MTG Refuses RNC’s Order To Drop Motion To Vacate

Playbook reports:

Michael Whatley, the newly installed RNC co-chair, delivered his pointed message to her personally: Don’t move against Johnson. “He said, one, this is not helpful, and two, we want to expand and grow the majority in the House,” said a person familiar with Whatley’s message to Greene. “He was clear that any disruption to the conference on these efforts — including filing this [motion to vacate], does not help the case for party unity.”

In another era, a directive from the top Republican party official certainly would not go unheeded by a House back-bencher. Even in this era, you would think Whatley’s status as Donald Trump’s handpicked RNC steward would mean something to a MAGA acolyte. But Greene disagreed with Whatley, arguing that the party had time to rebound from a leadership switch before the election.

Read the full article. Greene and Rep. Thomas Massie will hold a press conference this morning and it’s expected that the motion to vacate may be introduced as soon as this afternoon.

Despite pleas from top GOP officials to stand down, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene now faces a potential lose-lose situation in her crusade against Speaker Mike Johnson: Back down and look squishy or stand firm and risk a break with Trump.

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