MTG’s Latest Attack On Johnson Shows She Still Doesn’t Understand How Congress Works

I really have to wonder what is wrong with Marjorie Taylor Greene. It’s true she’s not what most of us would consider particularly intelligent, but there really is something going on here, I think. A lot of it, I suppose has to do with her acceptance of QAnon Conspiracy theories, but after being in Congress you’d think she would understand her job a little bit better.

But in her latest attack on House Speaker Mike Johnson, which she posted on X, she clearly shows us she doesn’t understand how Congress works, or even government in general works. And she couldn’t be more wrong.

“no republican speaker should ever share power with the democrats.

American voters gave republicans in the house the majority for a reason.

now we see mike johnson was realy making deals with joe biden, chuck schumer, and hakeem jeffries to cling onto his power.”

“mike johnson must resign or be removed.”

No Republican Speaker should ever share power with the Democrats.

American voters gave Republicans in the House the majority for a reason.

Now we see Mike Johnson was really making deals with Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, and Hakeem Jeffries to cling onto his power.

Mike Johnson… pic.twitter.com/CXuP9cPH4L

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) May 3, 2024

Apparently, Greene doesn’t understand that bipartisanship is supposed to be a thing. Democrats and Republicans are supposed to work together for the greater good of the American people. But Greene and a subset of other MAGA Republicans are not willing to do this. And she fails to mention that Republicans are barely hanging on to their majority in the House.

Of course, after she posted this bilious tweet, she received the appropriate browbeating, but I think the most appropriate one was from @JaredRyanSears, who seems to understand Greene 100 percent.

“bipartisanship is not the bad word you make it out to be ms. Greene. it is how the process is supposed to work. it is how compromise happens,” Sears posted in response.

“what you’re really upset about is that maga spent almost a year and a half obstructing everything they could and hamstringing the speaker of the house. but you pushed it too far, so the rest of the republican party is done with you.”

Ms. Greene, you are very confused on how Congress works.

First, we have a bicameral system. For a bill to get to the President, it has to pass both the House and the Senate.

The Republicans have majority in the House. Democrats have majority in the Senate.

If you want a bill…

— Jared Ryan Sears (@JaredRyanSears) May 3, 2024

That, Newsweek reports includes prominent GOP Senator Thom Tillis, who has described her as a “total waste of time” and a “horrible leader, during an interview with CNN’s Lauren Fox in late April.

“she is a horrible leader. she is dragging our brand down. she, not the democrats, are the biggest risk to us getting back to a majority,” tillis said.

Rep. Marc Molinaro, (R-N.Y.) is also fed up with Greene’s theatrics and also noted this to CNN.

“her theater and this constant effort to hold the congress hostage has to come to an end. i’m going to have no part in it. and a good number of my colleagues, conservative and moderate believe that enough is enough. it is time to move on and to move past this kind of nonsense,” he said.

Then there’s Rep. Don Bacon. He’s a Nebraska Republican who represents a Biden-won district, and he’s fed up with her, telling reporters earlier this week that most Republicans consider her effort to remove Johnson “disgusting.”

“ninety-eight percent of us find it disgusting,” he said. “i just try to ignore it. i can’t help what she does. i think we’ll overwhelmingly oppose it, and i think even on the democrat side, we’ll have a lot of support. we’re tired of the chaos. we’re tired of this anarchy.”

Green began this stupid nonsense in March, introducing the motion to vacate against Johnson (R-La.) after he worked with the Democrats to pass a $1.2 trillion spending package to fund the government. Of course, she further got things all stirred up by announcing on Wednesday that she plans to call a vote on her “previously unprivileged motion to vacate against Johnson, and it’s understandable as to why her colleagues are fed up with her shenanigans.

I think that’s what makes Sears’s post so appropriate.

“you filed a motion for attention, and you are milking it for every last drop you can get.”

I think Sears gets the point. Greene is going to keep derailing Congress every chance she gets. I don’t know how much she understands about her job, and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t know or care so long as she can continue to disrupt everything until she gets her weirdly partisan way. She wants Republicans to rule the roost and she’s willing to grind the House to a standstill until she gets her way.

So in other words, she’s going to be disappointed.