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Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has hit back at Fox News after being called an “idiot.”
“Fox News called me an idiot. That was literally their headline. They called me an idiot,” she said to “War Room” podcast host and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. “But what I’ve done is expose what was already happening in the dark.”
The comment was in response to an opinion piece by Fox News contributor Liz Peek that had the headline “Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP.”
“It’s high time someone in the Republican Party told Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to turn all that bombastic self-serving showmanship and drama queen energy on Democrats, and stop trying to defeat her own party,” the author said in the piece.
“The internal squabbles of the party need to stop. If Marjorie Taylor Greene and others want to oppose aid to Ukraine or the FISA bill, they can vote against it. That’s how democracy works. My message for MTG? Borrowing from Hillary Clinton: Get over yourself. The mission today is to elect Donald Trump,” she said.
She will likely not be able to have Speaker Mike Johnson removed as she wants to because Democrats have vowed to save him, but that has not stopped her.
“The beautiful thing about it is Democrats have to come clean; they were controlling Mike Johnson anyway,” she said on the podcast.
Former President Donald Trump has given his support to the Speaker and other Republicans have given their thoughts on the idea of removing him.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, the Colorado Republican who is facing headwinds ahead of a primary later this spring, made a startling comment regarding House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday as he faces a vote to vacate his chair.
Boebert expressed frustration with what she sees as undue influence on the GOP majority’s agenda by minority Democrats.
“We are passing the Democratic agenda every day that we’re here,” she told reporters. “We have a slim majority in the House, and everything’s being passed overwhelmingly with Democrats’ support, so it makes no difference to me if it’s Hakeem Jeffries as speaker or Mike Johnson right now.”
Jeffries, a New York Democrat, is currently the minority leader. He has said if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) follows through on her threat to file a privileged motion to vacate the chair, he would back Johnson and would urge Democrats to do the same.
“I want Speaker Mike Johnson to do his absolute best. I like Mike,” Boebert said later Tuesday, per The Washington Post. “It’s just really sad seeing the policies that are coming out. Hopefully, something changes.”
Boebert underwent emergency surgery for a blood clot in her leg earlier this month, according to her campaign.
In a statement released on social media, Boebert’s campaign said the lawmaker was admitted to a Colorado hospital “after experiencing severe swelling in her upper left leg.” The surgery, which involved the removal of a clot and the insertion of a stent, was successful.
“Yesterday afternoon, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert was admitted to UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland after experiencing severe swelling in her upper left leg. After undergoing a CT Scan, doctors found an acute blood clot and diagnosed her with May-Thurner Syndrome, which is a rare condition that disrupts blood flow,” Boebert’s campaign said in the statement.
“An exact cause is unknown, but dehydration, travel, and extended periods of sitting have all been identified as potential factors in causing symptoms of May-Thurner Syndrome. Women between the ages of 20 and 45 who have given birth are also more likely to have May-Thurner Syndrome,” the statement added.
“Doctors recommended and scheduled a surgery, which was successfully completed this morning, to remove the clot and insert a stent that will address the Congresswoman’s symptoms. After taking time to rest as recommended by doctors, she is expected to make a full recovery with no significant concerns for her long-term health and no hindrance to her ability to perform her duties as a Congresswoman,” the statement continued.
