Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Tuesday that “a lot of” male Republicans in Congress are “weak” and intimidated by “strong Republican women,” escalating her feud with party leaders during the third week of a federal shutdown.
The Georgia Republican used a Washington Post interview to argue that GOP women are sidelined while “weak” men are rewarded, singling out Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership and contrasting it with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s. She also said she’s backed Democratic-led efforts to extend certain health-care subsidies and is pushing to force a vote to release Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein — moves Johnson and President Donald Trump oppose. (RELATED: Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Nuked Republicans)
“There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women,” Greene said. “So they always try to marginalize the strong Republican women that actually want to do something and actually want to achieve.”
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Greene said Johnson texted her last week after she publicly urged the Senate to ditch its 60-vote filibuster to end the shutdown with GOP votes — a claim Johnson brushed off, saying they had a “good discussion” as “colleagues and friends.” “Whereas President Trump has a very strong, dominant style — he’s not weak at all — a lot of the men here in the House are weak,” Greene added.
Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain pushed back, calling Greene’s gender-bias claims “ridiculous” and saying Johnson “has empowered women by treating them — and all members — with the respect they have earned,” adding that he “believes in merit, not identity politics.”
Greene, who previously tried to oust Johnson from the speakership, said her constituents support her fights with party leadership: “My district’s not surprised.”
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