0:03 Well, howdy there internet people. It's
0:05 Belle again.
0:08 So, today we're going to talk about
0:10 what's going on with Marjorie Taylor
0:14 Green. So, MTG has been making a
0:17 surprising amount of sense lately. For
0:19 this bizarre brief moment, she's dropped
0:22 a lot of the wild rhetoric. She hasn't
0:25 mentioned space lasers in a while, and
0:27 she's acting in what could broadly be
0:29 considered the best interests of her
0:32 district, even though it requires
0:34 breaking with Republican leadership over
0:36 Trump's shutdown.
0:39 Her seemingly reasonable positions have
0:42 led to this question. Quote, "Is
0:46 Representative MTG sick? She is saying
0:49 things, reasonable things. She does
0:51 revert back and say outlandish things
0:54 still. However, every couple days I see
0:57 her say something in an interview or
1:00 make a post that seems reasonable, like
1:02 needing a better solution to labor than
1:05 just deporting everyone. She's really
1:07 been putting a spotlight on the state of
1:11 healthcare. What's going on?
1:13 I think people are so accustomed to MTG
1:17 being well weird that they've overlooked
1:19 the most obvious answer. She's a politician.
1:21 politician.
1:24 Back in July, she declined to throw her
1:25 hat into the ring for the governor's
1:28 race. That came after she announced she
1:31 wasn't going to run for Senate.
1:33 politicians only announced they aren't
1:35 running for a position when it was under
1:38 consideration or there was heavy
1:40 speculation about them seeking the position.
1:42 position.
1:44 There's reporting that says part of the
1:46 reason she declined to jump in the race
1:49 was because she was shown internal
1:52 polling that suggested she wouldn't win.
1:55 If we take all of this information in,
1:58 we can reasonably assume that MTG wants
2:01 to move forward in politics and progress
2:04 beyond the House of Representatives.
2:07 We can also reasonably assess that she
2:09 trusts internal polling despite her
2:11 public statements that she would have
2:14 won. It looks like she's planning for a
2:18 postTrump world. Politically, there's a
2:19 huge difference between winning a deep
2:22 red district that favors Republicans by
2:25 about 20 points and winning in a
2:27 statewide race like governor or senator
2:31 in a swing state. In her district, she
2:33 can be the bizarre fire brand with wild
2:35 rhetoric that has put her on the
2:38 national scene. In a statewide race,
2:40 that doesn't fly.
2:42 It seems like she might be adjusting her
2:45 public persona to gear up for a future
2:48 run for a wider office.
2:49 Making the shift from her current
2:52 reputation to somebody who could
2:54 successfully run the state governor's
2:57 office won't be an easy task, but the
3:00 push back against Trump's shutdown and
3:02 trying to make the case for health care
3:04 for the people of Georgia is probably a
3:06 good start.
3:10 Green's real issue might be well Green.
3:12 There's not a lot of widespread belief
3:14 that she can hold to reasonable
3:17 positions, avoid inflammatory rhetoric,
3:20 and recast herself as somebody who can
3:23 run a state government. But the simplest
3:26 answer here is probably the right one.
3:28 Green is trying to move away from her
3:32 image and out of the house.
3:34 Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have
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