'I'm not running': MTG backs out of plan to run for Senate

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) settled weeks of speculation on Friday by announcing she will not run for Senate.

The far-right congresswoman, known for a long history of conspiracy theories about QAnon and Jewish space lasers, made her announcement in a lengthy post to X. She expressed confidence she could win the race if she did run, but said she would probably accomplish nothing as a senator anyway, because the institution is fundamentally dysfunctional.

"Take a look at Senate leadership," she wrote. "The same Republicans who green-lit Biden’s worst nominees now chair the committees that control legislation. Mitch McConnell isn’t Senate Leader anymore, but he chairs the powerful Rules Committee and still controls what makes it to the floor. Susan Collins chairs Appropriations. Think about that. Even with a few good Republicans in the Senate, nothing changes."

Incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), she continued, "isn’t the real problem. He’s just a vote. A pawn. No different than the Uniparty Republicans who skip key votes to attend fundraisers and let our agenda fail. Someone once said, 'The Senate is where good ideas go to die.' They were right. That’s why I’m not running."

This follows an announcement earlier this month by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Senate Republicans' top choice of recruit for the role, saying he would not run either. Greene had earlier suggested she could throw her hat in the ring if Kemp bowed out.

Recent polls had indicated of several potential Republican candidates, Kemp was the only one polling competitively with Ossoff. Greene polled worst of anyone under consideration.

Greene ended her announcement with a warning to the GOP that if they don't get together behind the Trump agenda, they will lose.

"You’re turning voters away," she said. "You can’t dress someone up in cowboy boots and think they’ll fool us. Even Trump’s endorsement and rallies can’t save your approved candidates anymore. Georgians are smarter than that. They’ve been burned too many times."