Marjorie Taylor Greene backs off speaker threat for now, but more chaos looms
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Lost Republicans
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been condemned by Republican colleagues over her failed attempt to remove GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson, with Donald Trump also weighing in to criticize her effort.Greene followed through on her threat to introduce a motion to vacate against the Speaker on Wednesday after Johnson pushed through a number of foreign aid bills, including providing $61 billion to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion of the country.The House overwhelmingly voted to table, or kill,...