How Trump Convinced MTG Not To Run For Senate

The Wall Street Journal reports:

President Trump’s political team commissioned a poll that showed Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene losing a potential race for Senate in Georgia by double-digits, and the president shared the results with Greene in a bid to discourage her from running in 2026. The poll was conducted by Tony Fabrizio, Trump’s longtime pollster, the people said. Trump’s team was determined to keep Greene out of the race to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff because they feared she wouldn’t be competitive.

The poll showed that Greene would lose to Ossoff in a general election by 18 points, according to people familiar with the poll, even as she could win a primary election. It also showed that Greene was a less competitive candidate than Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp or Kelly Loeffler, administrator of the Small Business Administration. Kemp, who said earlier this month he wouldn’t pursue the seat, was the strongest candidate, one of the people familiar with the poll said.

Read the full article. As a reminder, last week MTG gave a totally different reason for not running for the Senate. Below is just a small portion of her 1000-word screed about the Senate’s Republican leadership.

Trump Helped Ease Marjorie Taylor Greene Out of Possible Senate Run

President shared polling with the Georgia congresswoman showing that she would lose by double digitshttps://t.co/VVXHrqcWW0 via @WSJ

— Lindsay Wise (@lindsaywise) May 15, 2025