'Pipe dream': Marjorie Taylor Greene backs down on threat to oust House Speaker Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene backed down on her threat to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson. Also, Greene and her allies are pushing the speaker to defund the probes into former President Trump. Meanwhile, Democrats say a new House rule hurts LGBTQ+ non-profits. MSNBC political contributor Jake Sherman reports from the Capitol.
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#MarjorieTaylorGreene #MTG #MikeJohnson

[@davidlangley1844]

MTG is a waste of taxpayers money

[@jimmyh6601]

And a waste of skin

[@Richard-od7yd]

And oxygen.

[@swimminginthoughtsOlder698]

I gotta give Putin alot of credit, it took years and billions of dollars and alot of hard work but he now owns almost half of the republican party.

[@swimminginthoughts]

"Alot" of credit huh?

[@kelperdude]

*he owns ukraine because of joe.

[@Richard-od7yd]

Hello ​@@kelperdude Tovarich

[@PatrickinCorpus]

He own more like 80%. There are lots of traitors in the GQP and they are pro-Putin/Russia.

[@ICU1337]

@@kelperdude pretty sure it was your guy who got impeached, the first time, for not providing assistance to Ukraine against russia. Pretty sure it was your guy, who didnt even know Russia invaded Ukraine when he was running for president, let alone knew what NATO was or where Ukraine was on the map. But go on and tell us all about how Donald is a staunch defender of Ukraine sovereignty over Russian aggression. Please do tell.

[@user-mp9sk2oi4f]

Moscow Marjorie has worn out her welcome.

[@swimminginthoughts]

I like to call her Moscow Marge too because I still believe in the Russian collusion hoax.

[@kelperdude]

putin: I prefer joe.

[@Killswitch-Overdrive.]

​@@kelperdudeIf you don't see the con, you are the mark.

[@williamroyer4669]

​@kelperdude the whole world prefers honest Joe Biden 😎

[@mikekelley2877]

​@@kelperdudeposting the same lies and BS will gain you NOTHING.

[@TRE45ON.is.Bat5hit.Crazy.U.S.G]

Marjorie Taylor Greene has certainly come a long way since she thawed out of the 40,000 year old block of ice. She can now articulate human speech instead of making grunts to communicate. But she clearly still has a long way to go in terms of understanding the norms of civilized society.

[@DebORahDramatica]

Her eyes are so small and painfully close together, but the rest of her is bumped up on too many steroids in her milk!

[@Louis-ef4eb]

Gazpocho police looking for peach tree dishes....

[@stephansteohanlarsen7457]

Jewish space lasers and the gazpacho police 😅

[@stephansteohanlarsen7457]

​@@Louis-ef4ebgazpacho

[@Louis-ef4eb]

@@stephansteohanlarsen7457 close enough....

[@user-ox9ku7fq5q]

Please vote MTG out of office in November. I am so sick of her mean girl high school act.!

[@theblade9024]

Adolescents in adult bodies. Sadly Greene will be reelected. The folks in her district love her clown show.

[@basketballman1854]

A comment from a 3 month old account. Is anything real on this channel anymore? Is democrat support this low they need bots?

[@kelperdude]

That's aoc. She even mocked her own constituents at townhalls.

[@truthcounts94]

AND VOTE FOR MARCUS FLOWERS WHO IS HER OPPONENT A WONDERFUL DEMOCRAT ... LETS TAKE THE HOUSE AWAY FROM MAGA GQP CONGRESS.

[@nap0920]

@@kelperdudeAOC can at least read words that are bigger than 5 letters. “Indickt-able” 😂

[@eddiearmijo6635]

A Horse is a Horse of Course Unless It's MTG.

[@terrencekane8203]

"Get me a filly Wilbur, I'm goin' blind."

[@frankpeter9145]

MTG is a crossbreed of a horse and donkey.

[@basketballman1854]

​@@terrencekane8203a Ukraine flag. Do you just support the current thing or do you actually care about injustices? Because there's many more than just the one of two the media/Democrats instruct you to care about

[@terrencekane8203]

@@basketballman1854 I am the American son of Ukrainian immigrants and a US military veteran. You don't possess the brains to explain life to me.

[@mikemann1638]

We all know Moscow marg never talks the truth

[@basketballman1854]

90% of Americans who don't watch MSNBC find it comical when it's viewers say they care about truth

[@theblade9024]

Adolescents in adult bodies. Sadly Greene will be reelected. The folks in her district love her clown show.

[@swimminginthoughts]

Do you call her that because you still believe in the Russian collusion illusion?

