Sahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga, is struggling to find allies in her push to overthrow House Speaker Mike Johnson after he put Ukraine funding to a vote, with many fellow hard-right Republicans saying they oppose her cause after a week-long recess. “I oppose a motion to vacate at the current time,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who led the “motion to vacate” that ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and has been critical of Johnson, R-La.
So now we gotta get busy trying to convince people to elect us so we can do better next year.” Still, Roy said he’s more focused on the upcoming issues like passing a farm bill and the next round of government funding in October. “We’ve been home, we’ve been talking to constituents. My constituents fully agree with my concerns, and frankly, made it known that they’re angry about it,” Roy said. “They also want us to unify and beat Democrats. So we’ve got to do those two things.
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