Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said House Speaker Mike Johnson has no say in President Donald Trump's agenda and is instead tasked with acting as a rubber stamp for the White House, the New York Times reported Monday.
Greene detailed her recent conversations with the president, her frustrations with the stalled House and threats against her family in a series of wide-ranging statements. interview with socket. Greene's comments to Johnson followed fall sharply approval ratings for the Republican-led Congress, as well as perceived broad membership dissatisfaction with Johnson and his leadership style as the legislature tries to decide policy healthcare And stock trading. (RELATED: 'Absolute Bulls – T': GOP Leaders of Nuclear Moderates as Obamacare Cliff Approaches)
“I want you to know that Johnson is not our speaker. He is not our leader. And in the legislative branch – a completely separate branch of government – he is literally 100 percent under direct orders from the White House,” Greene told the Times. “And many, many Republicans are furious about this, but they are cowards.”
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 17: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Los Angeles) speaks to the media as he leaves the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol on December 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“I definitely think the current leadership, and the speaker in particular, needs to change the way they do things. We need to actually get back to running the House,” said California Republican Rep. Kevin Kiely. said journalists in December.
Keeley, whose district was divided under California's Proposition 50. redistricting measurebecame an outspoken critic of Johnson after he demanded a ban mid-decade redistricting across the country went unnoticed by House leadership.
“This is crap,” said one of the participants. described Johnson's leadership style for NOTUS. “If you asked participants to give an honest review of Johnson, his approval rating would be 20%.”
New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik also publicly sparred with the speaker on social media in December, saying he was blocking a provision she tried to secure in the National Defense Authorization Act. Johnson said her claims were false, prompting Stefanik blame speaker spreading “more lies” about ignorance of members' legislative goals.
“Yesterday the Speaker messaged me claiming that he “knows nothing about this.” Yes, that's right. It's his favorite tactic to tell lawmakers when he's being caught undermining the Republican agenda. Wasn't this on your radar?
Another lie from the Speaker.
And, as you might expect, yesterday the speaker wrote me a message in which he said that he “knew nothing about this.” Yes, that's right. It's his favorite tactic to tell lawmakers when he's being caught undermining the Republican agenda.
Wasn't this on your radar? This is the ONLY… https://t.co/AKxC6CU8ma
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) December 2, 2025
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