Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures about last week’s failed attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) over his efforts to reach across the aisle on issues like funding for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
Bartiromo asked, “You’re being criticized, Congresswoman, because of the timing. We’re six months away from an election, and you are, quote, ‘creating disruption.’ What do you want to say to those people who are criticizing you for these efforts?’
Greene said she offered to drop her efforts to oust Johnson if he would simply defund Jack Smith and his efforts to prosecute former President Donald Trump.
“So, this is new,” Bartiromo said. “Because when we first talked about you trying to oust Mike Johnson, it was really about Nancy Pelosi’s budget and continuing to spend without securing the border But, now you’re talking about Jack Smith and defunding these indictments. Look, people are trying to figure out, ‘Where is the crime that President Trump committed as he sits in that Manhattan courtroom all day?’ Why do you think Mike Johnson won’t defund Jack Smith?”
Greene answered, “Well Mike Johnson’s owned by the Democrats and that proved me to be right again. When I called the motion to vacate, it wasn’t Republicans that saved Mike Johnson; it
“Final question, and I go back to what I asked earlier about the timing — you say you’re supporting President Trump, but is now the time for this disruption, six months before the election, to fight to get a new speaker in place? You know why the Democrats always roll over the Republicans, because they all stick together. They all vote the same way. You don’t.”
Greene said, “Well, actually, this time the Democrats and the Republicans stuck together and exposed the ‘uniparty’ like it’s never been seen before. You know, and I just spoke with President Trump yesterday about this, and while he says now is not the time, I’m going to be listening to him. But he also said, and he said it in his statement publicly, that it may happen, that the time may come. So, even though if I wanted to do it again this week, the Democrats have already stepped in and saved Johnson.”
Watch the clip above via Fox News.