By Paul Steinhauser | Fox News
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Tuesday endorsed J.D. Vance in Ohio’s crowded, combustible and expensive 2022 GOP Senate primary, in a political move that’s possibly directed toward an audience of one.
And that one person is former President Donald Trump.
Greene, a first-term conservative congresswoman who has repeatedly sparked controversies with incendiary comments but who’s also a top Trump supporter and loyalist in the House, emphasized in a statement shared first with Fox News Digital that “JD Vance is the conservative warrior that the entire America First movement needs fighting for us in the U.S. Senate, and that’s why I’m proud to endorse him.”
WITH JD VANCE IN THE RACE, OHIO’S GOP SENATE PRIMARY GETS BIGGER AND MORE EXPENSIVE
Greene has become popular with many Trump supporters and other far-right Republican voters, and her endorsement of Vance comes as venture capitalist and bestselling author, along with and nearly all the other top contenders in Ohio‘s GOP Senate primary, have tried to outdo each other to showcase their unwavering support of the former president. This as they vie for the endorsement of Trump, who one year removed from the White House remains very popular and influential with Republican voters as he continues to play a kingmaker’s role in GOP politics and repeatedly flirts with making another White House run in 2024.
Vance, who grew up in Middletown, Ohio, and currently lives in Cincinnati, grabbed national attention after his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” became a New York Times bestseller and was made into a Netflix film. But as he announced his Senate candidacy last summer, he made headlines once again as his past public comments critical of Trump were thrust back into the spotlight.
