'Speaker in name only': GOP strategist insists Marjorie Taylor Greene has more control over the House than Kevin McCarthy

19 November 2022

A Republican strategist is weighing in with his take on the declining leadership dynamic among House Republican lawmakers.

In a new analysis, The Guardian's David Smith suggested that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) may ultimately end up with more power and influence in the chamber.

Longtime Republican strategist Rick Wilson, the co-founder of the anti-Trump organization the Lincoln Project, also raised similar concerns about the far-right, conspiracy theorist lawmaker.

"With more control in the hands of Republicans, Smith is predicting that there will be more intraparty fighting. Wilson also appears to agree.

"Republicans in the House, meanwhile, offered initial support for Kevin McCarthy of California to serve as speaker but, given their narrow majority, the job may prove akin to herding cats," Smith wrote. "Each member will have huge sway over the conduct of business, raising the spectre of partisan battles and legislative gridlock with pro-Trump extremists gaining huge leverage."

Wilson said, "McCarthy is the Sino - he’s the speaker in name only. Marjorie Taylor Greene runs the House caucus."

He added, "McCarthy is the Sino - he’s the speaker in name only. Marjorie Taylor Greene runs the House caucus. Marjorie Taylor Greene has more control over the caucus than Kevin McCarthy does. That symbolic vote was very clearly sending him a signal: do what we want or we’ll blow you out. They will if he does not obey them.”

Wilson also predicted the type of investigations Republicans might focus their attention on.

“So we’re going to have endless investigations of Hunter Biden’s laptop," he predicted. " We’re going to have endless ‘Did Anthony Fauci brew up the virus in a Chinese lab?’ All this crap is coming down the pike and that’s because Kevin cannot resist the power they have over him. He is going to be the weakest speaker in the history of the US House."

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