Marjorie Taylor Greene is a good case study of someone who has expressed belief in outlandish conspiracy theories (see “Marjorie Taylor Greene Goes Full Kook With Mass Shooting Conspiracy Theory”) in a rather convincing way. She goes far beyond just building an entire movement on the lie that the election was stolen as Trump has. Trump avoids jumping into the fever swamp of QAnon lunacy the way she has.
Whether Greene believes the cray-cray she spouts is impossible to ascertain, however she must know that the only way she’ll ever come close to assuming a higher office is to convince Trump she’d be the perfect running mate for him. Consider:
If Trump is going to select her as his running, uh, mate, the Christian nationalist will have to perfect the Pence patented worshipful gaze.
See: Mike Pence's adoring gaze at President Trump and watch the hysterical video.
- CNN's Jeanne Moss reports on the most devoted stare in politics, Vice President Mike Pence's adoring gaze at President Trump.
It is obvious that Greene has yet to master the glazed eyes adulating look that led Trump to believe Pence would cut off his right arm in service of Himself, the Second But Better Than The First Coming.
If running with Trump is the prize she has her eyes on, and I think it is, she may have to go even further than she already has is distancing herself from QAnon: See “Marjorie Taylor Greene Dodges Question About Supporting QAnon” in April. This still doesn’t shed much, if any, light on whether she ever believed the QAnon craziness.
It will be interesting to see whether she tries to de-QAnon herself and simply wholeheartedly embraces The Big Lie.
I see the biggest, and perhaps the most interesting and telling question isn’t whether Trump decides to run again. Rather, I see it as if he does, as is likely, who he will announce as his running mate? Would he pick a non-entity like the blander than bland Mike Pence again or chose someone that may appeal to the lunatic fringe and someone who strokes his, um, his ego. Does he long to have a woman by his side who will gaze at him the way Nancy gazed at Ronnie…
and the way he wishes Melania gazed at him:
If his need for this kind of worshipful and female unwavering loyalty is strong enough he might decide to pick Marjorie Taylor Greene to be one heartbeat away from being the president. If he did this that she may be certifiably mentally ill wouldn’t phase him since he may very well think he will live forever. Even if he allows the thought of his own mortality to fleetingly cross his mind he probably thinks “I don’t give a damn what that crazy lady does to the country as president, I won’t be around to see it.”
Of course, Greene would be competing with several other Republicans including the always grinning in the background or next to him Tim Scott if he wants to run with a black male Republican, or a high profile woman who isn’t nuts, and is actually competent like Nikki Haley or Kristi Noem.
Greene would have to balance the right amount of sucking up and making sure Trump is comfortable with her with showing that she’s in no way competing with him for attention even though she’d get a lot of it. That might not matter to Trump since, after all he’d rationalize, “she’s merely a woman.” Of course she’d have to convince him that she would increase his chances of winning.
See articles about a Trump VP selection noting that none of them mention Marjorie Taylor Greene: