Trump’s ex-Army nominee Mark Green indicates he’ll run for Congress

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President Trump’s nominee for Army secretary withdrew amid a storm of criticism from Democrats and civil rights groups last month and now he says he wants to return to D.C., to drain the swamp.

Tennessee state Sen. Mark Green released a statement Friday expressing an interest in running for Congress in next year’s midterm elections, saying the experience of losing the nomination over his devout Christian politics made him understand “the real fight” is in the nation’s capital.

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