Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made her strongest threat yet against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after sending a letter to her Republican colleagues making a direct pitch as to why he should be removed from the top leadership position.
In a scathing five-page Dear Colleague letter sent to lawmakers on Tuesday, Greene outlined several instances in which she said Johnson has violated the promises he made when he was first elected to lead the conference. Although Greene did not explicitly say she would move forward with the process to oust Johnson, the letter marks a clear escalation that underscores the strongest threat the speaker has faced since being elevated to the position nearly six months ago.
“Mike Johnson has unfortunately not lived up to a single one of his self-imposed tenets,”
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