The Georgia Republican plans to resign in early January, following an acrimonious public feud with her former close ally President Trump

Marjorie Taylor Greene is reportedly weighing a plot to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson before she retires in early January and is quietly gauging if she has the nine votes inside the Republican party to trigger a vote.

“Marjorie is approaching members to get to nine who will oust the speaker,” an anonymous source told MS Now. “And if we don’t get to work on codifying Trump’s agenda, anything can happen.”

The Georgia Republican previously tried to oust Johnson last year in protest at a foreign aid deal for Ukraine, and she has been a consistent critic of Johnson’s work throughout the second Trump administration this year.

  • cmbabul@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    As I say each time, as someone that grew up in her district, the most frustrating thing about her is that I know she’s very very savvy. She’s not smart but she’s very effective