Opinion: Marjorie Taylor Greene taps out, and (again) she’s making sense to me

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene R-GA 14)

I’ve spent a lot of time the past few weeks marveling at the moderation of one Marjorie Taylor Greene. Whether it’s appearing on ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ or ‘The View,’ more recently with Dana Bash on CNN even, the formerly bombastic Greene had found a tone of civility so unlike what we’d seen of her that not many can (or do) believe this is who the “notorious MTG” truly is.

I’ve never met her but count me among those that think what we saw of her was her true nature, but that what we see of her now is, too. Marge went to Washington and now she’s ready to leave it (for now, anyway) a different woman.

I’ve opined a time or two in recent weeks, on my show, that Marjorie Taylor Greene went into Congress a brash, loud and opinionated (albeit misinformed) MAGA mouthpiece, not unlike her President. Where he and she differ is he was able to skip many steps on the ladder that she came to find not steps for her, at all, but instead, glass ceilings she couldn’t penetrate. A “good ol’ boys’ club,” she called it – speaking of her own party – and she wasn’t wrong.

The thing is, the men (or man, if it were just Donald Trump) weren’t wrong to tell her she had no shot at higher offices prior to her “change of tone.” She stood no chance of winning a statewide race in her former caustic form. Now?

Now, I dare say, she could win a statewide GOP primary. She has independents nodding in agreement with her and some liberals openly wooing her. That’s a hard ‘no’ for me, but then again I’ve said quite often former GOP Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan really should enjoy a few sermons before taking the pulpit in the party, himself, but who am I?

So Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on her vast and popular social media apparatus’ that she’s stepping down from her seat in the House of Representatives on January 5, 2026. Two things of note there: 1) her five-year pension mark is January 3, 2026, so she vests. 2) She’s now free to do whatever she wants on January 6th.

Too soon?

In leaving, though, she did it again: she uttered a thought I completely understood and agree with. She has. to. stop. doing. that.

All kidding aside, her rationale makes total sense to me.

“I have too much self-respect and dignity, love my family way too much, and do not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the President we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will lose the midterms.”

She didn’t feel like fighting to keep her seat only to have to defend the “menace of Mar A Lago” dutifully as an elected Republican after overcoming the millions he and his cronies would likely pour into a primary race to try and snuff her out, politically. I get that.

“It’s all so absurd and completely unserious,” she said. “I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better.”

Same, girl; same. Unfortunately for us, we don’t have the option to just get to dip out on this wacky presidency in seven weeks.

– Ron

Ron Roberts is host of ‘The Ron Show,’ airing weekdays 4-6pm on Georgia NOW.