Marjorie Taylor Greene Issues Warning to Trump: ‘MAGA Would Revolt’

(L) Then-President Donald Trump greets the crowd at the "Stop The Steal" Rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (R) Then-Georgia Republican House candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene at a press conference in Dallas, Ga., on Oct. 15, 2020. (Tasos Katopodis, Dustin Chambers/Getty Images)

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) warned that “MAGA would revolt” if former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley were to be included in a potential Trump administration, referring to speculation about Ms. Haley’s future.

The former president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, said in an interview that she could not rule out whether the former South Carolina governor would serve as his vice president. “Never say never,” she said in response to a question from NewsNation host Eric Bolling about whether Ms. Haley could serve as his No. 2.

“I thought you were gonna say Trump–Chris Christie talk, which you’d have a better chance of [President] Joe Biden running with [former President] Donald Trump than Chris Christie at this point,” Ms. Trump, who is married to Eric Trump, told the host.

Regarding Ms. Haley, she said: “Crazier things have happened. I don’t know. I would never say never with Donald J. Trump. Never say never.”

But Ms. Taylor Greene, a staunch Trump supporter, wrote that “MAGA would revolt if Nikki Haley were to even be given an internship in Trump’s next administration,” responding to the speculation.

“She represents the neocon establishment America last wing of the Republican Party that we are absolutely done with,” she added. “Also, she lied and said she would not run against Trump.”

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Her comment about Ms. Haley was reposted by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Neither the Trump campaign nor the Haley campaign have responded to the speculation. Previously, Ms. Haley served as the Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations.

Meanwhile, the former president has been critical of Ms. Haley, calling her “birdbrain” on social media and painting her as untrustworthy and disloyal. He’s noted that before launching her campaign for president, Ms. Haley often publicly said she wouldn’t run against him.

“MAGA, or I, will never go for Birdbrain Nikki Haley,” President Trump wrote in a Truth Social post earlier this year. “Birdbrain doesn’t have the TALENT or TEMPERAMENT to do the job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Responding to his criticism, Ms. Haley told Fox News earlier this month that she believes his comments about her means that he believes her to be a threat to his standing in the polls. “Look, all these guys know that we’re surging in the polls so they’re all starting to hit,” she said.

While Ms. Haley has risen in the polls in recent days—now at about 12 percent in the RealClearPolitics aggregation of recent polls—she is still behind the former president by about 48 percentage points. A poll released by the Des Moines Register surveying Iowa voters about a month ahead of the all-important Iowa caucuses shows President Trump has 51 percent support in the Hawkeye State, whereas Ms. Haley has about 16 percent.

Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis garnered 19 percent in the Register’s Iowa poll, while he also had about 12 percentage points in the RealClearPolitics average.

Other speculation about President Trump’s possible running mates in 2024 have included Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Mr. DeSantis, or Vivek Ramaswamy, also a GOP presidential candidate who has largely echoed the former president’s platform.

Last week, Mr. Carlson responded to speculation about joining a possible Trump ticket by suggesting that he would not. “God would have to yell at me very loud,” he said at a recent event.

Mr. DeSantis has previously said that he doesn’t want to be vice president, saying he’s only running for president, while Mr. Ramaswamy said in August that he would reject a vice president offer.

Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley participates in the NewsNation Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Alabama Moody Music Hall in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Dec. 6, 2023. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

There has also been speculation that President Trump could tap Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race earlier this year, or former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson to become his vice president.

Endorsement

Meanwhile, Ms. Haley was endorsed earlier this week by New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who told a crowd that “we’re all in for Nikki Haley” during a recent event.

While Ms. Haley has seen a climb in New Hampshire polling, the former president maintains a significant lead in the state. A survey released Nov. 16 by Monmouth University and The Washington Post shows that she is No. 2 with 18 percent in the Granite State, but 46 percent of voters in the poll said they’re backing President Trump.

Notably, Mr. Sununu, a Republican, has been largely critical of President Trump in his public comments. Dante Scala, a political science professor at the University of New Hampshire, told a local media outlet that Mr. Sununu’s endorsement might hold weight for the voting bloc of moderate, anti-Trump Republicans who may be split between former Gov. Chris Christie, who is polling nationally at around 2 percent, and Ms. Haley.

“If you could put that bloc behind a single candidate, that’s probably a third of the vote,” he said. “I think in terms of the primary, [Mr. Sununu] would be especially influential among just that bloc of voters.” But he stressed that it wouldn’t be enough for Ms. Haley to win New Hampshire, which is the among the first primary states.