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Marjorie Taylor Greene takes another swipe at Mike Johnson
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Marjorie Taylor Greene takes another swipe at Mike Johnson

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is lashing out at House Speaker Mike Johnson for failing to secure a Republican Party supermajority despite voters giving President-elect Donald Trump a ‘mandate’ datum.

Trump, who defeated Vice President Kamala Harris by 85 Electoral College votes and about 3 million popular votes in last week’s election, gave Johnson his enthusiastic endorsement to continue as speaker during a meeting with House Republicans Deputies Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

Although some media outlets have predicted that Republicans will maintain their razor-thin grip on the House of Representatives, the election results are not yet official and the AP has yet to exert control over the chamber. Regardless of the final outcome, it seems unlikely that the Republican Party will significantly expand its majority in the House of Representatives next year, despite the reversal of control of the Senate and the White House.

Greene, a staunch supporter of Trump but a frequent critic of Johnson, made no mention of the president-elect’s endorsement as he blamed the speaker Wednesday for a lackluster election performance by House Republicans.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson will be seen in New York City on October 27, while Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene will be seen in Macon, Georgia, on November 3. Greene lashed out at Johnson on Wednesday for…


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“We should have a supermajority, a supermajority,” Greene said. “We didn’t, I think, just base that on the performance of this Congress. This Congress has had a lot of failures, in the eyes of our voters and the eyes of the American people.”

She continued: “The American people gave a mandate last Tuesday on the kind of policies they want, the agenda they want. That is President Trump’s policy that he laid out during the campaign.”

Raju then asked Greene if she thought Johnson “was responsible for that,” prompting the Georgia Republican to say, “Yes, his leadership, unfortunately.” He has completely adopted the Biden-Harris agenda.”

Newsweek contacted Johnson’s office for comment via email on Wednesday.

Raju also said Johnson told him on Wednesday that he is “not concerned” about the possibility of opposition to his continued leadership in the House of Representatives because he believes “Donald Trump will help him get there.”

Republicans have announced plans to challenge Johnson for speaker at the GOP leadership meeting, and his role will need to be confirmed by the full House in early January.

Assuming Republicans retain control of the chamber, Johnson’s continued role as chairman will likely be in jeopardy if a very small number of Republicans refuse to vote for him regardless of Trump’s support.

Johnson will need at least 218 votes to remain chairman. As of Wednesday afternoon, the AP projected that Republicans would control at least 217 seats in the House of Representatives, with 11 races still to be called.

However, only five of the remaining races were Republican. If the Republican majority is set at 222 seats, Johnson will only be able to afford four “no” votes from the Republican Party, assuming all Democratic members vote against him.