'MTG Bails on Senate Race, Faces Searing Backlash": Ditched Campaign Spurs Harsh Criticism

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) finally settled weeks of speculation by taking her name out of consideration for Senate, in a lengthy post that railed against Republican lawmakers and insisted she could win the race but wouldn't be able to accomplish anything because her GOP colleagues would just roll over for Democrats anyway.

The announcement, which followed Gov. Brian Kemp also declining to run, was met with widespread mockery on social media, as observers said they knew for all her bravado, there was no way she could actually win.

"In her announcement that she’s not running for senate MTG delivers some thinly veiled blows to many Republicans both in Washington and back home in Georgia," wrote Robert Jimison, who covers Congress for The New York Times.

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A roundabout manner of stating her fear of competing against Jon Ossoff. wrote Political commentary page Blue Georgia.

Incompetent dunce @mtgreenee asserts that she would surely clinch victory in both the #GASen primary and general election if she decided to run, yet she chooses not to because she believes the Senate is foolish. wrote The former Massachusetts state representative candidate Mathew Helman stated, "I am neither exaggerating nor simplifying this. She understands that she would lose against Jon Ossoff. That's why she isn't running."

To put it briefly, you might try to escape, but deep down you realize you would fail, so you attempt to hide this by claiming the Senate is terrible. wrote The Georgia Young Democrats treasurer and potential state representative candidate, Zae Brewer, was recently quoted as saying: “However, didn’t you express enthusiasm about potentially running for Senate not long ago? It’s all utterly ridiculous and amounts to nothing more than an EMBarrassment for our great state of Georgia.”

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