Fri Jan 27, 2023 – 3:07 pm EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is pushing to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate should he win the Republican presidential nomination, according to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
“This is no shrinking violet. She’s ambitious — she’s not shy about that, nor should she be,” said Bannon, NBC News reports. “She sees herself on the short list for Trump’s VP. Paraphrasing [late political reporter] Cokie Roberts, when MTG looks in the mirror she sees a potential president smiling back.”
Bannon’s comments potentially lend weight to what The New York Times Magazine writer Robert Draper told The Daily Beast in November – that Greene is one of the top contenders for the position, which has been “discussed since February of this year, and it’s been discussed repeatedly. Now, to be fair, I mean, how many of these conversations has Trump had with other people?”
Greene’s key advantage, Draper said, has been establishing herself as “unflaggingly loyal to Trump throughout. What is Trump concerned about most of all in a VP after the Mike Pence experience? Loyalty. He knows that if he
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