Final November, we famous that there have been few scarier phrases within the English language than “Donald Trump has kicked off his third bid for the White Home,” besides possibly “…and Marjorie Taylor Greene is his working mate.” Sadly for humanity, that first waking nightmare has certainly come to move—and if the congresswoman from Georgia has something to say about it, the second isn’t far behind.
NBC Information experiences Greene is “angling to be Donald Trump’s working mate in 2024,” in keeping with two folks conversant in the matter who’ve spoken to the GOP consultant about her plans for the longer term. “That is no shrinking violet, she’s formidable—she’s not shy about that, nor ought to she be,” former Trump adviser and convicted prison Steve Bannon instructed the outlet. “She sees herself on the quick checklist for Trump’s VP. Paraphrasing [the late political reporter] Cokie Roberts, when MTG seems within the mirror she sees a possible president smiling again.” (Earlier this month, the Every day Beast reported that Greene was certainly on Trump‘s quick checklist, together with Consultant Elise Stefanik, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, and Democratic presidential candidate turned Fox Information contributor Tulsi Gabbard.) One other particular person instructed reporter Jonathan Allen that Greene’s “complete imaginative and prescient is to be vp,” including that they imagine she ought to be among the many candidates the ex-president considers.
The identical sources instructed NBC Information that Greene’s imaginative and prescient explains her “latest efforts to rebrand herself as a politician who can stand astride the divide between the get together’s hard-liners and its institution wing,” and “threw herself into serving to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy” as Speaker of the Home. “She’s each strategic and disciplined—she made an influence transfer, figuring out it might run up onerous in opposition to her most ardent crew,” Bannon instructed Allen, referring to Greene’s break together with her buddies within the Freedom Caucus, whose opposition to McCarthy led to the California lawmaker shedding the Speaker vote a whopping 14 occasions earlier than his final win. “She was ready to take the extraordinary warmth/hatred short-term for the long-term purpose of being a participant.”
After all, Greene can try to rebrand herself all she desires, however the reality stays that it is going to be onerous for voters to neglect about what they already learn about her, the lowlights of which embrace that she:
- Believes there’s some “reality” to the conspiracy theories unfold by QAnon, which claims that Democrats are a part of a Satanic cabal of cannibals working a world intercourse trafficking ring that conspired in opposition to Trump whereas he was in workplace;
- Doesn’t imagine in evolution;
- Steered college shootings like Parkland and Sandy Hook have been false flags and/or staged, and that Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton wished college shootings to occur so they may get gun management laws handed;
- Claimed {that a} deputy sheriff from Broward County, Florida, was paid off to maintain quiet in regards to the Parkland taking pictures being an inside job;
- Harassed David Hogg, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas taking pictures, screaming at him on the road that he was a “coward” who was utilizing youngsters to additional anti-gun initiatives;
- Endorsed requires Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Barack Obama to be executed;
- Insisted there’s no proof a airplane crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11;
- Blamed the California wildfires on Jewish laser beams;
- Declared that the election of Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have been a part of “an Islamic invasion of our authorities”;
- Launched a invoice that might criminalize transgender medical care;
- Spoke at an occasion placed on by a widely known white nationalist;
- Voted in opposition to most cancers sufferers;
- Voted in opposition to a decision to award the Congressional Gold Medal to legislation enforcement brokers who defended on January 6;
- Thinks the Clintons had JFK Jr. killed as a result of he was Hillary’s competitors for Senate.
And that’s simply, like, a sampling.