[@kelperdude]

putin said he prefers joe.

[@sg0771]

​@@kelperdudeI'm sure you're the expert on what Putin prefers

[@TRE45ON.is.Bat5hit.Crazy.U.S.G]

Supporting any Republican Today is like the chickens rooting for Colonel Sanders.

[@swimminginthoughts]

As a fellow Democrat I just want to express my thanks to you for being such a shill for our party. Much appreciated!

[@CrazyCoconut-ky3gp]

Supporting any Republican Today is like the dog Cricket rooting for Kristi Noem.

[@DasBoot-lr3cz]

Telling people to vote for Donnie is like putting Jeffrey Dahmer in charge of Saint Jude Hospital.

[@swimminginthoughts]

​@@CrazyCoconut-ky3gpI think it's weird that Obama wrote about eating dogs in his book.

[@i-io5uj]

@@Craig2142 OMG, has the news not reached Moscow yet?

[@charlescarver988]

It time to impeach MTG dual neglect of her congressional duties..

[@NickScholl]

A vote to oust her would go over much easier than one for Johnson at this point.

[@Alaninbroomfield]

Oh, why? Because she doesn't want to give any more money away to foreigners?

[@marthamartha3222]

Hey that's a great point 😂

[@eteng64]

😂😂😂 the DESPERATE PA-THE-TIC MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE'S CIRCUS, DEAD ‼️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 She should be SHIPPED OUT TO RUSSIA ‼️ SINCE SHE'S A PRO PUTIN AND RUSSIA WAR SYMPATHY.

[@barrygraham1754]

Isn’t MTG supposed to working together with the dems for the greater good of the American people…she should be ousted to unemployment line

[@davidc3943]

Ukraine $100 Billion, $0 for the American people. And that’s called “working together.” Hahahaha! Delusional Democraps

[@micheleconner5083]

Shes under the impression that it's a cardinal sin to work with the democrats. That's what's got her feathers ruffled. Johnson worked with the democrats! Ruffled her and gaetz's feathers when Kevin worked with dems,too.

[@gwen3010]

She has lost all credibility and she knows it! It's about moving forward not backwards with people like Greene. VOTE BLUE 2024!!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@kelperdude]

inflation and open borders.

[@davidc3943]

@@kelperdudeand now the election hearing in Georgia is showing that Joe didn’t get the actual votes for him. But of course, MSDNC wouldn’t let their audience know about the real news! Lol

[@DBRising]

She never had it.

[@audio2664]

Still don’t

[@watchinit6063]

​@@kelperdude 👈 A trolling descendent of "non invited" immigrants is bashing other non-invited immigrants. Now that's really rich.

[@user-zo1eb7dq1x]

Moscow Marge should be removed from Congress.

[@ditty365]

Lock her up

[@mr.e432]

For what? Stuck on repeat?

[@frankpeter9145]

FMTG

[@Craig2142]

That seems to be the lefts strategy. Lock up the opponent.

[@kelperdude]

aoc, nancy, maxine, ilhan

[@francisbacon7738]

What a brilliant moment when Johnson couldn't help himself and joined journalists in mirth laughing at Greene.

[@roberthollingsworth8940]

Marjorie is just an old crone yelling at clouds!

[@stephansteohanlarsen7457]

Why you want to be the blind 🦮 dog 🐕 barking at the curb

[@FtanmoOfEtheirys]

Tilting at windmills

[@i-io5uj]

@@stephansteohanlarsen7457 Yeah, that doesn't translate from Russian very well, Boris..........

[@jeffyoung3635]

is that a Haiku it’s beautiful!

[@FreedaPeeple-in2mn]

worse yet, she's getting answers

[@BiiLLiiON]

Whoever votes for Taylor Greene, seek mental help.

[@kelperdude]

They love her in georgia. All freedom-loving people do.

[@jimmyh6601]

You certainly aren't free of ignorance ​@@kelperdude

[@james-rd4dq]

@@kelperdude your a lost cause

[@yoshiclubcaptainfeerick7750]

@@kelperdude freedom-loving Greene = oxymoron

[@bobbob-vw4cc]

is MSNBC pro-Israel or pro-Palestine?

[@elderernestbunch8562]

They finally shut her up ‼️

[@williamroyer4669]

Marjorie is part pitbull she'll be foaming at the mouth tomorrow

[@tonyd.5151]

He's having a conversation with MTG? Has he learned to speak in grunts, clicks and foot stomps?

[@kelperdude]

That's joe, to a T.

