Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating her criticism of House Speaker Mike Johnson and threatening his ouster. In a lengthy letter Tuesday to colleagues the Georgia Republican outlined her complaints and renewed threats of a snap vote that could remove him from the speaker's office.
FILE - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene , R-Ga., arrives for an interview in Laconia, N.H., Jan. 22, 2024. Social media accounts who shield their real identities have come to dominate right-wing political discussion online, even as they spread false information. When a user who uses a pseudonym on the social platform X made a claim against a government website, public figures including Greene immediately started raising alarm.
“I will not tolerate this type of Republican ‘leadership,’” wrote Greene, a top ally of presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, in the five-page letter first reported by The New York Times.Speaker Mike Johnson faces threat of ouster from Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, saddling the Republican majority with a do-nothing label after months of turmoil that has sent some seasoned lawmakers heading for the exits.
Partnership with Democrats is about the only way Johnson can pass any bills in the face of a thin majority and staunch resistance from his right flank. He can lose barely more than a single Republican from his ranks on most votes. And Democrats led by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York have signaled they may lend their votes to Johnson, a courtesy they did not extend to McCarthy, which could save the Louisiana Republican’s job in a bipartisan effort to keep the House open and functioning.
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