Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Kevin McCarthy lacks support to be House speaker if GOP takes majority
By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times - Thursday, November 25, 2021
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, claims that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy lacks the votes to be speaker if the GOP recaptures the lower chamber next year.
Mrs. Greene joined fellow Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida on his “Firebrand” podcast, posted on Thursday morning, and she blasted Mr. McCarthy, California Republican, for the “failure of our leadership.”
“We know that Kevin McCarthy has a problem in our conference. He doesn’t have the full support to be speaker. He doesn’t have the votes that are there,” she said.
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“Thirteen traitor Republicans helped Joe Biden pass his agenda handing their voting card over to Nancy Pelosi, and nothing happens to them,” she said, referring to House lawmakers who voted for the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure legislation.____________
Their support enabled the bill’s final passage, despite the opposition of a handful of progressive Democrats, which would have killed the bill had all Republicans voted “no.”