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Trump Endorsed Mike Johnson For Speaker, so Rep. Marjorie Greene Did, too.

Suddenly, the Georgia lawmaker has changed her tune and no one should be surprised by it.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readJan 3, 2025
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It’s that time of year again in the political universe.

The Republican Party is now positioning themselves to secure enough votes on the Speaker of the House, and Mike Johnson is facing a tight race to get reelected to the position of power he has enjoyed. Naturally, they’re all clambering to get things done and none other than President-Elect Donald Trump has stepped in to help him.

And of course, after that, Rep. Marjorie Greene did as well.

Caroline Vakil with The Hill writes:

“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced Tuesday that she would be endorsing Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) for House Speaker, a notable win for the Louisiana Republican given Greene has at times found herself at odds with him.

“Here’s what I’m asking my colleagues to do: Let’s put aside our pride, let’s put aside our egos and let’s put aside the infighting,” Greene said in a video posted on the social platform X. “It’s time to come together as Republicans, and it’s time to do whatever it takes to make sure that we deliver the mandate that the American people told us to…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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