Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reflected on the response to her effort to recall House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) earlier this week, recalling “deafening” boos.
“It was deafening” Greene said on former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s “War Room” show on Friday. “Imagine walking into an arena where everyone hates you at that moment.”
The Georgia Republican called her motion to vacate the floor resolution privileged on Wednesday after weeks of threats, but it was overwhelmingly rejected in a bipartisan vote on a motion to table it.
Greene said the negative response was almost immediate, claiming it was difficult to hear because of the booing.
“Then, as soon as I stood up and started reading the resolution, the boos started. And it might not have sounded as loud on the audio because the microphone was here for me,” she told Bannon, pointing to the upper half of her body. “And that’s what got your boos, so I’m the loudest voice here.”
“But inside that room,” she continued, “the boos were deafening. I mean, absolutely deafening.
During a period of flirtation with the possibility of forcing a vote, the lawmaker said last month on the same podcast that she didn’t care if the president’s office became a “revolving door.” At the time, she said that she wants “an ‘America First’ economy” and that “we will demand it from our Republican leaders.”
His comments came six months after the House removed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the leadership position in a historic vote.
Greene, in her motion, criticized Johnson for his decisions related to a government funding bill, a measure to reauthorize U.S. warrantless surveillance powers and, most recently, a foreign aid package that included billions of dollars in aid. to Ukraine.
The lower house voted 359-43-7 on Wednesday to table the motion to vacate, preventing the removal resolution from reaching the floor for a vote.
After Democrats helped protect Johnson, Greene said the boos were a testament to the “one-party” Democrats and Republicans she criticized.
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