{"id":2211825,"date":"2024-04-02T21:13:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-amps-up-attacks-against-speaker-johnson-doing-the-deep-states-dirty-work\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T21:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:13:28","slug":"mtg-amps-up-attacks-against-speaker-johnson-doing-the-deep-states-dirty-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-amps-up-attacks-against-speaker-johnson-doing-the-deep-states-dirty-work\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG intensifies criticism of Speaker Johnson: Accuses of furthering the Deep State&#8217;s agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmtg-amps-up-attacks-against-speaker-johnson-doing-the-deep-states-dirty-work%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2211825&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) intensified her criticism of House Speaker \u2063Mike Johnson (R-LA) following his public support. \u200cGreene highlighted parallels between Johnson and Mitch McConnell&#8217;s positions on Ukraine, demanding Johnson&#8217;s removal. Despite filing a non-privileged motion to oust Johnson, which he dismissed as a distraction, Greene continues her efforts to unseat him. Johnson described their relationship\u2062 as friendly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\"> Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) reiterated her calls for House Speaker<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\"> Mike Johnson\u2019s<\/a> (R-LA) ousting just days after he had praised her as his \u201cfriend.\u201d The congresswoman from Georgia amped up her attacks against Johnson on Tuesday night, claiming during an interview with Steve Bannon that Johnson is \u201cdoing the Deep State\u2019s dirty work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, Greene shared an article from the <em>Federalist<\/em> that drew parallels between Johnson\u2019s and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s (R-KY) stances on Ukraine. Greene cited the article as further evidence of why Johnson should be removed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Johnson\u2019s \u2018Ukraine First\u2019 Agenda Shows He\u2019s No Different Than Mitch McConnell\u2019 And Mitch McConnell has a 6% approval rating among Republicans,\u201d Greene said. \u201cAgain, we need a new Speaker of the House.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\u201cMike Johnson\u2019s \u2018Ukraine First\u2019 Agenda Shows He\u2019s No Different Than Mitch McConnell\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Mitch McConnell has a 6% approval rating among Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Again, we need a new Speaker of the House. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kEzMoIx5kN\">https:\/\/t.co\/kEzMoIx5kN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1775260255603110361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Johnson for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Greene filed a motion last month to vacate Johnson from the speakership, but since it was not a privileged motion, the action was more of a threat than anything else. Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2946773\/johnson-calls-motion-to-vacate-a-distraction-from-mission-to-save-the-republic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>later stated<\/a> that he had exchanged texts with Greene over the weekend and presented their relationship as cordial, even calling her a \u201cfriend\u201d and expressing sympathy with her perspective.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Mike Johnson is not working for Republicans, he\u2019s not helping Republicans, he\u2019s not even listening to Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Johnson is doing the Deep State\u2019s dirty work.<\/p>\n<p>We need a new Speaker of the House!<\/p>\n<p>Watch my full segment on Steve Bannon\u2019s War Room. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q5ac2OfIGg\">pic.twitter.com\/q5ac2OfIGg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1775291600484102606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats know when we don\u2019t all stand together with our razor-thin majority, then they have a better negotiation position. And that\u2019s why we got some of the things we didn\u2019t like,\u201d he said of the spending deal on Sunday. \u201cNow we fought like warrior poets to keep some of the Senate earmarks out of the bill, and we were successful in getting a lot of the terrible stuff out, but a few of them made it through, and that\u2019s what Marjorie\u2019s upset about, and I am too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2948295\/marjorie-taylor-greene-motion-vacate-over-johnson-ukraine-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that she had exchanged Easter wishes with the House speaker over the weekend, but that was the extent of it. She expressed frustration with Johnson\u2019s stance on Ukraine aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the most outrageous \u2014 that is the biggest lie,\u201d Greene said of one of Johnson\u2019s proposals to give Ukraine aid as a loan. \u201cAnd the only people who believe that lie are in Washington, D.C., because the American people know it\u2019s a lie. The American people know that Ukraine is not going to pay us back any money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) renewed her push to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) shortly after he publicly supported her. In a recent interview with Steve Bannon, Greene intensified her criticism, accusing Johnson of advancing the Deep State&#8217;s agenda. The escalating tension between the two Republicans highlights growing internal conflicts within the party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2211826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24068062218897-1-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2211825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24068062218897-1-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2211825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2211825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2211825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2211825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}