Friday, November 1

MTG weighs potential Senate bid, floats chance of becoming a member of Trump ticket as operating mate

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene mentioned she is weighing a political future that might embody a bid for the Senate in 2026, or a job in a brand new Trump administration — both as a member of the Cabinet or because the vp.

The Georgia Republican informed the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an interview revealed Wednesday that she was mulling her subsequent transfer.

“I haven’t made up my mind … I have a lot of things to think about,” Ms. Greene mentioned.



Ms. Greene might be up for reelection within the House in 2024.

The subsequent Georgia Senate race is in 2026. Should Ms. Greene make a bid for the seat, she would probably run towards Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff.

Ms. Greene mentioned that she can be open to serving as former President Donald Trump’s operating mate in 2024.

“Am I going to be a part of President Trump’s Cabinet if he wins? Is it possible that I’ll be VP?,” Ms. Greene mentioned.

If Mr. Trump have been to ask Ms. Greene to be his No. 2, she mentioned she would contemplate it “very, very heavily.”

Ms. Greene has been a vocal supporter of Mr. Trump for years, particularly as increasingly indictments have been levied towards the ex-president.

She just lately known as the 4 indictments towards Mr. Trump “communist,” and that they have been “about silencing President Trump’s speech” on X, the social media platform previously referred to as Twitter.

Ms. Greene was just lately ousted from the House Freedom Caucus for calling Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colorado Republican, “a little b——” throughout a squabble on the House flooring.

She was then tapped by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, to be part of the convention committee that may negotiate the ultimate model of the National Defense Authorization Act with the Senate.

Mr. Trump holds a commanding, 53-point lead in Republican presidential major polling, in response to FiveThirtyEight. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is second to the previous president, and the one GOP candidate polling in double digits.

So far, Mr. Trump has not picked a operating mate.

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