Even Trumpworld is reportedly annoyed with Marjorie Taylor Greene
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps threatening to call a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson.
Despite her close ties to Trump, some in his orbit say her antics are unhelpful.
"We're not going to get trapped into this cycle of bullshit," said one person.
Plenty of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's colleagues have been critical of her threat to call a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.
As it turns out, some figures in Donald Trump's orbit feel the same, despite the Georgia congresswoman's close relationship with the former president.
"It's fair to say we don't think she's being constructive," one person close to Trump told Politico, saying the former president did not appreciate "internal fighting" among Republicans. "It's no way to run a party; it's no way to run a House. You can't work in that environment," they said.
Another person close to Trump told the outlet that Greene's ouster threat was "100 percent distraction. Unwanted. And just stupid."
"We're not going to get trapped into this cycle of bullshit that comes out of members of the House," the person said.
Spokespeople for Greene and Trump did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Greene first introduced a resolution to oust the speaker, known as a "motion to vacate," last month after the House passed funding legislation that far-right Republicans argued did not sufficiently advance GOP priorities. Greene has indicated that she will force a vote on the resolution if Johnson holds a vote to approve more aid to Ukraine.
Yet Greene's attempted ouster could unintentionally make the House passage of Ukraine aid more likely: Several Democrats have said they would oppose Greene's motion if Johnson proceeds with the bill. That would be a contrast from October, when Democrats joined Rep. Matt Gaetz's effort to oust then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, leading to the first successful motion to vacate in American history.
No other House Republicans have definitively committed to voting for Greene's motion, though a handful have indicated that they share her grievances with Johnson.
Since he was elected speaker in October, Johnson has moved away from the more hardline positions he took as a rank-and-file lawmaker. He's worked to pass government-funding bills that have garnered more Democratic than Republican support.
His GOP defenders have argued that this is simply the nature of divided government and Johnson is doing the best he can under difficult circumstances. House Republicans' vote margin, already narrow to begin with, has shrunk in recent weeks as members of Congress have announced their early retirements.
Johnson is set to hold an event with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on "election integrity" on Friday.
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