The GOP has had enough of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s antics: “Nobody cares” what she thinks

Despite the fact that almost no one is on her side, Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has refused to back down from her efforts to oust Mike Johnson (R-LA) after reportedly meeting with the ultra-conservative House Speaker for an hour on Wednesday afternoon.

Greene told reporters after the sit-down that she “got a lot of excuses” and they “didn’t walk out with a deal.” She also said Johnson offered to create a “kitchen Cabinet group” of advisors that she could be part of. “I’ll wait and see what his proposal is on that,” she said. “Right now, he does not have my support.”

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She is outraged that he didn’t do enough to attack trans people’s rights and stop “full-term abortion,” which doesn’t happen.

Greene has been on a tear against Johnson since he allowed a House vote on the $1.2 trillion government funding bill that President Joe Biden signed at the end of March — which avoided a government shut down.

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Angry that Republicans were forced to vote on Democratic priorities like “funding the trans agenda,” as Greene put it, the far-right lawmaker filed a motion to remove Johnson from the speakership (he has only held the role for a few months after the Republican party already ousted its former Speaker, California Rep. Kevin McCarthy). Greene has not said if or when she will actually bring the motion up for a vote.

Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) emerged after hour-long meeting with House Speaker Mike
Johnson (R-LA) and says she heard a “lot of excuses”.. she said she urged Johnson NOT to fund Ukraine. She added that she has no timetable still for when she’s move to oust Johnson pic.twitter.com/G11QR5U8s6

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 10, 2024

Since then, she has found a myriad of other reasons to accuse Johnson of being in the pocket of Democrats — such as his pledge to consider a bill that would fund Ukraine’s continued defense against Russia’s military invasion. She even accused Democrats of blackmailing Johnson into supporting their priorities, including “the trans agenda on children.” Johnson is actually virulently anti-LGBTQ+ and used to work for a hate group.

Speaker Johnson outside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s house later today https://t.co/TNWUhyKwrq pic.twitter.com/aYWXRBTjHR

— Congressman Jared Moskowitz (@RepMoskowitz) April 10, 2024

But Greene’s fellow Republicans are not at all on her side. Many have publicly scolded the lawmaker for bringing more chaos to the House, and they have questioned who the new speaker would even be since Johnson was already the party’s fifth choice after McCarthy’s ouster.

Anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), for example, voted to remove McCarthy but said she wouldn’t support a motion to vacate Johnson, according to CBS News.

Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) went a step further, calling Greene’s efforts “a mistake and an absurdity.”

“To think that one of our Republican colleagues would call for his ouster right now — it’s really, it’s abhorrent to me, and I oppose it,” said Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), according to The Hill.

Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) said if Greene were to succeed, whoever replaced Johnson would certainly be less conservative. “And for people like me who want to secure conservative victories, that would be a tragedy. It would be disruptive to our nation and it would set back the cause for those of us who are interested in reducing the size, scope and intrusion of government.”

Earlier this month, Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) delivered perhaps the most scathing indictment of Greene’s actions, telling CNN, “Nobody cares what Marjorie Taylor Greene says or thinks. And she’s a one-man show, she’s grandstanding and she wants attention.”

Greene has refuted claims that her vendetta against Johnson could cause a Democrat to become speaker of the House. She instead blamed Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who retired without time to hold special elections to fill their seats, leaving two seats previously held Republicans vacant until 2025.

Greene said no matter what, she would not be responsible should the House vote for Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY) to take Johnson’s spot. “That lies squarely, squarely on the shoulders of these Republicans that are leaving early because they don’t have the intestinal fortitude to handle the real fight and the responsibility that comes with leadership at the end of our republic,” she said, “when our country is nearly destroyed and when our constitution is being rammed through a paper shredder. So no one is going to blame that on me.”

Greene’s anger has been fueled in part by the fact that the omnibus bill contained almost none of the over 40 anti-LGBTQ+ policy riders Republicans wanted and included funding for various organizations and programs that support LGBTQ+ people. One of those anti-LGBTQ+ riders would have barred TriCare, the military’s health care system, from reimbursing for gender-affirming care, while other riders banned various federal departments and agencies from having policies to protect LGBTQ+ workers.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) on Speaker Johnson: "How he handles the FISA process and how he handles funding Ukraine is going to tell our entire conference how to handle the motion to vacate." pic.twitter.com/L9bdv2MXur

— CSPAN (@cspan) April 10, 2024