Marjorie Taylor Greene's crusade fails to dislodge Johnson as House speaker
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Greene’s threats against Johnson escalated in the past six weeks as he agreed to bipartisan deals on two packages of government funding bills, a foreign intelligence surveillance bill and then the aid package.
But since House members went home on Saturday, no other Republicans have stepped up to join Greene’s call for a GOP leadership shake-up.
“I think the timing of a motion to vacate is ill-timed,” said U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles of Tennessee, one of a number of Republicans voicing frustration about the speaker but not ready to do anything about it.
For Democrats, Greene offers both a target and a wedge inside the GOP.
“We overcame the propaganda of Marjorie Taylor Greene and other extremists,” said U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., as Democrats have celebrated the bipartisan support for this foreign aid package.
But that doesn’t mean Democrats want Greene to stop her GOP attacks.
“Nothing would make me happier than to see Congresswoman Greene continue to wage what looks to me to be a fruitless campaign to take down another speaker,” Democratic strategist Jim Manley said.
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