Posted on 04/03/2024 9:40:46 PM PDT by RandFan
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday likened Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to a Democrat as she doubled down on threats to push forward with an effort to oust him from his post.
In a phone interview with CNN’s Manu Raju on Wednesday, Greene reportedly showed no sign of being deterred by warnings from within her conference to quell her resistance to Johnson. She sharply criticized Johnson for striking a bipartisan deal on a $1.2 trillion funding bill that averted a partial government shutdown.
Greene has attacked the bill for relying on Democratic votes for passage, lacking many GOP policy demands and not being released with sufficient time to read the full bill before voting.
Greene said she thinks Republicans around the country back her position, saying GOP voters are “furious that our so-called Christian conservative, Republican Speaker of the House did this to them,” Raju reported.
“People are fed up with Republicans that say one thing and turn around and literally join the flock and just continue the same old crap everybody’s tired of,” Greene said, likening Johnson’s tactics to that of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Greene reportedly said Johnson has “literally turned into Mitch McConnell’s twin and worse. He’s a Democrat.”
“There’s not even any daylight between him and Nancy Pelosi at this point,” she reportedly added.
CNN reported that Greene shot down the suggestion that ousting Johnson could result in a more moderate Speaker, like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
“We cannot get anyone more moderate than Mike Johnson,” Greene said. “I would argue Mike Johnson, we can’t get any further left than Mike Johnson. I think the Democrats might be happier with him than they are with Hakeem Jeffries.”
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How is it that no one in the GOP noticed that when they were wrangling up a new speaker for weeks last year?
The Scarlet Letter of Democrat!
A sentence that was never uttered by Nancy Pelosi.
Gotta give her credit. She's a skilled tactician.
Johnson isn’t going anywhere.
good luck to her. long past time to get rid of this guy.
Yes, it’s easy when you are a sociopath.
Feelings and compassion cramp the style of politicians.
Are you kidding? Of course they noticed! That’s why they voted him in.
Key word: “GOP”
Wasn’t MTG someone who championed Kevin McCarthy the entire time he was Speaker??
Wonder why now she’s down on Mike Johnson
Taylor Green has proven to be the most anti-family-values congresswoman in Americas history...
... when she voted AGAINST “Condemning the illegal abduction of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation.”
The measure overwhelmingly passed the House on Tuesday 390-9.
Simply inexcusable. She has some serious issues going on in her brain.
(Wasn’t MTG someone who championed Kevin McCarthy the entire time he was Speaker??)
Yes! From the beginning!
Riiiiiight, and all the Freedom Caucus reps just silently went along with it.
Because it’s not true if you know anything about Johnson.
Thus the reason I asked the question.
Don’t you find it odd that some people overlook certain facts about some politicians while calling them fighters who we need more of when they agree with them on other issues
Basically, ignore the bad while supporting them and in the end can’t understand why nothing ever gets done in Washington
He kept lying about how he’s a Christian. He put on a good show before he became speaker.
And what did she think her boyfriend Kevin McCarthy was? He wasn’t any better than Johnson.
In what way?
Because Trump supported McCarthy as most all here should recall, and who also could not understand Trump supporting him. Trump supports Johnson because of a LOT of Louisiana reasons (oil,sen. Kennedy and NOT Cassidy, oil, and..oil). People, certainly MTG seem to forget or have other reasons. Johnson is working with an already slim margin, caused by a@@hole actual RINOS leaving the House to screw things up- cause they have no more “power” if they ever had anything more than back benchers. How about we examine what MTG is saying NOW and why. She cannot achieve another vacate- without the support of vile democrats. Not even Gaetz agrees with MTG- largely because of her former support of McCarthy whom he got rid of.
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