Tag: Marjorie Taylor Greene
Dems Give Johnson a Reprieve
359 to 43
The House resoundingly defeated a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, Punchbowl News reports. The vote was 359 to 43. Eleven Republicans voted against tabling the resolution, effectively voting to oust Johnson. Seven lawmakers voted present.
Even Her Fellow Republicans Are Bashing Moscow Marge
“Moscow Marjorie has gone off the deep end — may be the result of a space laser.”
— Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), on X, slamming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).
Saving Johnson’s Bacon
She’s a one-woman hit squad, is Mad Marge Greene,
And her plan for Mike Johnson is nasty and mean.
But she’ll be disappointed
When the votes are all counted
And she finds that she’s lost to the Dems and Hakeem.
Jeffries Taunts Greene Over Johnson Vote
“Fresh bait always finds a fish. Jeffries throwing that out there, it’s chum in the water. Everyone knows what he did.”
— A senior GOP official, quoted by Politico, on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) riling Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) by offering to save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from a motion to vacate.
Defiant Johnson Refuses to Resign
“I am not resigning. And it is, in my view, an absurd notion that someone would bring a vacate motion when we are simply here trying to do our jobs. It is not helpful to the cause, it is not helpful to the country, it does not help the House Republicans advance our agenda, which is in the best interest of the American people here — a secure border, sound governance – and it’s not helpful to the unity that we have in the body.”
— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.
Fascist Congresswoman to Introduce Resolution Declaring Anti-fascist Antifa a Terror Group
The Hill: “Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said on Sunday that she will be introducing a resolution to declare Antifa as a terrorist organization on Tuesday, after blaming the group for protests at a police training facility in Atlanta.
“’Antifa are domestic terrorists and I’m introducing my resolution to officially declare them a terrorist organization on Tuesday,’ she tweeted on Sunday.
“A progressive group called “Stop Cop City” has been protesting against the new training facility being built in the wooded parts of Atlanta since plans for it were announced, arguing it will promote the militarization of the police and may result in environmental concerns…
“Greene blamed the far-left organization Antifa for the incident on Twitter, though she did not offer any evidence that Antifa was behind the protests on Sunday.”