Marjorie Taylor Greene faces uncertain future within the far-right Freedom Caucus due to her close McCarthy ties as internal GOP strife shows no sign of slowing
- On Friday the House Freedom Caucus discussed removing her from their 40-member band of rabble-rousing conservatives
- The group did not come to a final conclusion on whether to oust Greene
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was long the most public face of Congress’ right-wing flank – but now she appears to be on the outs within a group of her conservative allies.
On Friday the House Freedom Caucus discussed removing her from their 40-member band of rabble-rousing conservatives, leery of her close relationship with Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The group did not come to a final conclusion on whether to oust Greene – a move that would be unprecedented since the group’s inception in 2015 – a source familiar confirmed to DailyMail.com.
A spokesperson for Freedom Caucus Chair Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., declined to comment on the move to oust the Georgia Republican.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was long the most public face of Congress’ right-wing flank – but now she appears to be on the outs within a group of her conservative allies
Greene most recently found herself at the center of an intra-party spat when she called Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colo., a ‘little b***h’ on the House floor for ‘copying’ her articles of impeachment against President Biden instead of signing on to Greene’s
A spokesperson for Greene could not be reached for comment. Never one to shy away from dominating the news cycle, Greene herself has not directly addressed the reports. But after news of the discussion of her ouster she did tweet: ‘The media’s specialty is dividing Republicans. It’s time for Republicans to stop being sucked into playing the dumb game. Defeat the Democrat’s America Last agenda and save America.’
Greene most recently found herself at the center of an intra-party spat when she called Rep. Lauren Boebert, Colo., a ‘little b***h’ on the House floor for ‘copying’ her articles of impeachment against President Biden instead of signing on to Greene’s.
‘I’ve donated to you, I’ve defended you. But you’ve been nothing but a litte b***h to me,’ Greene told Boebert, sources told the Daily Beast, which Greene later confirmed. ‘And you copied my articles of impeachment after I asked you to cosponsor them.’
Greene was a political headache for then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy when she was elected in 2020. Democrats removed her from committees and McCarthy was forced to distance himself from her embrace of QAnon and claims that 9/11 and the Parkland School shooting were staged from the inside.
But since Republicans took power at the start of this year, McCarthy has had Greene squarely in his camp. The congresswoman put President Donald Trump on the phone with McCarthy defectors during the 20-ballot speaker’s race in January.
On Friday the House Freedom Caucus discussed removing Greene from their 40-member band of rabble-rousing conservatives, leery of her close relationship with Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Once McCarthy got over the finish line he put her in high-profile postings on the Oversight and Homeland Security committees where she can take part in the Biden family investigation.
Both Greene and McCarthy have maintained an alliance with Trump. Greene strongly supports his reelection in 2024 while McCarthy has demurred when asked about the presidential race.
But Trump may not have the sway with the Freedom Caucus he once had. Some of McCarthy’s most vocal antagonists – Reps. Ken Buck, Colo., and Chip Roy, Texas, opposed Trump’s pushing to decertify Biden electors.
Roy and Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., have endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president. Rep. Ralph Norman has endorsed fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley.
Since the speaker’s race McCarthy’s right-wing detractors have forced him to work overtime to wrangle votes even for the party-line debt ceiling bill – the Limit, Save, Grow Act.
The negotiated debt deal scored more votes from Democrats than Republicans – rankling conservative detractors yet again. Weeks later they halted floor business and tanked widely popular gas stove legislation in protest.
Business moved forward after McCarthy agreed to renegotiate a power-sharing agreement with Freedom Caucus members. But Republicans like Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., threatened to paralyze the floor again and again if they weren’t happy with the changes to the speaker’s leadership style.
