Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her feud with Mike Johnson after sending a scathing letter to her Republican colleagues claiming that if the president doesn’t make changes to the GOP’s “self-inflicted destruction,” his impeachment will soon follow.
Greene has been a frequent and vocal critic of Johnson’s brief time as president and began the process to remove him from leadership in late March.
The Georgia Republican, outraged by how Johnson pushed through two government spending measures totaling more than $1.5 trillion, filed a motion to impeach the president while the spending measures were being voted on in the House of Representatives.
On Tuesday, the firebrand fired another salvo at the speaker in the form of a five-page memo to fellow Republicans, outlining her case against Johnson and why the GOP needs new leadership if he doesn’t change course immediately.
“With so much at stake for our future and that of our children, I will not tolerate this type of Republican ‘leadership,'” Greene wrote in the memo.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told reporters that filing the motion to impeach the president was “a warning” to Johnson. Now, she continues to attack the leader and sent a five-page memo to her Republican colleagues in which she describes how, if Johnson doesn’t correct course, the party should not tolerate it.
“This has been a complete and total, if not complete and total, surrender to the Democrats’ agenda that has so enraged our Republican base and given them very little reason to vote for a Republican majority in the House.”
“And if these actions by our conference leader continue, then we are not a Republican party; we are a single party hell-bent on staying on the path of self-inflicted destruction,” he continued.
“I will not support or participate in any of that, nor will the people we represent.”
The letter serves as another warning to Johnson, who could be quickly ousted by just a handful of disgruntled Republicans, just as his predecessor, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, was last fall.
Greene previously said her threat to recall Johnson was “a warning,” adding that she should not neglect the more conservative ranks of her group as she did with the spending measures.
Republicans largely viewed the latter of the two funding packages as a pet project that benefited Democrats.
In fact, more Democrats voted for the second of the two measures even though Johnson worked for months to craft them, something Greene points out in her memo.
“Relying on the support of the Democratic majority to pass a two-part omnibus document was not ‘advancing a policy agenda supported by Conference consensus,'” Greene wrote.
“That is why I will not tolerate our Republican President-elect, Mike Johnson, serving the Democrats and the Biden administration and helping them achieve their policies that are destroying our country.”
“He is throwing our slim majority into chaos by not serving his own Republican conference that elected him.”
“Nothing better than shooting inside our own tent a Republican House Speaker who gets his rank and file members to vote to fund late-term abortion so we can pay our military soldiers.”
President Mike Johnson’s leadership job is changing as members like Greene threaten to oust him for failing to deliver Republican victories.
Greene also maintains that removing Johnson from leadership would not throw the party into chaos as occurred after McCarthy’s removal.
Back then, it took weeks for the Republican Party to find a suitable replacement, leaving the chamber paralyzed and temporarily unable to perform its basic tasks.
“No, electing a new Republican president will not give the Democrats a majority,” Greene said.
“That only happens if more Republicans retire early, or if Republicans actually vote for Hakeem Jeffries. It’s not complicated, it’s simple mathematics.’
But it is still up in the air whether he will act on his move to unseat Johnson.
She and like-minded conservatives have warned the president not to bring foreign aid funding for Ukraine to a vote, saying the U.S. border crisis must be addressed first before doling out money for foreign wars.
However, calls from the White House, Ukrainian President Zelensky, Democrats and moderate Republicans to vote on aid to the embattled country are also putting Johnson in a difficult position.
“Mike Johnson is saying publicly that funding Ukraine is now his top priority, when less than seven months ago he was against it,” Greene said.
Greene and more conservative Republicans are against additional funding for Ukraine, putting President Johnson in a difficult position while GOP moderates, Democrats and the White House are pushing for additional war aid.
“The American people don’t agree; they believe our border is the only border worth fighting a war over, and I agree with them.”
‘What is the future of our party and our country if Republicans continue to cave in and do nothing to stop Democrats?’
“No, the answer is not next time, or next appropriations, or next Congress,” Greene wrote.
“There are no more excuses.”