The GOP is right to scuttle Marjorie Taylor Greene’s political ambitions

Published August 6, 2025 3:42pm ET



Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is in the midst of a Democratic turn after her political ambitions have fallen flat, proving that President Donald Trump was right not to back her for higher office in the first place.

In May, Greene said she would not run for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, after Trump reportedly commissioned a poll from his top pollster that showed her losing to Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) by 18 points. Trump was also unenthusiastic about her possible campaign for governor, resulting in her announcing at the end of July that she wouldn’t be running in that race, either.

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