Posted on 02/29/2024 5:46:45 PM PST by george76
Ally to 45th President Donald Trump, Mark Green, will run for re-election in November
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Green (R-Tenn.) reversed his prior decision to leave Congress after pleas from the 45th president, his predecessor Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and other colleagues who asked him to return.
“Mark Green has had lots of options because of his political talents, and the great job he has done as a Congressman, but given the fantastic work he’s doing as Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, I hope he runs for Re-Election to the U.S. House of Representatives,” Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday.
“If he does, he has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” Trump continued.
Quickly after the Republican official made the reversal decision public, he wrote a statement on deciding to run again.
“While my strong desire was to leave Congress at the end of this year, since my announcement, I have received countless calls from constituents, colleagues, and President Trump urging me to reconsider. I was reminded of the words of General McArthur on a statue at West Point: ‘Duty, honor, country.’ I realized once again: I had a duty to my country to fulfill,” Green said in a statement.
“I will be running for re-election so I can be here on Day 1 next year to help President Trump end this border crisis once and for all,” he added.
A day after the impeachment vote of Department of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Green announced he would retire after the completion of his term , due to frustration with congressional gridlock and turmoil.
“Our country—and our Congress—is broken beyond most means of repair. I have come to realize our fight is not here within Washington, our fight is with Washington,” Green, who was first elected in 2018, said at the time.
With a two person majority and the fate of the nation depending upon the little glimmer of hope the GOP side, I think it is selfish of any GOP House member to consider quitting.
He’s a good one.
If Trump beats the Steal, he’ll need all the allies he can get.
By the same token, if Trump doesn’t beat the Steal, America will need whoever gets the White House to have all the enemies we can throw at it.
Either you want career long politicians or you don’t. It’s good to see congressmen leaving. The senate already is a geriatric facility. Let’s not make the house one too.
Good!! We need all the ‘Mark Green’s’ we can get.
If Trump can’t beat the steal then American elections have gone the way of Zimbabwe and will very soon become meaningless and unnecessary.
Here’s one of my pics for vice president.
His district is solid red. Very little chance of the Dems flipping his seat. But Greene is one of the more conservatives. Definitely not a RINO.
Greens in my district and you’re right it’s solid red but that doesn’t necessarily preclude an “wolf in sheep’s clothing” from getting in. Just a quick glance of all the solidly conservative states that have squishy GOP-e representatives that ran as right wing ticket.
“Better a bird in the hand than two in the bush”
He attended West Point and is a combat veteran (Iraq and Afghanistan) and a physician. I’ve heard him speak in person and he was pretty impressive. Glad that he reconsidered retiring.
Our district was redrawn before 2022. It’s less red now with a huge chunk of Nashville now in it. Yuppie Gultch area and swaths of North Nashville.
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