Sen. Thom Tillis said he's fed up with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's actions in the House, accusing her of giving the Republican Party a bad name.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Rome, Ga., on Saturday, March 9, 2024. **FILE**“She is a horrible leader,” Mr. Tillis, North Carolina Republican, said in audio played on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” “She is dragging our brand down. She — not the Democrats — are the biggest risk to us getting back to a majority.
Her threat has repeated throughout Mr. Johnson’s introduction of a foreign aid package that secures aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The four-bill package passed the House on Saturday and passed through the Senate on Tuesday. Now, it heads to President Biden, who is expected to sign it.is taking her threats too far. Rep. Marc Molinaro of New York said last week that “her theater and this constant effort to hold the Congress hostage has to come to an end.
“And a good number of my colleagues — conservative and moderate — believe that enough is enough,” Mr. Molinaro said in a CNN interview. “It is time to move on and to move past this kind of nonsense.”‘s actions. Republicans fear a motion to vacate would send the House into chaos and jeopardize their chance of getting more Republicans into the House and the White House in November.has not said when she will tee up a vote to oust Mr. Johnson.
“Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process,” she said. “If he doesn’t do so, he will be vacated.”
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