Posted on 10/19/2022 6:22:23 AM PDT by RandFan
Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) warned that the Republican base would be “very unhappy” if House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) does not give her more power if Republicans take control of the chamber next year.
In a New York Times Magazine profile on Monday examining Greene’s rise in influence and future, the Georgia congresswoman indicated that McCarthy would have to adopt her “a lot more aggressive” approach toward President Biden, whom she has introduced multiple articles of impeachment against.
“I think that to be the best Speaker of the House and to please the base, he’s going to give me a lot of power and a lot of leeway,” Greene said. “And if he doesn’t, they’re going to be very unhappy about it. I think that’s the best way to read that. And that’s not in any way a threat at all. I just think that’s reality.”
McCarthy, who is aiming to become Speaker in a House majority, has given the confrontational right flank of the House GOP a seat at the table as he aims to shore up support. Greene was in attendance at a House GOP “Commitment to America” midterm policy and platform rollout event in Pennsylvania last month.
Greene was stripped of her committee assignments soon after being sworn into office as punishment for her posts about conspiracy theories and liking a Facebook comment that called for the assassination of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
McCarthy has pledged to restore Greene’s committee assignments, suggesting at one point that she could have even “better committees” than the ones she was assigned to before – the Education and Labor and Budget committees.
“I would like to be on Oversight,” Greene told the New York Times Magazine. “I would also like to be on Judiciary...
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It’s so good to see the continued rise of political leaders like MTG who have the courage to stand up to our Establishment overlords.
So sorry, Babe — he doesn’t want to make the base happy. He just wants the power post; and when he gets it, he’ll screw the base so many ways it’s gonna make our heads spin.
Put her on both!
Yes. Put him on blast. Need more of this from patriots like MTG...if there are any...other than Matt Gaetz
Might want to wait until after the election to make demands.
Should she maybe try having this conversation with him privately first?
McCarthy is just another uni-party member.
He talks big, delivers little.
What makes her think McCarthy give’s a crap about how “the base” feels?
Looks to me more like controlled oppo, playing the game:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/10/10/greene-mccarthy-house-republicans-trump/
She and Gaetz are lining up to assure McCarthy leads the House next year.
IMO they are all compromised and all just actors on the stage.
Gee, the J6 committee subpoenaed President Trump five days ago, and not a word from them since. Zero news from the mighty House Special Committee.
You should stop getting your news from the AP and WaPo
Totally right. McCarthy (and his puppet master Paul Ryan) could care less about what the base wants.
It will be good to see the Dems lose control but it will be disappointing to see what little good it does to have the useless, backstabbing R’s back in power. The same RINOs will still be running the show.
IMO they are all compromised and all just actors on the stage.
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Spot on. They are all professional liars.
What makes her think McCarthy give’s a crap about how “the base” feels?
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The GOP backstabbers will be back in full force. In fact, the bigger their majority is the less they care about us.
The only benefit of having R’s back in control is that they slow down the pace of national destruction a little bit.
Put her on the Agriculture Committee, and let her be on the Gazpacho and Peach Tree Subcommittee. That should be enough.
🇺🇸 “Looks to me more like controlled oppo, playing the game
“She and Gaetz are lining up to assure McCarthy leads the House next year”
After doing a little reading that was my thought exactly.
Hey, maybe she could get McCarthy to higher her gym trainer as a congressional gym trainer...
I think they should elect Newt as speaker. He has a lot of payback to take care of.
You are correct. No sense blabbermouthing to the media.
You should stop being clueless.
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