House GOP mulls 'repercussions' for 'persona non grata' Marjorie Taylor Greene: 'She doesn’t play nice'

11 June 2024

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) isn't just loathed by Democrats — she's also been falling increasingly out of favor with her Republican colleagues, according to a new report.

CNN reported Tuesday that the Georgia Republican has become increasingly isolated since Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) became speaker last fall. She's reportedly become "persona non grata" among the House Republican Conference due to her penchant for bomb-throwing and caustic language in committee hearings. And CNN's Annie Grayer and Melanie Zanona wrote that Republicans are now even considering "repercussions" for the far-right congresswoman in their efforts to rein her in.

"This is supposed to be a collaborative body, at least within your own conference, and she doesn’t play nice in the sandbox," Rep. Carlos Giménez (R-Florida) told CNN.

Greene reportedly eroded much of her colleagues' good will in her failed motion to vacate Johnson, which had scant support and was defeated by both Democrats and Republicans. Other members of the House majority are also reportedly exasperated with Greene's attempts to bring divisive motions to the floor that have little chance of passing the House and would be dead on arrival in the Democratic-run U.S. Senate.

Even though the House barely managed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — after the first attempt failed — the MAGA firebrand reportedly now wants Johnson to bring a motion to the floor to impeach President Joe Biden over the Southern border (where illegal crossings have sharply declined this year). She's also clamoring for a government shutdown this fall, saying that Congress should cut off all funding for the Department of Justice in protest of former President Donald Trump's 34 felony convictions in his New York criminal trial.

"We aren’t a serious country anymore. We’re literally a banana republic," Greene said in response to Trump's unanimous guilty verdict on all counts by a jury that both prosecutors and the defense approved. "So what does it matter funding the government? The American people don’t give a s—."

However, other more centrist members of the Republican conference are throwing cold water on her legislative proposals.

“I don’t think that you cure one hasty ill-advised action with another,” Rep. Nick LaLota (R-New York) said. “I think that she feels that the score will be settled if we do something equally as hasty here, and I don’t think that’s how the government should work.”

Greene is reportedly unmoved by her colleagues' increased distaste for her. She told the network that she's "gotten past" other Republicans' disapproval and remains steadfast that the GOP majority is largely "feckless," "useless" and "does nothing."

"I’m not interested in angering anybody or upsetting anyone. What I am interested in is being a part of a Republican conference that does something for a change," Greene said.

Click here to read CNN's full report.

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