After a long week of bitter infighting among House Republicans — with the rabid Marjorie Taylor Greene nipping at Speaker Mike Johnson's heels — Johnson flew to Mar-a-Lago today to hide behind Donald Trump. And amusingly, after the speaker and Trump met in private, Trump played the part of peacemaker. — Read the rest
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Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has denounced critics who she says mocked her "faith" by ridiculing her claim that this week's total solar eclipse was a sign from God to "repent."Greene claimed on Friday in a post to X, formerly Twitter, that the eclipse, which traversed a large swath of the U.S. on Monday, showed that "God is sending America strong signs to tell us to repent," including "earthquakes and eclipses and many more things to come."Her comment quickly went viral,...
In a post to X this Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that he will not change the procedure for removing him from his leadership position, after far-right members erupted in anger over the proposed rule change. “Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority,” Johnson wrote. “Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new rule to raise this threshold. While I understand...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) engaged in some more saber-rattling against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s podcast. Her comments were the latest in the burgeoning feud between her and the Speaker over foreign aid.
"Pennsylvania is great!" Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend shouted as he walked down the line of people who hope to attend Saturday's rally in the state. Moments later, he was saying he doesn't want to be sued and dodging questions of election integrity.Right Side Broadcasting Network's Brian Glenn is known as the boyfriend of the far-right lawmaker who recently threatened to take the gavel from House Speaker Mike Johnson. On Saturday, however, Glenn was interviewing Trump rally attendees for...
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Former President Donald Trump gave House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a vote of confidence when they held a joint press conference at Mar-a-Lago last week, implicitly rebuking Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for her threats to oust him from power.But Greene is not deterred from her war with the speaker, CNN congressional correspondent Manu Raju reports."On way into GOP meeting, [Greene] told me that Trump’s comments that he 'stands by' Mike Johnson doesn’t change her push to oust him," Raju...
CNN’s Erin Burnett shows how Russian state media is giving Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) positive coverage over her campaign to end US aid to Ukraine.
Ms Greene made the comment during a House Homeland Security Committee budget hearing
Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) went off on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in an interview with CNN's John King on Wednesday evening, pinning much of the congressional dysfunction on her and demanding she move on from her threats to call a vote to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).Greene has turned on Johnson as he faces pressure to bring a vote in the House on defense aid to Ukraine — something she adamantly opposes despite Johnson having loaded the proposed legislation with compromises to...