Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been consistently advocating for Donald Trump being speaker of the House, even after the former president endorsed another candidate, and one columnist says it's because she really wants to be his vice presidential running mate.
Greene, who was recently rebuffed by a liberal anti-war group for "opportunistically" approaching its volunteers for a photo, has posted more than once about wanting Trump to be speaker. She has even said every day in the House would be like a MAGA rally, if that were to actually happen.
"Since Tuesday, she has posted on X 13 times saying basically the only choice for speaker is Donald Trump. On Thursday, she conducted a poll on X that showed 62% wanted Trump as speaker, 29.5% wanted Jim Jordan, R-Ohio — the candidate Trump has endorsed — and 8.1% wanted Steve Scalise, R-La. More than 72,000 votes were cast," according to the report.
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The report then continues to discuss Greene's potential motives for strongly fighting for Trump as House speaker.
"Thursday, Greene said she would be nominating Trump for speaker on Tuesday. While it seems unlikely that Trump will become speaker — the Constitution does not require that the speaker be a member of the body — there may be more going on behind Greene’s posts on X. In August, Greene told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that she had 'a lot of things to think about. Am I going to be a part of President Trump’s cabinet if he wins? Is it possible that I’ll be VP?'"
The author of the piece then recalls, "Greene said she would 'very, very heavily' consider being Trump’s running mate if asked, saying it would be 'an honor.'"
