BURSTSen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) warned on Wednesday that a successful Senate run by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) would be "a disaster" for the nation.
Ossoff is set to defend his seat in the 2026 midterms, six years after he pulled off an upset win against former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) in an intense race that helped Democrats gain control of the Senate at the time.
President-elect Trump has previously floated Greene as a Senate candidate he'd support, and Ossoff cautioned she might be his challenger.
“Donald Trump wants Marjorie Taylor Greene asking questions in Senate confirmation hearings instead of you. It would be his dream come true to have her in the Kash Patel confirmation hearing for FBI director,” MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell said Wednesday on "The Last Word," referencing Trump’s pick to lead the FBI.
“You know, Congresswoman Greene represents [an] extremely divisive, zealous, partisan MAGA brand of politics that I think would be an electoral problem for her in Georgia,” Ossoff responded. “But, with the former president’s support in a primary, she may very well be the general election candidate.”
“Marjorie Taylor Greene in the U.S. Senate would be a disaster for the country,” he added.
In the case of the Georgia Republican making a Senate bid, Trump suggested in March 2023 he'd battle “like hell” on Greene’s behalf, comments which Ossoff seemingly noted during his MSNBC appearance Wednesday.
“Would you like to run for the Senate?” Trump said to Greene at a campaign rally in Texas at the time. “I would fight like hell for you.”
The Hill has reached out to the Trump transition team and Greene’s office for comment.