‘Team That Refuses To Win’: Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts GOP Elites While Passing On Georgia Senate Run

Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced Friday evening that she will not challenge incumbent Democratic Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff in the 2026 midterms, while insisting she would have won both the GOP primary and the general election.

Greene, a close ally of President Donald Trump, posted a lengthy statement on X explaining why she opted out of the Senate race after previous reports indicated she was considering launching a bid. The lawmaker cited party “elites” who she claimed were standing in the way of Trump’s agenda and conspiring to “carefully select” a more establishment-friendly GOP candidate as her main reason for passing on the contest.

“Now, they’re trying to carefully select someone who can dress up in MAGA just enough to trick the grassroots into thinking they’re one of us — someone who won’t dare challenge the Republican establishment or disrupt the status quo that has failed the people time and time again,” Greene wrote on X. “These are the Republicans who see Trump as a speed bump, one they believe they can carefully roll over now that he won’t be on the ballot again.”

“Even with a few good Republicans in the Senate, nothing changes,” Greene continued. “So no, Jon Ossoff 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. I won’t fight for a team that refuses to win, that protects its weakest players, and that undermines the very people it’s supposed to serve.”

Though Greene was publicly