Good evening. I'm Ali Rogan. John Yang is away. Tonight, shock waves in Washington after

Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Green, once one of President Trump's staunches defenders,

said she's resigning from Congress in January before her term is up. Green made the surprise announcement

in a video she posted on X Friday night, marking a dramatic break with President

Donald Trump. It came after a public falling out with him in recent months as Green criticized the

president on foreign policy, health care, and his stance on releasing files relating to the

Jeffrey Epstein case.

Standing up for American women who were raped at 14 years old, trafficked in use 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.

Trump fired back on Truth Social today once again calling Green a traitor who went bad.

Tia Mitchell is the Washington Bureau Chief for the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

She's covered Green since her first campaign.

Thank you so much for joining me.

Marjorie Taylor Green, up until this falling out, was one of President Trump's staunches

defenders. To what do you attribute her

abrupt resignation? Well, I think it's been building. There has been a split in the Republican Party,

particularly among Madda, far-right Republican-in White House bid his second administration

because they felt that he wasn't

necessarily living up to some of his campaign promises. Of course, Marjorie Taylor-Green

started speaking out about it earlier this summer on things like Israel and the war with Gaza

and other foreign policy. Some legislation that the White House wanted Congress to pass that she felt didn't adhere

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