Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has turned the corner on Donald Trump, and she is not looking back.
Greene was Trump’s most loyal soldier in Congress until she was snubbed for a Cabinet position and blocked from running for a Senate seat.
Now, in addition to going after Trump, Greene is spitting venom at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
Johnson was not my choice for speaker, and quite frankly, I was surprised when Trump backed him.
He had an up-and-down first term with the gavel, but that was more about the particular situations he faced in the lower chamber rather than anything Johnson did or did not do.
Even so, Trump had faith in him, throwing “100%” of his support behind Johnson, and House members were heading to the chamber to elect their new Speaker after the 2024 election cycle.
Johnson was re-elected as speaker for the 119th Congress by a vote of 218-215 over House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). Among those 218 votes in his favor was one from Greene.
From the outset of his time in leadership, Johnson was pushing Trump’s agenda, but that was not always the case.
As a matter of fact, before Trump became president, Johnson was not in his corner.
For instance, in August 2015, Johnson had written about Trump, “The thing about Donald Trump is that he lacks the character and the moral center we desperately need again in the White House.”
He further added, “I am afraid he would break more things than he fixes. He is a hot head by nature, and that is a dangerous trait to have in a Commander in Chief.”
The man who was once against Trump running for office now supports the president's agenda 100%. And while he does not always agree with Trump, he usually does work to get his wishes granted in Congress.
Greene is now claiming that Johnson takes his marching orders from the White House, stating, "I want you to know that Johnson is not our Speaker. He is not our leader,” adding that he is "under direct orders from the White House.”
Johnson responded to her comments, "I'm a jealous guardian of Article One of the Constitution. I mean, the legislative branch is the most important. And I'm in charge of that in the house, but I don't think the president has overstepped his bounds. I think he's used that, that tariff authority wisely. And it's given him leverage in the strategy on these trade agreements. A lot of good has come out of that. I think the court should give deference to the Article two branch. And hopefully it continues.”
When you consider Greene’s recent policy positions and her attacks on the president in the press, her priorities have clearly changed since she announced she would leave office in January 2026. Be it intentional or not, she seems to have moved away from a constituent focus to media-driven narratives, possibly in an effort to land her next opportunity.
