Donald Trump held his first major rally of the 2024 campaign in Texas. But he gave a shoutout from the stage to Georgia’s U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who had traveled with him.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene, you happen to be here,” Trump said with a smile. “Would you like to run for the Senate? I will fight like hell for you, I tell you.”
Greene said later she had not considered a Senate run at the time. But fast-forward two years, with Trump back in office and Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff up for re-election for the first time, and what seemed like a throwaway line from Trump is taking on a whole new meaning.
That’s because Republicans in Georgia are scrambling to figure out who could, and who should, jump into the race against Ossoff now that Gov. Brian Kemp has taken himself out of it. As the pundits and know-it-alls offer up possibilities, a two-step answer follows one Republican in particular.
“There’s Marjorie Taylor Greene,” say the experts, followed by a knowing pause or a raised eyebrow that says, “But that’ll never happen.”