Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress on November 21st. Her resignation statement—all four pages of it—reads like something we could have written ourselves. Actually, we have been writing it. For twenty years.
The federal system is broken beyond repair. Both parties serve the same corrupt machine. No one inside Washington can fix it because Washington is the problem. Every argument we’ve made about why Texas needs independence just got validated by someone who was inside the system and walked away.
The Political Industrial Complex
Greene’s resignation statement introduces what she calls the “Political Industrial Complex.” Here’s how she describes it: a bipartisan machine that exploits Americans “election cycle after election cycle, in order to elect whichever side can generate the most animosity toward the other,” and “no matter which way the political pendulum swings, Republican or Democrat, nothing ever gets better for the common American man or woman.”
We’ve been saying this for years. The parties aren’t opponents—they’re partners in a system designed to maintain power while convincing you things might get better if you just vote harder next time.
The Political Industrial Complex isn’t a theory. It’s an observable reality. The debt keeps climbing. Corporate interests keep winning regardless of who’s in power. American jobs keep disappearing overseas or getting replaced by illegal labor. Healthcare keeps getting more expensive while delivering worse results. Foreign wars keep draining resources while Americans struggle at home.
And the people in Washington keep telling you the next election will be different.
Greene figured out it won’t be. We figured it out two decades ago.
She Was a True Believer
Greene wasn’t some casual participant. She was one of Trump’s most vocal supporters in Congress. She fought her way into the system because she believed she could make a difference from inside.
Now she’s concluded that “not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington’s machine from gradually destroying our country.”
A sitting member of Congress with national recognition just told you the system cannot be reformed from the inside. Think about that.
Her list of failures matches what we document daily. The debt that never stops growing. Healthcare that costs more and delivers less. Foreign wars and foreign aid draining American resources while Americans can barely afford groceries. Corporate interests that win no matter which party controls Congress. Legislation that sits collecting dust while real problems destroy real lives.
During “the longest shutdown in our nation’s history,” she “raged against my own Speaker and my own party for refusing to proactively work diligently to pass a plan to save American healthcare.” The legislature, she said, “has mostly been sidelined.”
She had power and discovered she had no power at all.
Her “National Divorce” Idea
Greene had been talking about a “national divorce” before this resignation—separation between red and blue states, reduction in federal power. After a political assassination in September, she said: “There is nothing left to talk about with the left. They hate us… To be honest, I want a peaceful national divorce. Our country is too far gone and too far divided, and it’s no longer safe for any of us.”
The political scientists immediately dismissed it. They said such a separation “would not be without conflict” and that the United States “lacks the conditions for a clean separation.” Same arguments we’ve heard for years whenever anyone suggests self-determination beats eternal dysfunction.
But 20% of Americans supported her “national divorce” concept in 2023. Among Republicans, 25%. In 2024, 23% of Americans supported their state seceding, and 54% of strong Republicans believed civil war was likely within the next decade.
Those are the numbers of a country coming apart.
Why Texas Independence Makes More Sense
Greene’s national divorce concept is too broad. You can’t cleanly separate “red states” from “blue states” when the real divide is between Washington and everyone else. But she’s got the core insight right—the federal system has become a threat, not a benefit, and separation is the rational response.
Texas independence offers a clearer path. We’re not trying to reorganize the entire country or negotiate some grand national settlement. We’re asserting what we’ve always known—Texas can and should govern itself.
Greene ended her statement like this: “When the common American people finally realize and understand that the Political Industrial Complex of both parties is ripping this country apart, that not one elected leader like me is able to stop Washington’s machine from gradually destroying our country, and instead the reality is that they, common Americans, The People, possess the real power over Washington, then I’ll be here by their side to rebuild it.”
She’s right that the people have the power. Wrong about rebuilding Washington. You don’t rebuild a foundation designed to fail. You walk away and build something that works.
What Happens Next
A sitting member of Congress just walked away from the system and validated every major argument we’ve been making. That’s not just vindication. That’s acceleration.
We have Texas First Pledge signatories in the Texas Legislature. County organizations across Texas. Polling showing substantial support among the exact voters Greene was addressing. The Republican Party of Texas calling for an independence referendum in its platform.
And now a prominent federal politician is publicly admitting the system is broken beyond repair and no one inside it can fix it.
The question stopped being whether the federal system works. Even people inside the system admit it doesn’t. The question is what Texas does about it.
The answer has always been clear. Independence isn’t desperation or a last resort. It’s the logical response to a system that failed and can’t be fixed. It’s recognizing that Texas governing itself makes more sense than participating in a federal arrangement that serves everyone except Texans.
Greene’s resignation won’t change Washington. Nothing changes Washington—that’s the point. But her admission that the Political Industrial Complex is real, that both parties are complicit, that reform is impossible—that changes the conversation.
When people inside the machine start saying what we’ve been saying for twenty years, we’re winning the argument. Win the argument and everything else follows.
The federal system is broken. Has been for a long time. The question is whether Texans recognize that reality in time to act on it, or keep pretending the next election will fix what’s been broken for decades.
Greene walked away because she figured it out. Texas needs to do the same.
