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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Friday she won’t challenge Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia in next year’s midterms, delivering relief for some Republicans who worry she’s too divisive to win.

In a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Greene disputed GOP donors and consultants who fear she would turn off the moderate Republicans and independents needed to beat Ossoff. But Greene said she doesn’t want to serve in a Senate that “doesn’t work” and that she said is dominated by lawmakers hostile to grassroots Trump supporters and unwilling to shake up the status quo.

“If I’m going to fight for a team, it will only be a team willing to lay it all on the line to save this country,” she wrote.

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[–] antisocialite@lemmy.today 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She's made a lottery sized fortune and her and all her brood are set for life. She's gonna take her pipe bombs and go home.

[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bingo. She's won three terms, so six years of being a rep, which means she gets the retirement and healthcare (the federal option, which she would pay the premiums for, in fairness) for life. The formula calculates out somewhere between $17-20k once she turns 62 in another nine years. Not a lot, but a very decent chunk to add to everything else.

Add in everything from the typical republican grifts and why would she bother anymore?

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RL30631
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/good-question-congress-benefits/

[–] antisocialite@lemmy.today 20 points 2 weeks ago

She recently made $20 million. She gets to participate in insider trading and she gets mountains of cash thrown at her every time she does something performative, like jeering at Biden during the SOTUA.

[–] NotAGamer@lemmy.org 36 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

She just needs to go away.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 12 points 2 weeks ago

They ALL need to go away.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago

She has her little slice of shit populated by morons and scum carved out. She's never going to leave that seat.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 17 points 2 weeks ago

She's gunning for a cabinet position or some shit

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

We shouldn’t have allowed her to thaw.

[–] FilthyHands@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't let the door hit ya.

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

BYE FELICIA!

[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

One time someone called her “Lee Corso” in a wig and now i can only see that.

[–] TTH4P@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit, you aren't kidding.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s not wrong but I feel bad for Lee being associated with her

Yeah lees a cool guy

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The way she words some of this makes it sound like she wants a NEW senate created, one “that works”.

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Seems like she's hoping for the MAGA coup to be at least nearing completion by then. Why spend resources on campaigning when you expect your opponents to be declared enemies of the state and arrested by the time "elections" come around?

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

That's because she's inarticulate and probably illiterate.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 2 weeks ago

Kemp declined to run too? They're planning something more awful.