Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a high Home ally of President Donald Trump and a MAGA firebrand with a nationwide following, is passing on a 2026 Senate run.
The three-term conservative lawmaker who represents a solidly crimson district in northwest Georgia, in a prolonged assertion asserting her choice that was posted to social media on Friday evening, took intention at Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff, a high GOP goal whom Republicans view as extraordinarily weak in subsequent 12 months’s midterm elections.
However Greene saved a lot of her venom for fellow Republicans, a lot of whom feared a polarizing marketing campaign if Greene grew to become the get together’s 2026 nominee in Georgia, and for the establishment of the Senate itself.
“Someone once said, ‘The Senate is where good ideas go to die.’ They were right. That’s why I’m not running,” Greene wrote as she introduced her choice.
And Greene argued, “Here’s the hard truth: the Senate doesn’t work. It’s designed to obstruct the will of the people and protect the Uniparty’s grip on power. Nearly everything requires 60 votes to pass, and even when we have a majority, a pack of Republican Senators always votes “no” on the payments that matter most.”
Greene’s announcement got here 4 days after two-term Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who was the Nationwide Republican Senatorial Committee’s high recruit in battleground Georgia, revealed that he would additionally cross on a Senate bid.
The favored conservative governor, who’s term-limited and prevented from in search of re-election in 2026, was the GOP’s dream candidate to tackle Ossoff, as Republicans intention to increase their 53-47 Senate majority in subsequent 12 months’s elections.
Greene, in her assertion, claimed, “Beating Jon Ossoff? That would be easy. He’s a silver-spoon progressive who’s never held a real job or worried about putting a roof over his family’s head.”
“So, Jon Ossoff, you can stop with the fundraising emails and campaign ads claiming I’m your opponent. I’m not running,” she added.
Whereas criticizing Ossoff, Greene turned up the quantity on her personal get together, together with “the same elites who scoffed at me when I first ran for Congress in 2020.”
“Most elected Republicans, propped up by consultants and rich donors, fail to deliver on their campaign promises. Why? Because their donors and handlers don’t want change. They want to protect their own interests, not yours,” Greene charged.
She took intention at “the Republicans who see Trump as a speed bump,” and argued that “polling has become so dishonest that most people barely pay attention to it anymore. Voters are sick of the consultants who keep getting rich whether we win or lose.”
Greene described herself as “effective, fearless, and relentless, not because I serve the Republican Party, but because I serve the American people.”
However she added that “I won’t fight for a team that refuses to win, that protects its weakest players, and that undermines the very people it’s supposed to serve… To the elite retreaters, the consultants, and the establishment: consider this your warning.”
Within the wake of Kemp’s announcement, GOP Rep. Buddy Carter, who represents coastal Georgia, launched a Senate marketing campaign this week.
Different Georgia Republicans expressing curiosity in operating are Reps. Mike Collins and Wealthy McCormick, state Insurance coverage Commissioner John King, state Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and State Sen. Greg Dolezal.
Georgia-based Republican consultants inform Fox Information they count on a crowded and aggressive main.
Greene, earlier this 12 months, stated that she was additionally contemplating a run for Georgia governor.
In her assertion, she didn’t rule out a gubernatorial run within the race to succeed Kemp.
