Marjorie Taylor Greene is pulling the plug on the Tucker 2028 hype \u2014 just months after helping light the fuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Georgia congresswoman says Tucker Carlson is not plotting a third-party White House run, despite a viral summit of Trump-world defectors and a manifesto-style speech that sent speculation into overdrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTucker, he\u2019s not running for president,\u201d Greene told POLITICO Playbook<\/a> over the weekend, according to The Hill. \u201cHe said that publicly. He said that privately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greene also ruled herself out of the 2028 sweepstakes, insisting the group\u2019s fight is bigger than landing one of its members in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOur argument is the two-party system is a complete and total failure,\u201d she said. \u201cI am 100 percent totally completely disgusted with both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n That is a striking change in tone from March, when Greene loudly floated Carlson as Trump\u2019s successor \u2014 and even suggested the former Fox News star could beat the president if Trump tried to seek an unconstitutional third term. (RELATED:<\/strong> Marjorie Taylor Greene Floats New \u2018America-First\u2019 Party, Says Tucker Carlson Could Upend 2028<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI SUPPORT TUCKER,\u201d Greene wrote at the time, adding that Carlson \u201cwould beat Trump\u201d in that hypothetical showdown, Axios reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now she is slamming the brakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fresh frenzy began with a photo from Carlson\u2019s cabin in Maine showing Greene, Carlson, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and former Trump counterterrorism chief Joe Kent gathered around a wooden table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greene accused Trump of betraying voters who backed his promise to avoid new foreign wars and declared: \u201cThe movement has begun.\u201d Carlson later shared her post and called for \u201ca new path forward,\u201d according to WIRED<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kent then poured gasoline on the 2028 chatter, revealing that members of the group had urged Carlson to run. But he also acknowledged that Carlson had repeatedly told them no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That resistance is not new. Carlson has pushed back on presidential speculation for years, and he drew an explicit line between building a political alternative and becoming its candidate in a July interview with the Columbia Journalism Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carlson predicted that \u201cthere\u2019s going to be a third party\u201d and said he intended to help build it. Asked whether he would run on its ticket, he answered: \u201cI don\u2019t want to be a candidate.\u201d CJR reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The distinction matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Greene is denying a Tucker Carlson campaign. She is not denying the push to create a new political force outside the Republican and Democratic parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As GAND previously reported, Carlson gave that effort an ideological spine last week when he unveiled a 10-point vision of what America \u201cshould be.\u201d The former Fox host stopped short of announcing a campaign or launching a party, presenting the plan instead as the foundation for \u201cwhatever comes next,\u201d Axios reported<\/a>. (RELATED:<\/strong> Tucker Carlson Unveils 10-Point Blueprint As Revolt Against Trump Deepens<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n His agenda called for equal treatment under the law, a revival of American manufacturing and farming, tougher restrictions on immigration, greater government transparency and an end to foreign entanglements. It also placed the Jeffrey Epstein saga at the center of Carlson\u2019s case that powerful elites operate by a different set of rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carlson\u2019s transformation from Trump ally to MAGA dissident has been driven largely by two explosive disputes: the war in Iran and the administration\u2019s handling of the Epstein files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The media personality said he personally urged Trump not to enter a regime-change conflict with Tehran and visited the White House three times before the war. Once fighting began, Carlson said he stopped speaking to the president and accused him of abandoning the anti-war promise at the heart of \u201cAmerica First.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump fired back in March, saying Carlson had \u201clost his way\u201d and was no longer MAGA. Carlson later told CJR that Trump was \u201cnot a man in charge of his own life\u201d \u2014 a brutal assessment from a commentator who was once among the most influential voices in the president\u2019s political orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The feud widened over Epstein. Carlson has accused the administration of withholding key information and protecting a powerful class from scrutiny. Greene and Massie also became prominent critics of the government\u2019s handling of the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That shared anger \u2014 over war, foreign influence and elite impunity \u2014 is now binding together a loose coalition of former Trump loyalists looking beyond the GOP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Greene\u2019s latest comments settle one question, at least for now: Tucker Carlson is not running for president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the political rebellion gathering around him does not seem to be going away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n