Revealed: Trump planning secret meeting with Kemp to box out MTG in Senate race
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 3, 2023 (Image: Shutterstock)
Despite his public falling out with President Donald Trump, Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp will soon meet with him at the White House to discuss next year's pivotal Senate race in the Peach State. And the outcome of that meeting may not be good news for Sen. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
Axios reported Thursday that Kemp will meet with Trump "in the coming weeks" to unite behind who they feel would be the Republican candidate best equipped to win a general election race against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.). And while Greene is a staunch Trump loyalist, the president is reportedly hesitant to throw his weight behind her.
"The president, like the governor, wants someone who can win," an unnamed White House advisor told Axios. "The president loves MTG. He doesn't love her chances in a general."
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Greene has not officially launched a Senate campaign, but she has teased a run against Ossoff in next year's midterm election. Kemp — who is currently serving his second term as Georgia's governor — was thought to be a top contender for the race, but pulled his name out of contention earlier this week. And some Republicans in the critical swing state are hoping that she won't enter what could be a crowded GOP primary.
“She can win a primary. She cannot win a general [election] in Georgia,” Republican strategist Brian Robinson told NBC.
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) has already declared his campaign, but according to Axios, he's not a favorite among Trumpworld. Some potential candidates include Small Business Administrator and Kelly Loeffler — who lost her reelection race to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) on January 5, 2021 — and Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) Should Collins run, some GOP strategists view him as a favorite to receive Trump's coveted endorsement.
"He lines up on the Venn diagram," one Georgia-based strategist told Axios. "He's at every [Trump] rally. He's a trucker, so he has a blue-collar business background and would be the firebrand, workhorse candidate."
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Click here to read Axios' report in full.
