Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) indicated she has aspirations to seek a higher office sometime in the future, including a possible run for the Senate or as a running mate under President Donald Trump.
If the Georgia Republican were to seek election to the Senate, she would likely find herself facing off against incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), whose term ends in 2027.
Ms. Greene is one of President Trump’s staunchest allies in the Senate, supporting a resolution joined by House Republican conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to expunge Democrats’ first impeachment of the former president related to a phone call between himself and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
President Trump, in turn, has pushed Greene to seek some higher office.
During a rally in Texas attended by Ms. Greene, President Trump returned the congresswoman’s support, saying, “Marjorie Taylor Greene, you happen to be here. Would you like to run for the Senate? I will fight like hell for you, I tell you.”
Ms. Greene told NBC after President Trump made the comments that she had not considered the prospect, but said, “It was so nice of him to say.”
She also raised the prospect of serving under President Trump as a running mate or serving as a cabinet member.
“Am I going to be a part of President Trump’s Cabinet if he wins? Is it possible that I’ll be VP?” she said, adding that she'd consider such an offer “very, very heavily.”
Ms. Greene’s home state of Georgia voted in an extremely thin margin for President Joe Biden in 2020, leaving a question mark as to the leaning of the historically red state. Thus, it’s unclear whether Ms. Greene, who veers further to the right among her House colleagues, could carry the seat in a statewide race.
The Trump campaign did not immediately reply to a request for comment on whether Ms. Greene’s in consideration for President Trump’s running mate.
