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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will meet with President Mike Johnson again on Tuesday as she threatens to oust him

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will meet with President Mike Johnson again on Tuesday as she threatens to oust him

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie met privately Monday, amid Greene’s looming threat to try to oust him.

Emerging from a nearly two-hour meeting in the president’s office, Greene said on camera that they would have another meeting with Johnson on Tuesday morning.

“I just want to thank you all for waiting – we just had a very long discussion with the speaker. We’re going to meet again tomorrow based on the discussion that we had. And so, we really didn’t no news to announce at this time,” Greene said.

When asked by ABC’s Rachel Scott if Greene was still considering moving forward with a motion to rescind, the congresswoman said, “Again, we had a very long discussion with Speaker Johnson. We will meet with him again tomorrow based on the discussion we had. and then I will have more information for you.”

Asked again if she considered forcing a vote on a motion to overturn, Greene responded: “I’ve been patient. I’ve been diligent. I’ve been steady. And I’ve been focused on the facts. And none of that has changed.

Greene said Monday afternoon’s meeting was about “ways to move forward toward a Republican-controlled House of Representatives.”

Johnson said he had “a long and constructive meeting” with Greene and Massie this afternoon.

“We discussed some ideas and we’ll see each other tomorrow,” Johnson said.

Johnson said he told Greene and Massie that he understood their frustration, saying, “I would really like to advance our conservative policy a lot more on a daily basis here.” But the reality is that we are working with the smallest single-party majority in American history. -voting margin.”

“We are going to keep this team together and work for the American people,” Johnson added.

PHOTO: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Johnson

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Johnson

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The meeting comes as Greene said she would force a vote to remove Johnson from the leadership post this week.

It remains unclear, however, when Greene plans to initiate the motion to quash. The House will hold votes later Monday evening, after which Greene could act on the motion, although she has made no announcement.

The Georgia congresswoman said last week that she was pressing ahead with her ouster efforts despite reluctance from many Republicans and Democrats’ declaration that they would intervene to help save Johnson.

“Mike Johnson is not capable of doing this job,” Greene said during a fiery news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on May 1 alongside co-sponsor Massie of Kentucky. “He’s proven it time and time again.”

Greene and Massie continued their public criticism of Johnson on social media Monday.

“This week we are voting on whether Mike Johnson should remain president,” Massie said. said in a statement the. “If you’re happy with what he’s done this year and can’t wait to see what he does the rest of the year, you should join Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries in supporting Mike Johnson.”

Greene has been dangling the motion to vacate the speaker’s chair for more than a month. Johnson defended himself against his criticisms — that he worked with Democrats to keep the government open, provide foreign aid and more — by emphasizing that he is a lifelong Republican, but must doing his job to serve the entire House with an extremely thin Republican. majority.

“This motion is bad for the Republican Conference, bad for the institution and bad for the country,” Johnson said last week of the ouster threat.

Johnson also got a boost this weekend from former President Donald Trump, who brought him on stage at the Republican Nation Committee’s spring retirement luncheon at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump praised Johnson “for his leadership and work in the House of Representatives,” emphasizing “the need for party unity, collaboration and expanding the Republican majority in the House,” according to the campaign. Trump.

Last week, Greene denied defying Trump by moving against Johnson.

“I am President Trump’s biggest supporter and that’s why I fight every day. And that’s why I’m fighting here against my own Republican conference to fight harder against the Democrats,” she said to ABC News correspondent Elizabeth Schulze.

ABC News’ Alexandra Hutzler and Soorin Kim contributed to this report.