{"id":2228692,"date":"2024-04-23T22:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T02:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-not-democrats-is-biggest-risk-to-gop-majority-republican-senator-says\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T22:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T02:29:14","slug":"mtg-not-democrats-is-biggest-risk-to-gop-majority-republican-senator-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-not-democrats-is-biggest-risk-to-gop-majority-republican-senator-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Senator warns that MTG, not Democrats, poses the &#8216;biggest risk&#8217; to GOP majority"},"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\">28<\/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-not-democrats-is-biggest-risk-to-gop-majority-republican-senator-says%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=2228692&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>Republican Senator \u2064Thom Tillis (R-NC) spoke out against Representative Marjorie Taylor \u200cGreene (R-GA), branding her as\u200b a significant risk to \u200bthe Republican Party&#8217;s election prospects. In an interview with CNN, Tillis strongly criticized Greene, labeling her as uninformed and detrimental to the party&#8217;s image. Tillis emphasized Greene&#8217;s negative impact on the GOP. Senator Thom Tillis of the Republican Party in North \u2063Carolina \u2062voiced \u200cconcerns about Representative Marjorie\u200b Taylor Greene from Georgia, identifying her\u200c as \u2064a substantial \u2063threat to the GOP&#8217;s electoral success. During \u2064a CNN interview, Tillis condemned Greene, highlighting her \u2062lack of knowledge and the harm she poses to the party&#8217;s reputation. Tillis stressed Greene&#8217;s adverse effect on the Republican Party.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/thom-tillis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Thom Tillis\">Thom Tillis<\/a> (R-NC) decried Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) as the biggest threat to the Republican Party\u2019s electoral chances.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to CNN, Tillis issued one of the strongest condemnations of the conservative firebrand delved out from a congressional Republican.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she\u2019s uninformed. She is a total waste of time,\u201d he said. \u201cShe is a horrible leader. She is dragging our brand down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe, not the Democrats, are the biggest threat to us getting back to a majority,\u201d Tillis added.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senator Thom Tillis on Marjorie Taylor Greene: I think she\u2019s uninformed, she is a total waste of time. She is a horrible leader. She is dragging our brand down\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CoUAoWO5gK\">pic.twitter.com\/CoUAoWO5gK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1782918181431935226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Greene has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yet-another-migrant-caravan-headed-for-u-s-border-biden-and-harris-under-fire-for-ongoing-migrant-crisis\/\" title=\"Yet another migrant caravan headed for U.S. border, Biden and Harris under fire for ongoing migrant crisis\">faced renewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">criticism<\/a><\/a> over her controversial push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) due to his pushing of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-aligned-group-comes-out-against-biden-106-billion-foreign-aid-bill\/\" title=\"Trump-aligned group opposes Biden's 6B foreign aid bill.\">foreign aid bill<\/a> to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, former Colorado GOP Rep. Ken Buck, who recently left Congress and publicly feuded with Greene, began deriding her as \u201cMoscow Marjorie\u201d over her criticism of aid to Ukraine.<\/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>\u201cWell, Moscow Marjorie has as reached a new low,\u201d Buck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2973292\/ken-buck-blasts-moscow-marjorie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. \u201cShe is just mouthing the Russian propaganda and really hurting American foreign policy in the process. She\u2019s acting completely irresponsibly. And again, when history looks at this period of time, Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukraine is fighting for its freedom, and we should be with the freedom fighters in this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greene was joined by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) in her call to vacate the speakership, but the trio is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973097\/motion-to-vacate-trio-split-on-strategy-to-boot-johnson-from-the-speakership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"split on how\">split on how<\/a> to proceed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) as the top threat to GOP&#8217;s electoral success. In a CNN interview, Tillis strongly condemned the conservative figure, labeling her as uninformed and a futile distraction. &#8220;She is a total waste of time,&#8221; he expressed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2228693,"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\/04\/AP24083618482913-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228692","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\/04\/AP24083618482913-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228692","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=2228692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}