Marjorie Taylor Greene rips into Speaker Mike Johnson in scathing letter accusing him of promoting Biden’s policies and failing to deliver on ANY of his promises as she threatens to impeach him
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her feud with Mike Johnson after sending a blistering letter to her Republican colleagues saying that if the chairman doesn’t make changes to the ‘self-inflicted destruction’ of the Republican Party, his impeachment will soon follow.
Greene has been a frequent and vocal critic of Johnson’s brief tenure as speaker and began the process of removing him from the leadership in late March.
The Georgia Republican, outraged by how Johnson pushed through two government spending measures totaling more than $1.5 trillion, filed a motion to quit the chairmanship while votes on the spending measures were underway on the House floor.
On Tuesday, the firebrand launched another volley at the speaker in the form of a five-page memo to her Republican colleagues outlining her case against Johnson and why the GOP needs new leadership if he doesn’t reverse course immediately.
“With so much at stake for our future and the future of our children, I will not tolerate this type of Republican ‘leadership,'” Greene wrote in the memo.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told reporters that filing the motion to vacate the speakership was “a warning” to Johnson. Now she continues to attack the leader, sending a five-page memo to her GOP colleagues detailing how if Johnson does not correct course, the party will not tolerate him
‘This has been a complete and utter surrender to, if not complete and utter lock-in with, the Democratic agenda that has so angered our Republican base and given them very little reason to vote for a Republican House majority.’
“And if these actions by the leader of our conference continue, then we are not a Republican Party – we are a Uniparty determined to remain on the path of self-inflicted destruction,” she continued.
‘I will not support or participate in any of that, and neither will the people we represent.’
The letter serves as another warning to Johnson, who could be quickly removed by just a handful of GOP malcontents, just as his predecessor, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was last fall.
Greene has previously said her threat to remove Johnson was “a warning,” adding that he should not neglect the more conservative ranks of his caucus, as he did with the spending measures.
Republicans largely saw the latter of the two funding packages as a pet pork project that benefited Democrats.
In fact, more Democrats voted for the second of the two measures, despite Johnson working for months to craft them, something Greene notes in his memo.
“Relying on the support of majority Democrats to pass a bipartisan omnibus was not to ‘advance a policy agenda supported by conference consensus,'” Greene wrote.
“That’s why I will not tolerate our Republican Speaker-elect, Mike Johnson, serving the Democrats and the Biden administration and helping them achieve their policies that are destroying our country.”
‘He’s throwing our own razor-thin majority into chaos by not serving his own GOP conference that elected him.’
“Nothing says shooting in our own tent like a Republican Speaker of the House getting his rank-and-file members to vote to fund full-time abortion to pay our military soldiers.”
Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership job is in flux as members like Greene threaten to oust him for failing to achieve GOP victories
Greene also argues that the removal of Johnson from the leadership would not throw the party into chaos as it did after the removal of McCarthy.
Back then, it took weeks for the GOP to find a suitable replacement, leaving the chamber paralyzed and temporarily unable to perform their basic duties.
“No, electing a new Republican chairman will not give the majority to the Democrats,” Greene said.
“That will only happen if more Republicans retire early, or Republicans actually vote for Hakeem Jeffries. It’s not complicated, it’s simple math.’
But whether she acts on her measure to oust Johnson is still up in the air.
She and like-minded conservatives have warned the speaker not to bring foreign aid funding to Ukraine to a vote, saying the U.S. border crisis must be addressed before doling out dough for wars abroad.
However, calls from the White House, Ukrainian President Zelensky, Democrats and moderate Republicans to vote on aid to the crisis-stricken country also put Johnson in a difficult position.
“Mike Johnson is publicly saying that funding Ukraine is now his top priority, when less than 7 months ago he was against it,” Greene said.
Greene and more conservative Republicans oppose additional funding for Ukraine, putting Speaker Johnson in a difficult position as GOP moderates, Democrats and the White House push for more aid for the war
‘The American people disagree – they think our border is the only border worth fighting a war over, and I agree with them.’
‘What is the future of our party and our country if Republicans continue to sit back and do nothing to stop the Democrats?’
“No, the answer is not next time, or next appropriations, or next Congress,” Greene wrote.
“There are no more excuses.”