­ing the pres­i­dent “hate­ful” and blast­ing what she described as a bro­ken polit­i­cal sys­tem.

“I had to leave my mother’s side as my father had brain surgery to remove can­cer­ous tumors in order to fly to Wash­ing­ton D.C. to defend Pres­i­dent Trump and vote NO against the Democ­rats’ sec­ond impeach­ment in 2021,” she wrote. “My poor father and poor moth­er — it was all way too much.”

Her con­fes­sion under­scored the depth of loy­al­ty she once felt toward Trump, loy­al­ty she now says cost her irre­place­able time with her fam­i­ly. Greene’s father, Robert Greene, died in April 2021 after a brief bat­tle with melanoma — just months after she cast her vote to defend Trump.

From Devotion to Division

Elect­ed to Con­gress in 2020 as a MAGA loy­al­ist, Greene quick­ly became one of the for­mer president’s most vocal defend­ers. She was one of 197 Repub­li­cans who vot­ed against Trump’s impeach­ment over the Jan­u­ary 6 Capi­tol riot, a motion that ulti­mate­ly passed the House with the sup­port of 222 Democ­rats and ten Repub­li­cans.

But near­ly five years lat­er, Greene’s unwa­ver­ing devo­tion has turned to open hos­til­i­ty. The split between the two fire­brands — once polit­i­cal soul­mates — erupt­ed after Greene pub­licly pushed to release the so-called Epstein files, a move that angered Trump and sparked an esca­lat­ing feud.

After months of mutu­al attacks online, Greene announced on Fri­day that she would not seek re-elec­tion and would leave Con­gress on Jan­u­ary 5, 2026. In her blis­ter­ing state­ment, she said she refused to be “a bat­tered wife” with­in her own par­ty and described Trump’s behav­ior as “hate­ful.”

She also cit­ed the relent­less harass­ment and death threats she has received dur­ing her tenure, which she said inten­si­fied after break­ing with Trump.

Trump Fires Back

Trump respond­ed almost instant­ly on Truth Social, call­ing Greene’s depar­ture “great news for our coun­try.”

The com­ment came after he had already brand­ed her a “rant­i­ng lunatic” and “wacky,” mock­ing her recent state­ments and ques­tion­ing her motives.

Some Repub­li­cans, how­ev­er, defend­ed Greene. Rep. Thomas Massie of Ken­tucky praised her as “a true rep­re­sen­ta­tive” and said her farewell let­ter con­tained “more hon­esty than most politi­cians will speak in a life­time.” Indi­ana con­gress­woman Vic­to­ria Spartz also voiced sym­pa­thy, say­ing, “There’s a lot of truth to what Mar­jorie had to say. I can’t blame her for leav­ing an insti­tu­tion that has betrayed the Amer­i­can peo­ple.”

Mean­while, far-right activist Lau­ra Loomer accused Greene of tim­ing her exit for finan­cial rea­sons, claim­ing her fed­er­al pen­sion would begin just days before she offi­cial­ly steps down. “It’s all about the mon­ey for her,” Loomer wrote. “Mar­jorie TRADER Greene.”

The End of an Era

In her res­ig­na­tion state­ment, Greene reflect­ed on the per­son­al toll of her time in Con­gress. “I have fought hard­er than almost any oth­er elect­ed Repub­li­can to elect Don­ald Trump and Repub­li­cans to pow­er, trav­el­ing the coun­try for years, spend­ing mil­lions of my own mon­ey,” she said. “Miss­ing pre­cious time with my fam­i­ly that I can nev­er get back.”

After her final day in office, Greene said she plans to focus on what tru­ly mat­ters — reclaim­ing the time she lost with her loved ones.