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Marjorie Taylor Greene has determined to sit down out the Georgia Senate race. Why, you ask? As a result of working for the Senate would apparently “weaken” her power.
Sure, that’s the story she’s sticking with. Not the truth that she’s been polling someplace between “abysmal” and “please cease” amongst Georgia voters. Not the truth that the Republican institution is about as thrilled together with her antics as you’d be with a raccoon rummaging by way of your trash. Nope, it’s as a result of she’s simply too robust to run. Latest polls in Georgia have proven her trailing far behind potential Republican Senate candidates, to not point out Democratic incumbents. Even in a state that’s nonetheless deeply divided, Greene’s model of extremism performs properly solely within the reddest corners of the MAGA base.
In accordance with Greene, a Senate marketing campaign would take her away from her “essential” work within the Home. You recognize, like submitting impeachment articles towards Joe Biden each different Tuesday or tweeting about Jewish house lasers. This is identical lady who spent her first time period stripped of committee assignments as a result of her rhetoric was so poisonous that even Kevin McCarthy couldn’t defend her. Sarcastically, Greene’s determination to remain out of the Senate race may truly be unhealthy information for Democrats. A Greene Senate marketing campaign might have galvanized Democratic voters in Georgia, very like Herschel Walker’s disastrous run did in 2022. As an alternative, Democrats will doubtless face a extra typical Republican candidate, one who can enchantment to swing voters and keep away from making headlines for all of the flawed causes. It’s a wise transfer for the GOP, even when it means maintaining Greene on a tighter leash within the Home.
So the place does this go away Marjorie Taylor Greene? For now, she appears content material to keep in her protected Home district, the place she will be able to proceed to rile up her base with out going through any actual penalties. However her long-term prospects are far much less sure.