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Greene speculates on political future as Georgia senator, Trump’s VP

by Nick Robertson - 08/16/23 11:00 AM ET

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has not made up her mind on whether she’ll run for Senate in 2026, but she did express interest in the vice presidency in an interview Wednesday with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“I haven’t made up my mind whether I will do that or not. I have a lot of things to think about,” she said. “Am I going to be a part of President Trump’s cabinet if he wins? Is it possible that I’ll be VP?”

Greene, a bombastic congresswoman who has vehemently defended Trump since before she was elected in 2020, said she would be “honored” to share a ticket with the former president and would consider it “very, very heavily.”

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing with IRS whistleblowers, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is also rumored to be interested in a 2026 Senate run. Kemp and Greene are rivals, sparking speculation that she may challenge him in a primary.

Kemp did not support Trump’s attempts to shed doubt on the result of the 2020 election in the state, which are now part of a criminal case against the former president. That lack of support raised criticism from Greene.

“His message should have been against this, not arguing with President Trump about the election and making it about his own ego and pride over Georgia’s election,” Greene said. “That’s a bad statement, and I was very upset over it.”

A 2026 GOP Senate bid would likely be against incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), should he choose to run for reelection.

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Trump has not named any possible running mates if he were to win the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. He is currently the far-away front-runner for the nomination with about 53 percent support, according to national polling averages.

Greene is one of the most divisive members of Congress, making few if any attempts to work with Democrats in the House. She once called Democrats “pedophiles” and previously shared antisemitic conspiracy theories about space “lasers” being the cause of California wildfires in 2018.

She was stripped of her committee assignments in the last Congress after she made comments in support of the QAnon conspiracy theory and advocated for political violence.

This year she has become an ally of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and moved away from the far-right Freedom Caucus of which she was previously a vocal member.

The caucus voted to remove her from its membership last month after she publicly sparred with Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), another caucus member.