MTG backs Thomas Massie for Mitch McConnell’s seat

Published July 7, 2026 1:58pm ET | Updated July 7, 2026 2:07pm ET



Former Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she would “love to see” outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) run for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) seat after the 84-year-old lawmaker recently suffered a medical emergency, which she claims the Republican Party has not addressed adequately.

“Thomas Massie would make a great senator,” Greene told TMZ in an on-the-street interview on Tuesday, saying the same would be true of anybody else who “rejects [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] money.”

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