By Senior House Republicans are voicing the same frustrations Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, hurled into public view last week, according to messages shared with Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman. After Greene released her blistering four-page retirement letter on Friday, multiple GOP lawmakers contacted Sherman to say her critique captured a sentiment far more widespread than leadership has acknowledged.
A few other GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term.
Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson… https://t.co/QH2Ewwx5qv
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 24, 2025
Her departure — set for early January — comes after a months-long rupture with the Trump White House, a break that had accelerated in recent weeks. As CNBC reported, Greene had increasingly faulted the administration’s handling of several issues, including the stalled release of Epstein-related files, foreign-policy decisions she viewed as misguided, and disagreements over health-care strategy. Trump, for his part, responded by branding her a “traitor” and threatening to back a primary challenger, a confrontation that made her continued presence in the House politically untenable.
NOW – Marjorie Taylor Greene announces her resignation from Congress effective January 5th: "America First should mean America first, and only Americans first. With no other foreign country ever being attached to America First in our halls of Government."pic.twitter.com/MR94GK8FUD
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 22, 2025
Sherman’s reporting suggests that Greene’s criticisms resonated because many members feel they are living the same dynamic. Senior Republicans described a climate in which the White House dismisses even minor legislative wins — such as announcing routine federal grants — as acts of disloyalty. Those who contacted Sherman said the administration has steamrolled the conference, pressured members behind the scenes, and driven morale to historic lows.
Some lawmakers went further, warning that Greene’s exit may trigger additional mid-term retirements, with one senior Republican telling Punchbowl:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL. And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all — appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file. The arrogance of this White House team is off putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. They don’t even allow little wins like announcing small grants or even responding from agencies. Not even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms.
“More explosive early resignations are coming. It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”
Any wave of departures would further endanger the GOP’s already narrow 219–213 majority, complicate Speaker Mike Johnson’s ability to hold the gavel, and threaten the floor margins needed to move President Trump’s agenda. The conference enters December facing a government-funding deadline, a massive reconciliation bill, potential rules fights, and three special elections — in Tennessee, Texas, and New Jersey — each with the potential to flip seats to Democrats.
Greene’s resignation has also exposed a deeper divide inside the party. While some establishment Republicans privately express relief at the exit of a longtime agitator, rank-and-file members told Sherman that Greene’s core indictment — a feeling that the administration sidelines them, punishes dissent, and leaves even loyal members politically exposed — mirrors their own experience day to day.
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