Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Threatened Mike Johnson with a Motion Calling for His Ouster If He Doesn’t Meet Her Demands
Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon that she directly wanted Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that she would move to “vacate the chair” if he did not meet her demands on the budget. Johnson has been at odds with the far-right flank of his conference over passing a budget that Senate Democrats will agree to.
“Tell me about Johnson sitting there and saying, hey, you guys are all in agreement. You were all singing Kumbaya. There’s no controversy about the top-line deal, the Schumer deal,” Bannon said Friday, after Johnson told reporters he was sticking with a $1.66 trillion deal to keep the government funded.
“I’ve had 10 people tell me that’s not true. Just help me out. Give me a minute on that. Where we stand with Johnson, at least tell everybody he had hard-fought negotiations and MTG supports him?” Bannon asked in jest.
“Well, I just have had meetings with him yesterday and today since I was on your show yesterday, Steve, um, and my meeting with him yesterday and many other members of Congress, I let Speaker Johnson know that in no way, shape and form will I support any type of CR,” Greene declared, pouring cold water on the current deal.
“We aren’t continuing Nancy’s budget, Nancy Pelosi’s budget, and that if he moves forward with a separate deal, trading our border security, weakening H.R. Two in exchange for $60 billion to Ukraine. I told him yesterday in his office that I would vacate the chair, that that is absolutely unacceptable,” Greene declared, claiming she threatened to oust the relatively new speaker. In October 2023, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) managed to oust then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) using the same mechanism, resulting in weeks of congressional paralysis.
“And we actually have the power of the purse. We’re the ones that are in control and we need to control the negotiations. Uh, I reiterated those same points this morning. So the ball is in his court,” she concluded.
“By the way, everybody should go to mtg.com and get access to her book MTG,” Bannon replied, plugging Greene’s book before asking about her hearing on Covid mandates later in the day.
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