Marjorie Taylor Greene to federal election regulators: get bent over ‘MTG’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene all but raised a middle finger to the Federal Election Commission when responding to an inquiry about her new political action committee’s name. Greene’s “leadership PAC” — created in February for raising money to support other federal officeholders and political causes — is called “MTG for Georgia Leadership Committee.” RELATED ARTICLE: Marjorie Taylor Greene gets fresh scrutiny from regulators after election violation fine By law, leadership PACs are not allowed to use the politician’s name to prevent people from confusing it with a personal campaign committee. In an unsigned response to the FEC, Greene’s PAC said, “We are not aware of any federal candidate named ‘MTG.’ Moreover, it appears that the Commission has a dubious record enforcing the prohibition on using candidate names in the names of leadership PACs.” RELATED ARTICLE: Marjorie Taylor Greene broke an election law. RELATED ARTICLE: Marjorie Taylor Greene personally fined for election violation: docs “Any attempt by the Commission to prohibit the Committee from using its chosen name would fail a constitutional challenge … and the Commission's haphazard application of the regulations would be held arbitrary and capricious,” the MTG for Georgia Leadership Committee wrote.