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<p>Only two weeks after <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-homeland-security-chair-mark-green-announces-retirement-a-day-after-mayorkas-impeachment">announcing his retirement</a>, Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, made a surprising reversal at the beckoning of former president <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/donald-j-trump">Donald Trump</a>.</p>
<p>“While my strong desire was to leave Congress at the end of this year, since my announcement, I have received countless calls from constituents, colleagues, and President Trump urging me to reconsider," he said in <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/mark-green-congress-retire-reelection-trump">a statement</a> to Axios on Thursday.</p>
<p>Earlier that afternoon, Trump made a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112016294224243264">post</a> on Truth Social fawning over the Republican lawmaker.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-mark-green-decides-not-to-retire-after-trump-promises-to-endorse-him">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->
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Only two weeks after announcing his retirement, Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, made a surprising reversal at the beckoning of former president Donald Trump.
“While my strong desire was to leave Congress at the end of this year, since my announcement, I have received countless calls from constituents, colleagues, and President Trump urging me to reconsider,” he said in a statement to Axios on Thursday.
Earlier that afternoon, Trump made a post on Truth Social fawning over the Republican lawmaker.
