Marjorie Taylor Greene GOES OFF About GOP Dysfunction: ‘This Conference is Absolutely Broken!’

 

Infamous House disruptor Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) complained out loud that she did not support a potential Republican plan for a temporary House speaker because the GOP needed to “unify” for the American people.

The House of Representatives has been in perpetual disarray, unable to proceed on any motions, since Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) led the revolt to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership earlier this month.

MSNBC’s Garrett Haake explained the situation after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) suspended his nomination for speaker Thursday.

“There’s a lot going on simultaneously here. A lot of confusion about what the actual plan is going to look like going forward,” Haake said on Andrea Mitchell Reports. “Here is what I can tell you. Jim Jordan has told Republicans behind closed doors that he supports the idea of giving Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-NC) temporary power for an extended period of time.”

McHenry was named speaker pro tempore after McCarthy’s exit, and Jordan has said he supports a pro tem speaker until January. But other far-right Republicans like Greene opposed the idea of a temporary speaker and advocate for Jordan.

“I do not support this plan. Republican voters work too hard to give us the majority for us to enter some sort of temporary speakership,” Greene said. “Our conference has a responsibility to the American people, to our districts, to work together and unify, and this conference is absolutely broken.”

According to Haake, Democrats have been meeting behind closed doors to discuss “what would be their red lines” in accepting a temporary speaker.

“One of those things they talked about is that, yes, this person would have to stay within the lines of that debt deal, which, by the way, Patrick McHenry did help negotiate,” Haake said. “They also talked about the importance that whoever they backed not be an election denier. They seem to want to set up a structure for a speaker pro tem more than they want to pick the person. That said, Democrats have made it very clear they haven’t seen this resolution yet. They are essentially waiting for Republicans to make very clear what they are actually going to put on paper and what they are going to do before Democrats will say what they will support.”

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) dropped out of the race last week after being unable to gather the required 217 votes needed to win a floor vote.

Haake said he didn’t expect to see a vote “anytime soon.”

Watch the clip above via MSNBC.

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