WASHINGTON—Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia won’t challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in next year’s midterms, the firebrand conservative said in a social media post.
That’s likely a relief for Republicans who have expressed concerns that Greene is too divisive to win the seat, Greene said in a lengthy post on X on Friday.
But Greene disputed that, accusing political “elites” in Georgia and Washington, D.C. of looking for a more middle of the road candidate than one who is willing to fight for President Donald Trump and his MAGA political base.
“And I’ll be blunt: the elites don’t speak for the people of Georgia who would walk through fire for President Trump,” Greene said. “The political consultants embedded in the White House don’t know Georgia like I do.”
Greene added that she doesn’t want to serve in a Senate that’s unwilling to shake up the status quo and support President Donald Trump’s agenda and grassroots supporters.
“I won’t fight for a team that refuses to win, that protects its weakest players, and that undermines the very people it’s supposed to serve,” Greene wrote.