Politics & Government

QAnon Supporter Greene Endorses Loeffler For U.S. Senate

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the presumed winner of a U.S. Congressional seat, endorsed incumbent U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler to keep her seat.

U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler beams as Marjorie Taylor Greene, the presumptive winner of Georgia's 14th U.S. Congressional District, endorses her at a news conference in Dallas.
U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler beams as Marjorie Taylor Greene, the presumptive winner of Georgia's 14th U.S. Congressional District, endorses her at a news conference in Dallas. (Brynn Anderson/AP)

DALLAS, GA β€” Marjorie Taylor Greene, the presumptive winner of a U.S. Congressional seat on Nov. 3, on Thursday endorsed incumbent U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Greene told reporters at a Dallas news conference that Loeffler gained her support by hating socialism as much as she does.

β€œIf [Democrats] get their way in November, our economy will be wrecked, our jobs will be lost and our country will be plunged into a socialist hellhole,” Greene said, as reported in The Marietta Daily Journal.

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Loeffler cited her opposition to abortion and her support of 2nd Amendment rights as other traits she shared with Greene.

β€œAnd just like Marjorie, I’ve taken on the radical left, cancel culture and fake news media β€” and won,” Loeffler said, as reported by the Marietta newspaper.

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Over the summer, Georgia Republicans distanced themselves from Greene after Politico discovered Facebook videos showing her expressing Islamophobic and anti-Semitic opinions. Still, Greene handily won the Republican nomination in an August runoff to represent Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.

Greene has since drawn national fire for supporting QAnon conspiracy theories, yet she appears almost certain to win a Congressional seat after her only Democratic challenger dropped out of the race in September.

Loeffler’s prospects are far less certain. Appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp in 2019 to replace longtime Senator Johnny Isakson, she’s been fighting ever since to stay in Congress, burnishing her conservative credentials while fending off a challenge from fellow Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Collins.

Meanwhile, Raphael Warnock, the pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and the top Democratic candidate, is ahead of both Loeffler and Collins in recent polls. One of the two Republican candidates will probably face Warnock in a January runoff.

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