CNN’s Sunlen Serfaty reports on the controversial comments made by Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, and details her campaign to get rid of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday told a crowd of supporters that some of her congressional colleagues "would love" to send U.S. troops to Ukraine, while a former Republican congressman blasted Greene, saying she's "getting her talking points from the Kremlin."The ContextThe congresswoman ignited waves of criticism over her opinions on the Russia-Ukraine war since it began more than two years ago. In 2023, Greene faced backlash when she accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
The two are meeting in Mar-a-Lago this week, even as Marjorie Taylor Greene seethes
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...
Fox News laments that congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene is not focusing her destructive energy on Democrats but is instead destroying her own Party in service of Russia. Democrats seem to be an afterthought as MTG's full-force audition to be Putin's best friend and Trump's running mate continues. — Read the rest
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene welcomed Republicans back to work Tuesday with a five-page broadside attack on Speaker Mike Johnson, making sure everyone knows that she’s serious about her threat to try to oust him. Greene’s trying to foment more anger and division, and in one sense it’s working. The problem for her is that she’s made herself the target, as House members are sick of her constant political stunts. Johnson has presided over “a complete and total surrender to, if not complete and...
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When Rep. Matt Gaetz decided in the fall that it was time to try to oust then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the process unfolded rather quickly. On Monday, Oct. 2, the Florida Republican took the procedural step, filing what’s known as a motion to vacate the chair. On Tuesday, Oct. 3 — less than 24 hours after the motion was filed — McCarthy lost his gavel. Months later, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is eager to bring down McCarthy’s successor, though the process is proving to be vastly different....
It sure looks like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t bluffing. The MAGA firebrand from Georgia released a furious five-page letter Tuesday detailing why she filed a motion in March to oust Rep. Mike Johnson from his position as House speaker. At the time, she had described the filing as a “warning.” Her letter marks a new escalation. Capitol Hill observers see her missive as a serious threat to put Johnson’s speakership to a vote. At this point, it appears that if Johnson goes ahead in the...
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,...
Yuval RosenbergApril 9, 2024House Republican lawmakers returned from their two-week recess Tuesday and resumed their chaotic infighting right
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is standing by comments she made about last week's earthquake in the Northeast and Monday's eclipse.The unusual 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the East Coast on Friday. While it caused no widespread damage, the U.S. Geological Survey said more than 42 million people may have felt the quake.The Republican representative then posted on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, that "God is sending America strong signs to tell us to...