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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Trump was so desperate for MTG to drop Georgia Senate run he ordered a poll showing she’d get crushed

Donald Trump was so desperate to stop Marjorie Taylor Greene from attempting to run for the U.S. Senate in 2026 he had a poll commissioned to demonstrate she did not stand a chance, according to a report.

The president’s political team called on his favorite pollster, Tony Fabrizio, to conduct a survey examining Greene’s prospects of beating Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff in a hypothetical matchup. It duly showed that the Georgia Republican Rep would lose an election challenge by a crushing 18 points, The Wall Street Journal reports.

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