Marjorie Taylor Greene, Speaker Mike Johnson to meet amid ouster threat

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday afternoon as the Georgia Republican vows to force a vote on whether to recall the Republican leader, they said two sources familiar with the matter told The Hill.

The meeting is scheduled to take place at 3:30 pm EDT, a source said. Greene requested the conversation, the source noted.

Greene announced last week that she would force a vote on Johnson’s impeachment this week, after dangling her motion to nullify the resolution over her head for more than a month.

Your effort, however, will certainly fail. A growing number of conservative Republicans have said they do not support the removal motion despite their frustrations with the House speaker’s recent legislative moves, and top House Democrats have said they will vote to introduce the removal resolution if Greene calls it up for a vote . , two dynamics that are undermining support for Greene’s bet.

Only two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.) — have publicly expressed support for Greene’s motion to vacate.

But the GOP firebrand is nonetheless pressing ahead with his campaign, launching harsh criticism of Johnson and arguing that all Republicans should be informed about whether they support the House speaker.

“House Republicans know this to be true and Hakeem Jeffries began controlling the House when Johnson became Speaker. Anyone who hears this and still defends Mike Johnson’s presidency is ok with Uniparty control,” Greene wrote on social platform.

Johnson, for his part, remained defiant in the face of Greene’s impeachment threat, dismissing it as the incorrect move for the current moment.

“I don’t think much about the motion to vacate,” Johnson said on SiriusXM’s “The Laura Coates Show” on Friday. “I think it’s wrong for the Republican Party, I think it’s wrong for the institution, I think it’s wrong for the country. These are very serious times, and the American people need and deserve a functioning Congress, and I think that’s the overriding factor here.”

Greene condemned Johnson for striking a series of deals with Democrats this year, including legislation to fund the government, a bill to reauthorize U.S. warrantless surveillance authority and, most recently, a foreign aid package that included thousands of million dollars to Ukraine.

The Georgia Republican, however, also turned her fire on Johnson after Punchbowl News reported Monday morning that the House speaker signaled during a donor retreat that he would support expelling members of his committees if they voted against it. party-line procedural votes.

One of the sources who spoke to The Hill confirmed that message, but noted that the comments were hypothetical and that any moves would not occur until the next Congress.

Greene — who was removed from her committees shortly after arriving in Congress in 2021 for endorsing conspiracy theories, racist dogma and violence against Democratic politicians — criticized Johnson for the reported plans.

“House Speaker Mike Johnson is talking about kicking Republican members off committees if we vote against his rules/bills. This comes after he fulfills Chuck Schumer and Biden’s every wish and passes important bills with the Democrats and not the majority of Republicans! It’s not us who are out of line, it’s our Republican president-elect!!” she wrote on X.

“By the way, being kicked out of committees is nothing new to me. Badge of honor,” she continued in the social media post. “Don’t threaten me with fun.”