Greene says Speaker Johnson is a ‘Democrat,’ comparable to Nancy Pelosi 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday compared House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) to a Democratic lawmaker and doubled down on her threat to move forward with an effort to have him resign.

in Telephone interview with CNN’s Manu Raju Mr Green was reportedly undaunted by warnings from within the meeting to quell resistance to Mr Johnson on Wednesday. She harshly criticized Mr. Johnson for reaching a bipartisan agreement on a $1.2 trillion funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown.

Greene criticized the bill for relying on Democratic votes to pass, for missing many of the Republican policy demands, and for not being given enough time to read the bill in its entirety before voting. did.

Greene said she believes Republicans across the country support her position and that Republican voters are “furious that the so-called Christian conservative Republican speaker of the House has done this to them.” Raju reported that.

Greene likened Johnson’s tactics to those of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), saying he would “say one thing and then flip out and literally join the ranks and everyone would get fed up.” People are tired of the Republican Party continuing to do the same old crap.” ) and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Greene said Johnson “has literally become Mitch McConnell’s twin, or worse.” he is a democrat. ”

“At this point, nothing between him and Nancy Pelosi will even see the light of day,” she reportedly added.

CNN reported that Greene rejected suggestions that removing Johnson could lead to a moderate speaker like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

“You can’t get a better moderate than Mike Johnson,” Greene said. “I would argue that Mike Johnson, you can’t go further to the left than Mike Johnson. I think the Democratic Party might be happier with him than they were with Hakeem Jeffries.”

After Mr. Johnson negotiated a funding package last month, Mr. Green introduced a resolution to remove Mr. Johnson from power. Georgia’s embattled senator has not made any move to force a vote on the secession motion, but Greene continued to attack Johnson during the holidays, saying that if Johnson moves forward with a Ukraine-related package, Johnson will warned that he would not be afraid to act on his threats. Just like he said he would.

Last Sunday, Johnson acknowledged Greene’s dissatisfaction with the government spending package, a dissatisfaction he said he shared, but also said the simple reality of governing in divided Washington is that Democrats defended the negotiations.

“These are the bills that you and I and Marjorie would draft if we had the ability to write them in a different way,” Johnson said in an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy.” “It’s not a perfect bill.” “But sometimes we end up passing bills we don’t like, sometimes by the slimmest margins in American history.”