Marjorie Taylor Greene Declares, ‘Our Republican Majority Is a Complete Failure’ While Putting Speaker Johnson on Blast
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called the Republican majority in the House “a complete failure” on Thursday in a social media post attacking House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Reacting to a viral video of migrants storming the southern border and shoving members of the Texas National Guard, Greene declared, “Our Republican majority is a complete failure.”
She continued, “We have the power of the purse, which means we can control what the entire government does. Tomorrow Speaker Johnson is funding the government that has created this invasion. I’m voting NO! SHUT IT DOWN!”
Greene, a loyalist of ousted former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, has repeatedly attacked Johnson since he took over as speaker in October 2023.
In December, Greene lashed out at “terrible” Johnson in an interview, while the following month she threatened to launch a motion to oust him.
Johnson, in turn, told CNN he was not concerned by Greene’s threats, remarking, “I’m not worried about that. I got a job to do here.”
The House is set to vote on Friday on a $1.2 trillion spending bill that will fund a myriad of government departments, including Defense, Health, and Homeland Security.
In a statement, Johnson said the spending bill would move the Department of Homeland Security’s “operations toward enforcing our border and immigration laws” and increase the number of border patrol agents and migrant detention beds.
“It significantly cuts funding to NGOs that incentivize illegal immigration and increases detention capacity and the number of Border Patrol agents to match levels in the House-passed appropriations bill and the Secure the Border Act,” he said.
Despite this, the bill has received heavy criticism from many Republicans.
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) accused Johnson and other supporters of the spending bill of lacking a “backbone,” and called the bill “a total failure by Republican leadership.”
“This bill is an abomination. I don’t even have words for any Republican that votes for this bill,” said Roy, who added, “I promise you I will not be going out and supporting any Republican who votes for this bill for any position, ever again.”
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, meanwhile, warned that the bill would “hamstring” a second Trump administration should Trump win the 2024 election against President Joe Biden.