[@jimmyh6601]

​@@kelperdudewhy would Joe have a conversation with a neanderthal?

[@yoshiclubcaptainfeerick7750]

Funny - she wouldn’t speak to him a few weeks ago; ignored his attempts at communication. Now she demands to speak… different story.

[@suzannesanchez4864]

😂😅👣👥️🗣

[@terrencekane8203]

"I am very dissatisfied with gospozha greenesky's performance." --- Vlad Putin.

[@ronaldcole7415]

What’s the name of the 3rd world farm they plucked this woman off of anyway?

[@DebORahDramatica]

GEORGIA, USA!

[@davidc3943]

@@DebORahDramaticaoh! Where they are having a hearing about the 2020 election. Btw, have you heard the evidence that has came out? Lots of fishy stuff going on around there for those Joe Biden votes lol

[@ohreally8929]

@@DebORahDramatica The heart of Deliverance country. She got a real purdy mouth, ain't she?

[@DebORahDramatica]

@@ohreally8929 HER BEEYOOTEEFULL EYES REMIND ME OF MY PET PIGGIE!🐽

[@gp1683]

Backs down???? More like smacked down!! MTG is a joke and everyone on both sides of the isle knows it

[@davebryant8050]

I agree. They actually had the vote, she didn't back down.

[@mjpthetrucker9485]

Just like the failed impeachment. Didn't have the votes. Should have tried anyway. What's one more embarrassment? 😂

[@theblade9024]

Adolescents in adult bodies. Sadly Greene will be reelected. The folks in her district love her clown show.

[@davidc3943]

Voting for corruption from both sides, doesn’t make it ok MJ. There are RINO’s in the Republican Party who stand with corruption, and you have every single Democrat who stands with corruption. You aren’t helping your argument guy

[@mjpthetrucker9485]

​@@theblade9024yeah that's a red red district. She struck gold. Be in DC for a while unfortunately.

[@penelopesimpsonadams624]

@@mjpthetrucker9485 miracles do happen...

[@swimminginthoughtsOlder698]

Republicans should just go ahead and wear the Russian Federation Flag lapel pins and have a Russian Federation Flag outside their offices...

[@josephsonora3787]

Hey Genius, it wasn't too long ago that the Dummycrats were selling our precious URANIUM to their buddies the Russians under the Obummer administration. Food for thought Brainiac.

[@dar5088]

MTG only backing down because someone must to told her with a spine she'll be the cause to republicans losing everything 😅

[@cybershocked]

If that person had a spine, they would have let her continue.

[@FreedaPeeple-in2mn]

I don't think so. When she first ran she openly admitted, and these are her own words, that she was there to take a sledgehammer to the republican establishment. Destruction is her only goal.

[@dar5088]

@@cybershocked sry but I don't respond to folks without a brain 🧠 😔

[@kelperdude]

They can take care of business after they have the super majority starting next year.

[@ICU1337]

@@kelperdude in what alternate reality are you living in 🥴🌌

[@penguinista]

MTG thinks she can demand an end to the rule of law over a threat to remove the Speaker of the House?

[@mira-qi5kb]

Everybody is laughing at Moscow margy

[@govote2024]

Georgia,The sound of MTG voice is driving us crazy.Will u please send a Jockey to ride this talking horse back to your state.

[@davebryant8050]

Maybe that would loosen her up some.

[@patroberts5449]

Rode hard…put away wet! 🐎

[@kimhorne-fortner3938]

The biggest note to take from this is that Congress is trying to involve themselves in a judicial matter.

[@krg038]

Exactly. The House doesn't own everything. 3 branches of a democracy and why it works. They can threaten all they want or they can actually do something for We the People.

[@pawsformercy1050]

Why he doesn't Censure Mistress Mahem I will never understand

[@j-eames8186]

MosCOW Marge 🇷🇺

[@frankpeter9145]

Crazy dried up babushka.

[@kennethellingsen5902]

The space laser woman is certainly not part of reality

[@budman4224]

It's boggles the mind that a person elected to congress doesn't know that the House doesn't have the power to stop the DOJ from investigating someone. Or that taking away funding has to also be approved by the Senate and the president

[@micheleconner5083]

Give them a break. They just learned to tie their shoes and count to 10!😂😂😂

[@douglas9607]

I swear her eyes are meeting. And where is she in regards to her transitioning?

