President Donald Trump made an endorsement in Northwest Georgia’s congressional race almost two weeks ago, so his comments aboard Air Force One on Monday that he would “have to choose one” left people wondering what he meant.
Trump on Feb. 5 posted on social media his “Complete and Total Endorsement” of prosecutor Clay Fuller of Lookout Mountain. Fuller is competing in a special election to replace U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned last month after a falling out with the president.
“Well, we have a lot of people that want to take Marjorie Traitor Greene’s place, and many, many candidates,” Trump said Monday when asked about his impending visit to Rome, Georgia, “and I have to choose one, and they say whoever I endorse is going to win, but we have a lot of good candidates who want to take her place.”
Fuller is the former DA for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, which includes Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade and Walker counties. He is part of a large group of candidates, most of them Republicans, seeking to be the next representative for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.
The field of Republican candidates has dropped from 17 to 13. The field also includes three Democrats, one Libertarian and one independent.