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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene escalated her feud with Mike Johnson after sending a blistering letter to her Republican colleagues stating that if the Speaker does not make changes the 'self-inflicted destruction' of the Republican party, his ouster will soon follow.
Greene has been a frequent and loud critic of Johnson's short stint as Speaker and began the process to oust him from leadership at the end of March.
The Georgia Republican, outraged at how Johnson pushed through two government spending measures that totaled over $1.5 trillion, filed a motion to vacate the Speaker while votes for the spending measures were ongoing on the House floor.
On Tuesday, the firebrand launched another salvo at the speaker in the form of a five-page memo to her Republican colleagues, outlining her case against Johnson and why the GOP needs new leadership if he does not reverse course immediately.
'With so much at stake for our future and the future of our children, I will not tolerate this type of Republican 'leadership,'' Greene wrote in the memo.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., told reporters that filing the motion to vacate the speaker was 'a warning' to Johnson. Now, she is continuing to attack the leader, sending a five-page memo to her GOP colleagues outlining how if Johnson does not correct course the party should not tolerate him
'This has been a complete and total surrender to, if not complete and total lockstep with, the Democrats' agenda that has angered our Republican base so much and given them very little reason to vote for a Republican House majority.'
'And if these actions by the leader of our conference continue, then we are not a Republican party— we are a Uniparty that is hell-bent on remaining on the path of self-inflicted destruction,' she continued.
'I will neither support nor take part in any of that, and neither will the people we represent.'
The letter serves as another warning to Johnson who could be swiftly removed by just a handful of GOP discontents just like his predecessor former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was last fall.
Greene previously said her threat to remove Johnson was 'a warning,' adding he should not neglect the more conservative ranks of his caucus as he did with the spending measures.
Republicans largely saw the later of the two funding packages as a pork-loaded pet project that benefitted Democrats.
In fact, more Democrats voted for the second of the two measures despite Johnson working for months to craft them, something Greene notes in her memo.
'Relying on majority Democrat support to pass a two-part omnibus was not 'advancing a policy agenda supported by Conference consensus,' Greene wrote.
'That is why I will not tolerate our elected Republican Speaker Mike Johnson serving the Democrats and the Biden administration and helping them achieve their policies that are destroying our country.'
'He is throwing our own razor-thin majority into chaos by not serving his own GOP conference that elected him.'
'Nothing says shooting within our own tent like a Republican Speaker of the House who makes his rank-and-file Members vote to fund full-term abortion in order to pay our military soldiers.'
Speaker Mike Johnson's job in leadership is in flux as members like Greene threaten to oust him for not achieving GOP victories
Greene also argues that removing Johnson from leadership would not thrust the party into chaos as it did after the removal of McCarthy.
Back then it took weeks for the GOP to find an appropriate replacement, leaving the chamber paralyzed and temporarily unable to perform their basic duties.
'No, electing a new Republican Speaker will not give the majority to the Democrats,' Greene said.
'That only happens if more Republicans retire early, or Republicans actually vote for Hakeem Jeffries. It's not complicated, it's simple math.'
But whether she acts on her measure to oust Johnson is still up in the air.
She and likeminded conservatives have warned the speaker not to bring foreign aid funding for Ukraine to the floor for a vote, saying the U.S. border criss must first be addressed before dolling out dough to wars abroad.
However, pleas from the White House, Ukrainian President Zelensky, Democrats and moderate Republicans to vote on aid for the embattled country are also putting Johnson in a tricky position.
'Mike Johnson is publicly saying funding Ukraine is now his top priority when less than 7 months ago he was against it,' Greene said.
Greene and more conservative Republicans are against additional funding for Ukraine, putting Speaker Johnson in a tricky position as GOP moderates, Democrats and the White House are pushing for additional aid for the war
'The American people disagree— they believe our border is the only border worth fighting a war over, and I agree with them.'
'What is the future of our party and our country if Republicans continue to lay down and do nothing to stop the Democrats?'
'No, the answer is not next time, or next appropriations, or next Congress,' Greene wrote.
'There are no more excuses.'