Greene endorses Loeffler for Senate
DALLAS, Ga. — Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia enthusiastically accepted an endorsement Thursday from Marjorie Taylor Greene, a congressional candidate who has embraced baseless Qanon conspiracy theories and espoused racist views in a series of online videos.
Loeffler and Greene made the announcement together at a rented open-air pavilion in a public park on the outskirts of metro Atlanta, where suburbs begin to give way to farms and woodland.
The endorsement highlights Loeffler’s embrace of far-right politics as she tries to fend off a challenge from Republican Rep. Doug Collins, a four-term congressman who is one of President Donald Trump’s most visible defenders in Congress.
Collins is among 20 challengers seeking to knock Loef
fler from the U.S. Senate seat she was appointed to less than a year ago by Georgia’s governor. The top Democrat in the race is Raphael Warnock, pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached.
Greene said she’s backing Loeffler because she’s proven to be “the most conservative Republican in the race.”
“What impressed me with Kelly is I found out that she be
lieves a lot of the same things that I believe,” Greene said.
Loeffler, a wealthy businesswoman from Atlanta who was appointed in part to help Republicans in Georgia appeal to moderate suburban voters, has been battling it out with Collins in a race to the right as both seek a spot in a Jan. 5 runoff that is seen as likely. A runoff between the top two candidates is required in Georgia if no one gets more than 50% of votes on Nov. 3.