Marjorie Taylor Greene blames Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell for losing Georgia runoffs and says it's 'extremely insulting' she wasn't used more by Walker campaign
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- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed GOP senators for Herschel Walker's runoff election loss.
- The Georgia congresswoman specifically called out Sens. Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell.
- She also complained about how she wasn't invited to more of Walker's campaign events.
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia blamed top Republican leaders for the party's loss in the US Senate runoff in the state and said she should've been asked to more Herschel Walker campaign events.
"This is for Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham and the rest of the Republican senators; you guys are the reasons why we are losing Republican races all over the country," Greene said during an appearance on Steve Bannon's War Room on Wednesday, per Yahoo News.
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Incumbent Sen. Ralphael Warnock beat Walker in the runoff election earlier this week. As Insider reported, young voter turnout gave Warnock an edge over the controversial former NFL player.
Walker, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, was also backed by Sens. Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham. His defeat comes after the disappointing results of the midterm elections for the GOP. Although the party won a wafer-thin majority in the House, Warnock's win gives Democrats a 51-49 majority in the Senate.
Greene won re-election easily to represent Georgia's 14th congressional district against Democrat Marcus Flowers, with a 66-34 victory.
During the interview, Greene complained to Bannon that she was only asked to speak at Walker's campaign events "a couple of times."
"I was never asked by the Herschel Walker campaign to come to speak at any of his campaign events. They only asked me to come to maybe two or three in my own district," Greene said, adding, "which I find extremely insulting."