Sen. Thom Tillis said he’s fed up with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s actions in the House, accusing her of giving the Republican Party a bad name.
“She is a horrible leader,” Mr. Tillis, North Carolina Republican, said in audio played on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” “She is dragging our brand down. She — not the Democrats — are the biggest risk to us getting back to a majority.”
He said the Georgia Republican is “uninformed [and] a total waste of time.”
Ms. Greene has been the driving force behind the motion-to-vacate threat against House Speaker Mike Johnson, which she has been threatening since last month after he supported the bipartisan government funding bill.
Her threat has repeated throughout Mr. Johnson’s introduction of a foreign aid package that secures aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The four-bill package passed the House on Saturday and passed through the Senate on Tuesday. Now, it heads to President Biden, who is expected to sign it.
Ms. Greene has said Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, has betrayed Republicans by siding with Democrats to get bills passed.
Mr. Tillis hasn’t been the only Republican to say they think Ms. Greene is taking her threats too far. Rep. Marc Molinaro of New York said last week that “her theater and this constant effort to hold the Congress hostage has to come to an end.”
“And a good number of my colleagues — conservative and moderate — believe that enough is enough,” Mr. Molinaro said in a CNN interview. “It is time to move on and to move past this kind of nonsense.”
The Trump camp also has signaled they are not fans of Ms. Greene’s actions. Republicans fear a motion to vacate would send the House into chaos and jeopardize their chance of getting more Republicans into the House and the White House in November.
Despite her threats, Ms. Greene has not said when she will tee up a vote to oust Mr. Johnson. When asked by Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday about her plans, Ms. Greene was not clear.
“Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process,” she said. “If he doesn’t do so, he will be vacated.”
The Washington Times has reached out to Ms. Greene’s office for comment.
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