Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene explained her resignation from Congress as resulting from President Trump calling her a traitor after she stood for women raped at age 14, in a 60 Minutes interview with clips posted by @60Minutes on X over the past 59 minutes ending at 12:45 AM UTC on Dec. 8, 2025. Greene told 60 Minutes she received a pipe bomb threat at her house and direct death threats against her son after Trump's remark, according to an X post by @60Minutes at https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1997820819297210388. She began publicly criticizing Trump's policies in May, per another @60Minutes post at https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1997821534375686453. Greene stated she has "zero plans, zero desire to run for president," and distinguishes herself as "America First" rather than MAGA, which she called President Trump's phrase, according to @60Minutes posts at https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1997823393924513839 and https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1997823296872534145. She said congressional Republicans' private talk about Trump "would shock people," as reported by Mediaite and shared by @PollTracker2024 at https://x.com/PollTracker2024/status/1997822466702664177. Greene noted she is aligning with Democrats on releasing Epstein files and extending health care subsidies, a situation she never imagined, per @60Minutes at https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1997822469487350136. Separately, the House Rules Committee released language for an amendment repealing Caesar Act sanctions on Syria in the NDAA, to be voted on mid-week, according to @azelin citing https://rules.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/rules.house.gov/files/documents/rcp_xml-2.pdf at https://x.com/azelin/status/1997818399037194403. Milo Yiannopoulos responded to Benny Johnson's litigation threat, noting public discussion of Johnson's sexual orientation since 2017 in GOP circles and by former BuzzFeed colleagues, per @yashar at https://x.com/yashar/status/1997813725928251824.
