Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo called out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for not voicing a clear strategy on ousting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) or presenting a clear alternative to the current circumstances.
In an interview on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo confronted Greene over the criticism she has received from many on both the left and the right over her repeated threats to oust the speaker.
“You’re getting criticized on the left, on the right, in the media … a lot of people are criticizing you,” Bartiromo said. “And the reason that they are is because they’re saying that you’re creating drama during this election year. How is this leading to reelecting President Trump? How is this leading to the American people believing that the Republicans can govern? People are saying, ‘Look, she’s creating chaos. She’s making the entire party look like it’s disrupted.’ Your reaction and response to those criticisms?”
“Those that are calling this drama are the very people that are responsible for the drama that the American people are having to live through every single day,” Greene replied. “Those on the left, those on the right, the uniparty that’s in control of our government are the ones that have inflicted the American people with nearly $35 trillion in debt, ripped our border wide open.”
Greene, notably, has received intense criticism in recent days from Fox News, as well as the New York Post. On Wednesday, FoxNews.com published an op-ed titled “Marjorie Taylor Greene is an Idiot,” and on Sunday, a New York Post headline denounced the Georgia congresswoman as “Moscow Marjorie.”
After a brief commercial break, Bartiromo pressed Greene to come up with an actual solution.
“OK Congresswoman, you wanted Mike Johnson out,” Bartiromo said. “What is your alternative plan?”
Here was Greene’s response in full:
“Our plan is this: We have to give the American people a reason to trust us and fight for us. The American people are supporting President Trump to be the next President of the United States because they’ve seen him in action. He fought against the Democrat agenda. He put America first. They desperately want him to lead this country again because they trust him and they know he will do that.
“Mike Johnson has betrayed America. He’s betrayed Republican voters. Under his leadership, he’s passed the Democrat agenda, passed the Biden administration’s policies, and fully funded them. We’re going to fight in Congress to do everything we can to stop this type of uniparty leadership. Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process. If he doesn’t do so, he will be vacated.”
But Bartiromo called her out for dodging.
“With all due respect, you didn’t give me a plan for the speaker’s role,” Bartiromo said. “And again, does this mean you are going to file that motion at some point?”
Greene again refused to voice any kind of plan and simply reiterated her vow to remove Johnson.
“It’s coming, regardless of what Mike Johnson decides to do,” Greene said. “And we have three more Republicans joining us for the special elections coming up very soon. So people need to know this can happen.”
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