Days before her resignation becomes official, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she is increasingly alarmed about threats against her life and her family. Greene, who has recently broken with former ally President Donald Trump, said her office has documented 773 death threats since she took office in January 2021, not including repeated swatting and doxing incidents at her home. She told Atlanta News First that a pipe bomb was recently mailed to her office and described explicit threats targeting her son, adding that she “fully blames President Trump” for the escalation.
This is not the first time Greene has faced danger. In 2024, Georgia lawmakers passed SB 421 to increase penalties for swatting and doxing after a police officer responding to a fake emergency call at Greene’s home struck and killed a driver. Greene said Trump’s reaction when she informed him of the recent threats was deeply unsettling, describing his response as “unspeakable” and lacking any sympathy. Their political rupture intensified during the government shutdown, when Greene broke with the GOP on Affordable Care Act subsidies and later pushed for the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.
Greene said those documents ultimately severed her relationship with Trump, even though she does not believe Trump’s name appears in them. She said Trump warned her that “people would get hurt” if the files were released, but she insisted she would not protect anyone involved in abuses. Greene emphasized that victims she has worked with have never implicated Trump.
Set to leave Congress on January 5, 2026, Greene’s departure has triggered a competitive race for Georgia’s 14th District, though she does not plan to endorse a candidate. Trump, responding in November, said her resignation was “great news for the country,” while still expressing appreciation for her past service.