[@mr.e432]

When you use LGBT as an insult, you reveal how you really feel about them 😀

[@douglas9607]

@@mr.e432 Your speaking from the Pre-Trump world. Now I'm learning that gloves are off. In the old world I'd never remark on a woman's personal surgery. We're dealing with people that want to dissasemble the government. There's no future in anarchy.

[@douglas9607]

@@mr.e432 These days civility is out the window.

[@GLN14659]

Greene needs to vacate her spot in congress. We will vote her out!! Had enough, tuning out till election. Period and others should too for a break!

[@danielsmith699]

Would someone Oust MTG!!

[@jasonruetz2306]

Her deity/fantasy-man spoke to her via space lasers and told to her to step off.

[@swimminginthoughts]

I like this comment a lot! Most people would type out something really stupid and then delete it before posting it but not you! You went ahead and posted it

[@sam-zm5zw]

​@@swimminginthoughtsTraitor Greene is the originator of Jewish space lasers and the Gazpacho police. You and her are the dumb ones.

[@i-io5uj]

I've heard menopause can make you crazy, but this is beyond what is normal........

[@davidc3943]

Maybe have a chat with Ilhan or AOC. They seem to have hit that stage EARLY!

[@BKB0097]

Menopause doesn't make you Moscow Marge.

[@micheleconner5083]

😂😂😂

[@jameslangschied7900]

I hope DJT asks MTG to be VP. They would make a great comedy duo. Lots of yucks for America.

[@michaelmagaw6870]

OMG... what a disaster that would be.. Wow that is absolutely scariest thing imaginable. Absolutely horrible Wow..!!!

[@hks2377]

“Yuck” is apt in more than one way!

[@nannie2846]

That would be a disaster!

[@penelopesimpsonadams624]

You cannot couple mtg with the trump a sociopathic narcissist . He would NEVER share the spotlight with her. She loves yelling and being the center of any kind of attention. Too competitive for the microphone that trump demands. to have all to his -selves..

[@mechanix1228]

Know your role, Marge, and shut your mouth

[@stephansteohanlarsen7457]

MTG Osama bin Karen 😅

[@kelperdude]

says karen.

[@tommcfadden5232]

In this round of chicken MGT was the first to blink.

[@deecee1522]

SHAME ON YOU MTG !

[@Tinfoilhelmets]

Losers gonna lose.

[@kelperdude]

yep, and joe is taking the country down with him.

[@Killswitch-Overdrive.]

​@@kelperdudeYou tone it down a little on this account, huh? Not quite as divisive as Americansertia or Bilbo, huh?

[@bradschierer6766]

Now she has to go back to her constituents and explain why she had to back down. She's going to look weak.

[@Blackholeforyou]

Let’s have an investigation on Marjorie Taylor Greene. Let’s put her the number one investigation after Trump.

[@BryanJohnson-qb1se]

Marge+MAGA= Mericas Mentalhealth Miscalculation

[@Sam-656]

MAGA is.....Make A..hole Go Away

[@user-ii2vi5hw3d]

Now take a vote to replace Majorie Taylor Greene, she needs to go away!

[@billgrandone3552]

She''s a threat but only to the country and the rule of law.

[@user-po7zw2op2y]

Moscow Marge, your not in charge,

[@swimminginthoughts]

Do you call her Moscow Marge because you still believe in the Russian collusion illusion?

[@KingKull1971]

How did Marjorie Taylor Green get elected? 💫 😵‍💫

[@micheleconner5083]

Maybe she bribed everyone in the district? I hear it's a small district.

[@ohreally8929]

Her district is in the heart of Deliverance country. Nothing more needs to be said.

[@davebryant8050]

You're not from the south are you?

[@KingKull1971]

@@ohreally8929 I was being facetious. 🤣 The reality is that this really isn't funny at all. The Republicans have gone totally off the deep end

[@KingKull1971]

@davebryant8050 the confederacy is really out there, isn't it.

[@kathiwilson1169]

Did MTG just get slapped 😳

[@uchennaagwu9283]

We need to all come out and VOTE. Get your family and friends to VOTE. VOTE President Biden 2024. VOTE Blue 💙 🗳 ☑️

[@Fatdog-Dakind]

MTG dressed up Hillbilly stylin for the pretty boy Speaker of the Mouse!

[@swimminginthoughts]

I like how stupid your comment is!

[@williamyates1726]

Sounds like poor Marg has been sniffin glue again,,,

[@chriskelly6559]

When Dems said they'd back Mikey, Marge slinked away.

[@duvalcounty1248]

trump is not getting close to that white house again put him in a straight jacket

[@user-gl5ux5xk3k]

when is she going to pay back her $238K covid loan

[@Dingbat-tb5wz]

Another nail in Marjorie's coffin. Her cred is on the long slide downhill.

