{"id":2368739,"date":"2024-11-13T23:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-blames-johnson-for-gop-scraping-together-thin-house-majority-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T23:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T04:05:21","slug":"mtg-blames-johnson-for-gop-scraping-together-thin-house-majority-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-blames-johnson-for-gop-scraping-together-thin-house-majority-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"MTG blames Johnson for GOP scraping together thin House majority &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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-blames-johnson-for-gop-scraping-together-thin-house-majority-washington-examiner%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=2368739&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\u2063 Greene (R-GA) \u2064has openly criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for the Republican Party&#8217;s inability \u2062to secure a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-acosta-seems-to-claim-mitch-mcconnell-would-trash-filibuster-if-he-could-forgets-he-could-have-and-didnt-in-six-years\/\" title=\"Jim Acosta Seems To Claim Mitch McConnell Would Trash Filibuster If He Could; Forgets He Could Have \u2013 And Didn\u2019t \u2013 In Six Years\">larger majority<\/a>\u200d in the House during the recent elections. Following Johnson&#8217;s nomination to continue as\u2064 Speaker, Greene \u2064expressed \u200bher dissatisfaction with his leadership, claiming he contributed \u200bto the party&#8217;s limited gains and has aligned too closely with\u2064 the Biden administration&#8217;s agenda. She indicated that her support for Johnson moving \u200bforward is uncertain, which could pose a challenge for him since he will need near-unanimous backing from Republican \u2062members to maintain his position. Greene&#8217;s remarks reflect her broader discontent with the current Congress&#8217;s performance, asserting that it has failed to meet the expectations of voters.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">MTG blames Johnson for GOP scraping together thin House majority<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1792144\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) received a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3229231\/mike-johnson-nominated-second-term-quelling-gop-opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">vote of confidence<\/a> but is already preparing for another rocky session with Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) leading the internal opposition to his leadership.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With the lower chamber preparing for President-elect Donald Trump to take the reins in January, Johnson won the GOP nomination to remain in his top post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Come the final <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-strategizing-to-bypass-democrats-in-order-to-advance-trumps-agenda-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Republicans strategizing to bypass Democrats in order to advance Trump&#039;s agenda - Washington Examiner\">speaker&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s vote in January, Johnson will need nearly every vote from his slim majority in order to keep the powerful position. But Greene has indicated she may not back the Republican leader, likely putting his fragile coalition in jeopardy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While talking to the press on Wednesday, Greene blamed Johnson for not helping deliver a larger House majority during the 2024 elections. The Republican Party staved off Democratic gains to retain their majority in the lower chamber last week, but Greene wasn&rsquo;t satisfied.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) arrives to speak before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at McCamish Pavilion Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo\/Mike Stewart)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She criticized Johnson for the results, saying he &ldquo;fully passed the Biden-Harris agenda,&rdquo; adding, &ldquo;We should have a major majority, a super majority, but we don&rsquo;t.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s based on the performance of this Congress. This Congress has had a lot of failures in the eyes of our voters, in the eyes of the American people,&rdquo; she told CNN.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Greene had previously<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1856514385872580997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> argued<\/a> that even the razor-thin majority House Republicans enjoy is due only to &ldquo;the people President Trump pulled across the finish line in this election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MTG blames Mike Johnson for not getting a larger GOP majority. Despite the small number of swing seats, she blames his handling of the agenda for costing them seats. And non-committal about backing him in January when he&#8217;ll need 218 votes. <br \/>&#8220;This Congress has a lot of failures&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K7cq7k3BNE\">pic.twitter.com\/K7cq7k3BNE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1856824558332121124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Greene has railed against Johnson&rsquo;s leadership, primarily on the basis of his support for federal spending deals, since he became speaker in October 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She introduced a resolution to oust the Republican speaker in May, saying that Johnson had broken promises by endorsing President Joe Biden&rsquo;s $1.2 trillion spending proposal that didn&rsquo;t <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">include border security measures<\/a> many conservatives had requested.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After Johnson supported a $1.6 trillion deal to fund the government and avert a federal shutdown in September, Greene announced firm opposition to the plan, saying it funded the Green New Deal and &ldquo;all these horrific things that people are sick of.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This time around, Johnson appears to have Trump solidly in his corner, which could give him an edge when the speaker&rsquo;s vote comes up in January.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> said he &ldquo;100%&rdquo; backed Johnson during a during a closed-door meeting with GOP lawmakers on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While he is friendly with Greene, Trump indicated that, unlike her, he was pleased with how the House GOP performed during the elections. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We won, which is great because Republicans aren&rsquo;t supposed to be winning the majority,&rdquo; he told lawmakers. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1792144\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1792144\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTG criticizes Johnson for the GOP&#8217;s slim House majority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2368740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MTG-1-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6203,32735,4162,8508],"class_list":["post-2368739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gop","tag-house-majority","tag-johnson","tag-mtg"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MTG-1-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368739","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368739"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368743,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368739\/revisions\/2368743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}