MTG 'lost a whole lot of respect in her district' after failing to oust Mike Johnson: report

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) is increasingly alienating her Republican colleagues and even some of her own constituents after her unsuccessful attempt to strip House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) of the gavel on Wednesday.

Politico reported Thursday that the Georgia congresswoman has become more isolated among the House Republican Caucus since her motion to vacate — which 10 other Republicans supported — was soundly defeated with the help of House Democrats. One unnamed member of Congress speaking anonymously to Politico dismissed Greene's motion as "fundraising."

"She's pissed off because she was friends with [former Speaker Kevin] McCarthy and she missed the first vacancy, so she called the second vacancy," the member said.

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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Georgia), whose congressional district (the 11th) borders Greene's (the 14th), said the far-right lawmaker has reason to worry about losing the support of her constituents after trying to boot a sitting Republican speaker. He added that she even defied former President Donald Trump in pursuing her doomed motion.

“People are calling me saying: 'Please, tell her to not do this.' Mike is a good man. He's doing the best he can. Trump's calling her and telling her not to,” Loudermilk said. ”I think she's lost a whole lot of respect in her district.”

Other Republicans — particularly from swing districts — have been loudly expressing their distaste with the firebrand congresswoman. Politico reported that Rep. Mike Lawler (R-New York) said that "Moscow Marjorie has clearly gone off the deep end — maybe the result of a space laser." That comment is likely a reference to a 2018 social media post Greene made alleging that California wildfires were the fault of "lasers or blue beams of light" caused by a family of Jewish bankers.

"Why do those losers get all of the attention?" wondered Rep. Brandon Williams (R-New York), when seeing Greene surrounded by a slew of journalists and photographers.

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Greene spent hours in Johnson's office earlier this week, in which the speaker presumably attempted to convince her to abandon her effort. However, the Georgia Republican held fast to her position that Johnson wasn't doing enough to pass conservative policy victories, and was being overly accommodating to House Democrats in his bipartisan work to keep government agencies funded and send more funding overseas to help Ukraine fight its war with Russia.

"I'm proud of myself, because this is the whole reason why I ran for Congress," Greene told a gaggle of reporters on Capitol Hill. "I'm sick and tired of the Republican Party that never does what they say they're going to do. I'm tired of them making promises on television."

"I'm doing everything I promised my district when I ran for Congress," she added.

After winning her primary unopposed earlier this year, Greene will face off against Democrat Shawn Harris. Cook Political Report has rated her district R+22, meaning a Republican would win against a Democrat with an approximate advantage of 22 points.

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