The Great Party Defection

Resignations, Party Switches, and the Quiet Collapse of Belonging in American Politics

Rep. Mark Green isn’t resigning in scandal or protest. He’s leaving Congress for a private-sector job, quietly stepping off the legislative hamster wheel (he hopes) after helping pass a Trump-backed spending and border bill. There were no grand declarations, just a man exiting stage right, as if to say: I’ve done my part. Let someone else deal with the …