Marjorie Taylor Greene can't stay in Congress. She's out of choices
The Kansas City Star ran a commentary this week urging Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene not to resign from Congress, arguing that she shouldn't let Donald Trump bully her out of her seat. It was a thoughtful piece and made a fair point: A president shouldn't intimidate any member of Congress, and women in power shouldn't be treated the way Trump has treated them. But I disagree with the column's larger premise. Greene isn't leaving because of pressure alone. She's leaving because she finally realized two things at once: She couldn't accomplish anything more in Congress, and her family mattered more than another year of political combat. And underneath all that is a deeper, older lesson she is now learning the hard way β no one rides a tiger and decides when to get off.
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