Marjorie Taylor Greene.Photo: John Bazemore/AP/Shutterstock
Controversial Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greenemight still be serving her first two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives — but she’s already thinking about running on a national ticket at some point.
“Those are things I’m definitely interested in, as long as I think they’re achievable, and I can be effective in those roles,” Greene, 48, told Fox News Digital in an interview at theConservative Political Action Conferencein Dallas last week. “Yes those things are being talked about, but we’ll see what happens down the road.”
Even with her interest, though, it’s unclear how well Greene — who was sworn in last year and immediately mired in controversy — would do in a general election outside her reliably red Georgia district.
In May, the 48-year-oldwon the Republican primary in Georgia’s 14th district, putting her on the path to be reelected to the House.
In her victory speech, she called for the impeachment of PresidentJoe Bidenand voiced her continued opposition to mask and vaccine mandates. She also mourned “the cruel and illegal treatment of many nonviolent Jan. 6 protesters” — a theme that’s become common at many of her public events, with Greene often voicing support of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Greene has made courting controversy part of her political brand since before being elected in 2020.
Greene has in the pastperpetuated baseless conspiracy theorieson social media, including supportive statements about the far-right “QAnon” movement. (In 2021 she said, “I was allowed to believe things that weren’t true … and that is absolutely what I regret.")
In April, she called three U.S. senators “pro-pedophile” for their support of Biden’s historic Supreme Court nominee, JudgeKetanji Brown Jackson. Greene has also previously engaged in a days-longfeud with Jimmy Kimmelafter he made a joke about her on his talk show;amassed large finesfor not wearing a face mask on the floor of the House of Representatives; and in Feb. 2021 wasstripped of her committee assignmentsfor her past support of conspiracy theories, violent rhetoric and other controversial behavior.
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As one ofDonald Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress, Greene represents a new, far-right wing of the Republican Party — one that often engages in headline-generating antics and embraces extremist and controversial views, opting to firmly stand behind the former president and denounce any lawmakers who don’t.
Elsewhere in her interview with Fox News Digital, Greene said, “I’d love to see the Republican Party be the party that truly represents the American people. And I think the inner circle inside the GOP is struggling to find that identity, but I hope to play a big role in helping them really realize what their voters want.”
Trump, meanwhile, has long been rumored to be preparing another run for the presidency in 2024, though he hasn’t made a public, official commitment — nor offered a window into who might potentially run alongside him.
In aJanuary interview with Fox News, Pence said he hadn’t spoken to Trump since “last summer,” but that the two “parted amicably.”
source: people.com
