Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said this week that the only candidate she would support for new House Speaker is Donald Trump.
QUICK FACTS:
- Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said on Tuesday that she would only be backing former President Donald Trump as the new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- “The only candidate for Speaker I am currently supporting is President Donald J. Trump,” Greene wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
- The Georgia representative listed a number of initiatives Trump has promised for the country, and why she believed he would fit the role.
- “He has a proven 4 year record as President of the United States of America,” she said. “He will end the war in Ukraine. He will secure the border. He will end the politically weaponized government. He will make America energy independent again. He will pass my bill to stop transgender surgeries on kids and keep men out of women’s sports. He will support our military and police. And so much more!”
REP. MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE ON ELECTING DONALD TRUMP AS HOUSE SPEAKER:
“He received a record number of Republican votes of any Republican Presidential candidate! We can make him Speaker and then elect him President!” Greene said.
BACKGROUND:
- After a historic 216-210 vote to oust U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House this week, the congressman declared he won’t be seeking the position again.
- An alliance of eight Republicans and Democrats culminated the vote on Tuesday, making McCarthy’s tenure as Speaker a thing of the past.
- “I won’t run for speaker again,” McCarthy said, emphasizing his persistent faith in the citizens of the nation. “I’ll never give up on the American people. That doesn’t mean I have to be speaker to do what I have to do for the American people.”
- The episode has shone a spotlight on the disagreements within the Republican ranks, as the handful of conservative hardliners who voted against McCarthy cited broken promises as the crux of their grievance.
- Notably among them were Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Eli Crane of Arizona, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado, Bob Good of Virginia, and Matt Rosendale of Montana.
- The reasons for dissent varied among the defectors.
- Rep. Burchett’s discontent had a personal touch to it, as he felt mocked by McCarthy over a prayerful deliberation on a critical decision, according to The Washington Times.
- He explained that the incident was the tipping point, as he had desired to hear McCarthy out, stating, “That sealed it right there for me because I wanted to listen to what he had to say.”
