Republicans are growing tired of Marjorie Taylor Greene's threats to oust Mike Johnson.
Greene met with Johnson behind closed doors on Tuesday, the second such meeting in as many days, to discuss a path forward on her motion to vacate. During that meeting, Greene outlined several concessions she wanted to see from the speaker, claiming his response to those suggestions would determine whether a confidence vote would be called.
“I’m hopeful that this very boring syndicated television series that she’s engaged in is soon to be canceled,” Rep. Marc Molinaro said. “ theatrics, though, it’s a boring retread of silliness. And we all kind of hope that it’s coming to a close and we can focus on and continue to focus on things that are important.”Washington ExaminerRep.
“I think a pretty good chunk of members would like the speaker to tell them to just shove it,” he said. “I think cooler heads probably understand that there’s a certain diplomacy required in moments such as this.” Some House Democrats have either stayed silent on the motion to vacate or met the situation with amusement. Rep. Glenn Ivey noted the “dysfunction” within the Republican conference but said the Democrats don’t want it to “undermine the business that the American people need to get done.”
Rep. Becca Balint , who had introduced a since-pulled measure to censure Greene last year, said she had no plans to bring up a new censure because she is “so disgusted with the amount of attention that woman gets.”“All she wants is attention. She’s got no policy agenda. She’s got no leadership. … She doesn’t have a group within her conference that really believes in her,” Balint said.
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