Trump Reportedly Helped Dissuade Marjorie Taylor Greene From Running For Georgia Senator

President Donald Trump helped discourage Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from running in next year’s Georgia Senate elections, according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal detailed on Thursday that Trump’s political team commissioned a poll showing the firebrand lawmaker losing an eventual race against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff by 18 points, and that the president showed her the results.

Citing people familiar with the matter, the outlet added that Trump’s team believed Greene would not be competitive in an election even if she could win the GOP primary.

The move seemed to be effective, as Greene said last week she wouldn’t run. In a lengthy X post, she slammed Senate Republicans, saying she “won’t fight for a team that refuses to win.”

Despite Greene’s arguments, Georgia Republicans were reportedly concerned about the possibility that she would reduce the party’s chances of flipping the seat next year given her divisive nature and inflammatory rhetoric.

Concerns increased after Governor Brian Kemp announced his decision not to run next year. He was the only Republican in the state who polled better than Ossoff in a hypothetical match-up, according to a recent poll published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Concretely, Kemp had 49% of the support in the poll, compared to Ossoff’s 46%. The Democrat won in all other scenarios, which also included Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John King.

Greene showed the lowest chances of success, getting 37% of the support compared to Ossoff’s 54%, figure similar to the poll commissioned by Trump’s team. 60% of independent voters surveyed picked the Democrat, as well as 10% of respondents who support Trump.

Kemp would have been the ample favorite to win a Republican primary, but the field is now wide open after his decline to run. However, both him and Trump could help tip the scales if they endorse a particular candidate. NBC News detailed that almost a dozen Republicans have either expressed interest or been floated as candidates.