[@TheFleetz]

It’s been about Greene wanting media coverage……..

[@keithlirvine]

Please oust MTG.

[@user-gu9gb7wx6n]

Oh I love the smirk on Mike Johnson's face.😅

[@My2CentsYall]

Why do they keep sending her back!

[@davebryant8050]

Can I suggest that you go for a ride in her district and talk to a few folks. You'll get it then. She's an accurate representative of the people there.

[@paulcampbell9618]

This attempt should come with A SCARLET LETTER....A GIANT ......A . we all know what that means

[@eldenringer6466]

vote her out!!!!

[@ROSKOE1972]

How about boot her from congress

[@Goldenfeather77]

Send Marge on a NY barge.

[@koalasez1200]

She thought she was such a big shot. All wind and no sails - strike now congress and pull her out of anything she can defile. Maybe her district will install someone with brains and who understands decorum. We wish.

[@ld4974]

Marjorie Taylor Greene is one weird dude.

[@Jonathan-es4xp]

We Sure Love Marjorie Taylor Greene!!! Thank you for showing us this excellent video of Congresswoman Marjorie in action!!!

[@FranklinWilson-ev9dq]

She Mistakenly Thought, She Was Calling The Shots!!!!!!!!!!!! How Do You Feel About, Your Little Moscow Marjorie Now, Russia????!!!!

[@skreety0455]

Ship Melting Margarine back to Georgia.😂😂

[@gabegood8989]

LOL she didn't back down.. she was smacked down with the vote

[@jerryodonovan8624]

MTG, Darwin’s missing link.

[@bonbons2093]

VOTE HER OUT!!!!

[@fezzparka8289]

She's been eating the crap sandwiches served up by Little Donnie and Tiny Vlad.

[@user-ct9hf4te5l]

That man Mike Johnson needs to stand up for himself or everybody will just keep kicking him about

[@ReadMachiavelli-gi3wk]

House mattress loses her sheeet ! When Marjorie gets frantic, she goes tantrick!”

[@acool6401]

Her GOP colleagues talk some sense in to her. They maybe even threatened to oust her.

[@p.elcott2715]

A little premature on this story!

[@suzannmatthews9857]

You can have a conversation w/MTG? That would be a miracle.

[@wdvest8333]

Do not save wittle Mikey Johnson

[@user-po7zw2op2y]

But we still dont really know if marge is really a woman, her arms are bigger than dog the bounty hunters, it doesn't matter whether she's male or female, but surely she she be honest about it

[@josephandreuccetti3706]

Take her in the back room and explain to her how things actually work.

[@meegen2945]

She knew she can't win, so she needs to stop before her face smash with the wall and humiliate herself.

[@NIGHTSTAR-dr1zq]

Marjorie Taylor Greene time for your one way ticket to Moscow

[@leonardjika2100]

ALL THE BEST MA YOU DID NOT FAIL YOU ARE A TRUE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE NOT WASHINGTON ROTTEN POLITICIANS THE SPEAKER I TELL YOU NOW YOU MUST BRING BACK THE WORD OF GOD TO WASHINGTON DC

[@mlpabq1]

7 wackos should not be in charge of the house of rep.

[@anne-marieparker2137]

Trump playing MAGA Republican's on each other.

[@pennyking3823]

Let me get this straight. MTG was FREELY elected?????? Baffling

[@andrewswink5825]

Bless her heart....she is just so cute when she plays "grown-up"

[@michaelaldrich5975]

Oh, PLEASE tell me she is up for re-election this year....

[@davidblack7528]

MTG backed down! . . . . . What a surprise!!

[@juju-xx5xn]

She's going to regret this. Sucks to be her!!

[@kingcormack8004]

Old news. At 5:50 EDT Margie is moving to oust Johnson.

[@NIGHTSTAR-dr1zq]

a 10 year old could do a better job then mtg

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

I feel sorry for MJ, having to pretend to take MTG seriously when he knows (we all know) that she's on the crazy spectrum.

[@Renteriaryans]

Did you see how vulnerable and weak she felt when the majority of democrats and Republicans said no!!! Priceless

[@torontocitizen6802]

She put the motion on the floor.

[@user-po7zw2op2y]

Yes and everyone laughed, including republicans

[@davidlangley1844]

She is a horrible politician

[@scottmcandrew9642]

Moscow Marge is WAY MORE masculine than Mike Johnson. 👺