GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA) has her eye on serving in Donald Trump's Cabinet if he's elected in November — and she wants to be put in charge of the nation's security.
“I’d be honored to serve President Trump in his next administration in any capacity that he asks me. But I’m certainly particularly interested in Homeland Security. I think it’s the top issue in the country,” she said.
She spoke to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution while campaigning for presidential candidate Donald Trump in South Carolina. Greene was the "architect" of the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over what she said was his failure to secure the nation's southern border.
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It was the first-ever impeachment resolution against a sitting Cabinet secretary, which accused Mayorkas of refusing to secure the U.S.-Mexico border amid a record surge of illegal border crossings.
The impeachment, which passed the House earlier this month, will likely die in the Democratic-led Senate where even GOP lawmakers have said it's a political stunt.
Greene says her political experience makes her far better suited for the job than Mayorkas. Homeland Security oversees the nation's borders, but is also in charge of counterterrorism and the U.S. Secret Service.
“Coming from a background in an executive position, I feel very strongly about being capable for that role,” she told the AJC.
Greene had owned a gym and worked in a construction business owned by her family before she entered politics, the AJC reported.
She has been extremely vocal about immigration and what the Republicans call a crisis at the border, which has become a hot-button issue for conservatives.
She recently threatened to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson if he didn't kill a bipartisan bill that would fund border security, a piece of legislation that included many items that Republicans supported. Reports claimed Trump wanted it killed because he saw the border problems as being a strong campaign issue.
