Over the weekend, Donald Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) had a phone call in which the former president advised her to back off from her threat to force a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), according to a report.
Publicly, Trump has praised Johnson’s leadership and has said he is opposed to motions to vacate the speaker. Now in private, Trump told Greene not to proceed with her threats to oust Johnson, according to three Republican sources familiar with the conversations who spoke to Politico.
On Steve Bannon’s podcast, Greene asserted she is Trump’s strongest supporter in Washington.
“But everybody is trying to pretend like there’s a problem between us,” Greene said. “And I’m going to tell you right now: There is not.”
Greene hinted at her conversation with the former president, stating: “I’m just not someone that runs around and talks about my conversations with him. I don’t speak for President Trump and what he has to say.”
Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) acknowledged that the nearly two-hour weekend phone conversation between Greene and Trump did, in fact, happen. The phone call also featured Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who was the second Republican to back Greene in her ejection threat.
“I have it under very, very good sources that President Trump did engage,” Zinke told the outlet. “And I’m hoping that perhaps one would come to the conclusion: ‘You made your point. But don’t be kamikaze, because if you go for this, you’re going to get beaten down.’ And he made that point. I’m hoping that’s the outcome.”
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