Comments made on the condition of anonymity by two Republicans in the House Freedom Caucus strongly suggests some members of the caucus have had enough of their less ideological colleagues — possibly including Marjorie Taylor Greene.
POLITICO reports on the acrimony and Greene’s closeness with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which has rubbed at least a few of her strongest allies the wrong way:
While the members suggesting a purge did not specify the people they want to remove, they are signaling that one target of any ejection push is Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). Some in the Freedom Caucus have focused on Greene, who’s become a close ally of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, to illustrate their fears that certain group members are too aligned with GOP leaders and too outwardly critical of the group when it splits on certain issues.
The risk of an outside-the-tent conservative becoming too friendly with the establishment isn’t the only problem that Freedom Caucus purists have identified, though. Internal Freedom Caucus critics are talking about targeting a handful of members beyond Greene, too, whom they see as violating group standards by being inactive.
House Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry, P-Pa., told POLITICO he denied the removal requests. Still, the fact remains they were made, leading to speculation the House’s most conservative caucus is more divided than it’d like to lead on.
While downplaying any divisions, Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., acknowledged that, “The speaker’s race, there was some difference in opinion. The debt ceiling, there were differences of opinion. And we had to get 80 percent on any major issue that we take positions. On some big issues, we have not been able to get there.”
“We’re at a critical point right now,” Norman conceded.
POLITICO continues:
As for internal concerns about Greene, Norman said he wasn’t suggesting pushing her out but replied: “She’s been critical of us for a long time.”
Compounding that sentiment: an ugly floor fight this week between Greene and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) over their competing resolutions to impeach President Joe Biden. Greene confirmed a Daily Beast report that she called her Freedom Caucus colleague “a little bitch” on the House floor, telling reporters that the story was “impressively correct.”
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It annoys me that the GOP can’t get its crap together and deal with the Democrats instead of each other. What is that old saying, “United We Stand< Divided we fall"?If we fall in 2024, OAAG. The G stands for grass.
I know MTG is rather a loose cannon, but I’ll tell you what: I sure wish I had a representative like her!!
DONT need this division now in the ranks
Unite where U can OK