Greene decries idea of dumping Johnson: ‘I’m kind of sick of the chaos,’ not here for ‘clickbait’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized a GOP colleague Tuesday for suggesting that ousting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is not off the table as the House GOP struggles to unite behind a top-line spending deal struck over the weekend.

Greene, who opposes the spending deal, told reporters Tuesday that one of the “biggest things” she has complained about since entering Congress is the “lack of communication” between members of the GOP conference, pointing to Rep. Chip Roy’s (R-Texas) remarks Monday night where he did not rule out making a motion to remove Johnson from the Speakership over the top-line spending deal.

“And I would say that Chip Roy haphazardly throwing in a motion to vacate is probably about the dumbest thing that could happen, because I think the last motion to vacate was pretty stupid, and has — has thrown our conference into utter chaos,” Greene said.

“I mean, look at the results we have now. We haven’t passed any more appropriation bills since they threw out Kevin McCarthy. We — we have expelled a Republican member of Congress, we’re reducing our numbers,” she added.

In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Monday night, Roy said he was not happy with the top-line spending deal that Johnson made with Democratic leadership over the weekend. When pushed on whether a path forward could include making a move to boot Johnson from the Speakership, Roy dodged the question.

“That’s not the road I prefer,” Roy responded. “I didn’t prefer to go down that road with Speaker McCarthy. We need to figure out how to get this all done together. But it isn’t good, and there’s a lot of my colleagues who are pretty frustrated about it, so we’ll see what happens this week.”

Greene noted that Republicans barely have a majority due to illnesses and recent resignations and suggested that the conference should focus on “solving problems.”

“I’m kind of sick of the chaos. I came here to be serious about solving problems, not to produce clickbait,” she said.

While Greene said she is not in favor of moving to vacate Johnson, she has been critical of the Louisiana Republican in the past. In an interview with The Hill last month, she emphasized that Johnson still needs to earn her trust on numerous issues.

Mychael Schnell contributed reporting.