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Marjorie Taylor Greene is reportedly weighing a plot to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson before she retires in early January and is quietly gauging if she has the nine votes inside the Republican party to trigger a vote.

“Marjorie is approaching members to get to nine who will oust the speaker,” an anonymous source told MS Now. “And if we don’t get to work on codifying Trump’s agenda, anything can happen.”

The Georgia Republican previously tried to oust Johnson last year in protest at a foreign aid deal for Ukraine, and she has been a consistent critic of Johnson’s work throughout the second Trump administration this year.

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[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I just can't get around the fact that her initials spell magic the gathering

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (4 children)

She never deserved to get known by those initials in the first place. Her name isn't difficult to say. They were just envious of AOC and forced it.

I always just called her Greene or Marjorie Greene. Hopefully it's all moot now anyways and we can forget about her.

[–] elevenbones@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago

I always call her magic the gathering

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 13 points 1 day ago

Why not? MTG is a greedy shallow predatory game, its perfect for her.

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

AOC was probably more out of necessity since white America can't handle a simple pronunciation.

Although mispronouncing Marjorie Greene would probably really piss her off. Rep. Greené

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought it was hilarious when some RW jagoff was trying to get "Sandy" off the ground as far as how they talked about AOC. Probably around the same time they thought they were really coming in off the top rope with a flying elbow by sharing that video of her....dancing? During college?

Both were bellyflops. Most people on the left just loved sharing those dancing videos because it made her all the more relatable? And, FFS, she is a smokeshow anyway, this just made that fact go viral...yeah, conservatives, you really made everyone in the United States quake in their shoes over this totally hot woman seen...now hold onto your pearls for this one.... dancing during college. You'd think they were the town elders out of Footloose or something, LOL. Oh, oh, oh, I know, also this: call her SANDY, and emphasize that she had a working class job like a BARTENDER! BOO! HISS!!!

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

They'll make a mountain out of any mole hill. And sometimes they have to make the mole hill first.

tan suit

She also never sicced the Pinkertons on anyone as far as I know.

[–] arschflugkoerper@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago

I am unable to read it as anything else.

[–] groupofcrows@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Just call her Empty G.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I wouldn't tap that

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

She must have a super long name

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

I hope the cons all go Candace Owens v. Tim Pool on each other.

"I cast THEE out! You are not the true MAGA! You are a heretic!"

"No, you! I cast YOU out! I'm the true way of the America FIRST Shining Path and United Front!"

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 72 points 2 days ago (1 children)

She doesn't have the votes. If she did, she would just do it, and nobody involved would leak it to the press first.

[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But I want to believe she can at least stir up 8 votes.

It'd be fun to watch some more disunity ahead of the midterms.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be hilarious if she was the divisive grenade that blew up maga for good.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Be careful what you wish for, if she blows up MAGA for good they will all run to whatever shitty political party Elon Musk is planning.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just give him tons of K & his grok and he will be distracted.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago

Someone get Matthew Perry's dealer on it

Splitting the republican vote sounds good to me

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Its really too bad she is so stupid. If she had been a little smarter she would have kept her mouth shut and started storing up info to release just before they were about to do another nasty and terrible thing to the majority of americans. Sigh she is space laser stupid though.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 29 points 2 days ago (4 children)

She's actually playing it smart.

She knows that the midterms are going to be a blood bath for the GOP. She gets to collect her pension and sit on the sidelines. She'll get a TV pundit gig and write a book.

She'll be in great shape to raise a lot of money in 2028.

[–] AugustWest@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I doesn’t matter how dumb the Republican is, the art of the grift is instinctual.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's the thing about grifting, you don't really have to he smart, you just have to find marks dumber than you.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

Survival of the griftest

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

As I say each time, as someone that grew up in her district, the most frustrating thing about her is that I know she’s very very savvy. She’s not smart but she’s very effective

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Indeed, it's less about actually ousting these people. It is about being seen as trying to do so.

That's optimistic

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wish Marge the best of luck in this endeavor.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

If she wants to channel chaos monkey more power to her.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 32 points 2 days ago

Remember how long it took to get that guy into the speakers seat in the first place?

[–] pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good. Dude is a cockroach.

[–] _wizard@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And she's a parasite. Let them destroy each other.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

Oust the entire government and start from scratch

[–] nixienox@piefed.social 15 points 2 days ago

Godspeed crazy lady.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Party infighting. A fascist feature.

What fascinates me is that the Heritage Foundation seems to tolerate her dissent. Historically, party dissenters don't live long. But my guess is that the Heritage Foundation knows we are in a society where capital punishment of political enemies isn't accepted. They let Trump ramble about executing people that he doesn't like because Trump isn't ultimately important to their plans.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not convinced she has the sway to bend a young sprout, but I've got my popcorn. I'm not a betting man, but if I was I wouldn't bet on her.