Atlanta, Georgia – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Sunday she will not run for president in 2028, rejecting a TIME report that claimed she had privately explored a bid and insisting her upcoming resignation from Congress is unrelated to any national campaign ambitions. Greene, who will leave office on January 5, 2026, wrote on X that she has “never said” she wanted to run for president and has only “laughed” when the idea was raised.
The denial comes amid her increasingly public split with President Donald Trump, who has called her a “traitor” and said he would back a primary challenger. Greene has criticized Trump’s foreign policy focus and accused him of mishandling the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which contributed to her isolation within the GOP in recent weeks. She has also apologized for what she called “toxic politics” after reporting death threats tied to the dispute.
TIME reported that House Republicans believed a 2028 Greene run could siphon votes from the party’s nominee and give her leverage in a future administration. Greene called the report “a complete lie,” arguing that a presidential campaign’s grueling schedule, fundraising demands, and lack of real reform power make the idea unappealing to her. She said pursuing national office would leave her “totally blocked from truly fixing anything” in a system she sees as resistant to change.
Trump has claimed Greene turned on him because he discouraged her from running for Senate or governor, but Greene told CNN last week that “absolutely not true,” stressing she made her decisions independently.
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