Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has speculated that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson could be being blackmailed as she tries to understand his radical departure from conservative stances.
Last month, the Georgia Congresswoman filed a motion to vacate the chair and remove Mike Johnson following his actions regarding the House Omnibus bill.
The legislation was passed by a 286-134 vote, with the necessary 2/3 vote to avoid a government shutdown.
Democrats bailed Johnson out after more than 100 members of his caucus rebelled.
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Greene expressed bewilderment at Johnson’s recent legislative decisions.
Greene said Johnson’s recent moves are in stark contrast with his proclaimed values.
“Mike Johnson has made a complete departure of who he is and what he stands for, and to the point where people are literally asking, is he blackmailed?” asked Greene.
“What is wrong with him because he’s completely disconnected with what we want?” she said.
Carlson pressed Greene, asking if she believed Johnson was indeed being blackmailed.
Greene then highlighted drastic changes in Johnson’s actions.
“I have no idea. I can’t comprehend what radically changes a man,” she responded.
Greene added:
“I mean, if we break down the the second part of basically an omnibus. Let’s break that down. So Mike Johnson is pro-life.”
“And the second part of the omnibus, just less than two weeks ago, he funded full-term abortion clinics, full-term abortion clinics,” she said.
“He funded the trans agenda on children. I mean, how does that even happen from a Christian conservative Republican speaker?
“He did nothing for the southern border and did nothing to secure the border. And this comes on the heels of Laken Riley being brutally murdered,” Greene continued.
“This came on the heels of a video that was running on loop on social media, where illegal aliens had rushed our border, ran over Texas National Guard, ran over Border Patrol agents in order to invade our country.”
“These were military-age men, by the way. He did nothing to secure our border. It’s the number one issue in the world.”
“He completely changed who he was, funded the FBI, gave them a brand new building, fully funded the Department of Justice that is persecuting everyone on the right and actually targeting a presidential candidate for election this year,” she said.
“Literally trying to put him in jail for the rest of his life. We don’t know who Mike Johnson is anymore.”
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