Marjorie Taylor Greene insists she doesn’t want ‘chaos’ after second threat to oust House Speaker

Marjorie Taylor Greene has defended her bid to oust Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson — after threatening to do so in January — and insisted that she was not seeking to throw the government into “chaos”.

The Georgia representative and other far right members of the House opposed the $1.2trn federal spending package that passed Congress this past week, and claimed that it was full of wasteful spending.

She denounced Mr Johnson as “willing to do the bidding of [Senate Majority Leader] Chuck Schumer”.

“Republican voters want fighters in the House of Representatives to fight like President Trump, and that is exactly what I’m doing,” Ms Greene said.

However, no other Republicans have signed on her motion to vacate the speaker’s chair. Matt Gaetz, architect of the motion that removed former speaker Kevin McCarthy in October, said that he will likely not support the motion. A handful of Democrats also have indicated that they may vote to protect Mr Johnson.

On Sunday. Rep. Greene was asked by Fox News‘ Maria Bartiromo whether her measure was ill-timed.

There have been a recent wave of resignations among Republican lawmakers including House members Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher. Their departures will leave the GOP with a single-vote majority in the lower chamber in coming weeks.

She denied that the House’s paralysis is due to far-right conservatives, now leading to the second effort to oust a speaker in six months.

“Those people stepping down early and leaving, are the ones leaving us at risk of the Democrats controlling the majority, not me,” the congresswoman argued. She added: “I will force change. I’m not bringing chaos. I’m forcing change.”

She claimed Mr Johnson was “allowing” Wisconsin Rep. Gallagher to leave at the