It was pretty clear to me that Greene did not have much interest in actually being a legislator, but saw the position as giving her a bully pulpit to build her personal brand, through obnoxious behavior, outrageous statements, and social media marketing. When she was stripped of her committee roles in 2021 (which effectively eliminated most of her work as a Representative), I really don’t think she cared; it gave her more time to be a rabble-rouser.
Based on her statements and stances after leaving Congress, I have reassessed my original thinking on her. I no longer think she is stupid (though I think that her once-frequent collaborator, Boebert, is dumb as a box of rocks), though I do still feel that she is dangerous, toxic, and ambitious.
I think most people understand MTG is essentially the same person today that she was when she first hopped aboard the MAGA train. While I do believe she was disappointed in Trump, I fervently believe she broke from MAGA because Trump wouldn’t support her ambitions for higher office like the senate.
Indeed. Although objectively “high” relative to the whole spectrum of all politics, being rank-and-file in the House is “mid” enough in the federal political environment that someone really ambitious will not want to just sit there and be happy to be a Big Shot back in your Hicksville district doing Corps of Engineers flood project groundbreakings. Sure, in a “safe” district you can chill for a few terms and get flush on insider dealing if your morality allows for that, but people who crave the as-seen-on-TV National Big Shot vibe will want these days to use the post to become a celebrity Political Influencer and that way have their name atop the list to be endorsed for a powerful committee chairmanship or House leadership post, or for a run as Governor or Senator.