Marjorie Taylor Greene Escalates Threat Against Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “on Tuesday escalated her threat to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, distributing a scathing letter that made the case for his removal and took Republicans to task for tolerating his leadership,” the New York Times reports.

“In a five-page memo sent to her colleagues on Tuesday morning… Ms. Greene assailed Mr. Johnson with a point-by-point takedown of his record as speaker. She accused him of fecklessly advancing President Biden’s agenda and wasting opportunities to advance G.O.P. priorities.”

“The letter left little doubt that Ms. Greene, who filed a resolution last month calling for Mr. Johnson’s removal but said it was merely ‘a warning,’ intends to follow through on her threat to call a vote on unseating him.”

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