Marjorie Taylor Greene vents frustration over shutdown strategy at Speaker Johnson on private call with House Republican
Source: CNN
House Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia went back and forth during a private call with House Republicans on Tuesday, according to one source on the call, as tensions rise during the government shutdown.
Greene, who has been publicly critical of Johnson’s decision to keep the House out of session, took her criticism directly to the speaker and said he is not in touch with what people want, the source said.
Johnson responded by saying it was not helpful to shoot inside the Republican tent, argued the shutdown was Democrats’ fault, and sai President Donald Trump’s poll numbers are rising, the source added.
A clearly frustrated Greene was “forceful” as she vented her criticism, which was directed at GOP leaders for keeping the House out of session during the shutdown, according to another source on the call. Johnson, in his response, was “calm” in his defense of the party’s decision.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-mike-johnson-shutdown-house
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to members of the media at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 22. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
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